Key Account Manager (m/w/d) | Austria
The opportunity
We're currently looking for a Key Account Manager. Someone to join our Austrian Sales team in order to drive growth and manage relationships with our customers. Someone with a passion for electric mobility, an interest in technology, and a desire to create the change we know is needed. And someone who doesn't mind the occasional bit of sustainable travel in the service of a cleaner form of electric performance.
As a key member of the Austrian Sales team, you will play a crucial role in acquiring new fleet customers and supporting existing ones across Austria.
The responsibilities
In this role, you'll be expected to drive fleet sales and maintain strong customer relationships. Working as a member of the Sales team, you'll be instrumental in achieving our fleet targets and ensuring customer satisfaction and elaborating and implement tactical strategies in the fleet relevant topics. See below for a more thorough breakdown of the various tasks and areas you'll be responsible for:
Drive volume growth across fleet, and corporate channels
Develope and execute annual account business plans
Monitor KPIs and implement corrective actions where required
Build and maintain strategic, long-term relationships with key decisions-makers
Idenfity new business opportunities within assigned accounts
Ensure forecasting accuracy and pipeline transparency
Provide structured reporting to senior mangement
Manage a database of records using Salesforce
The ideal candidate
In order to succeed in this role, and at Polestar in general, there are a few characteristics you'll need to have. A high degree of customer orientation, a mindset for continuous improvement, and the ability to communicate effectively at different levels are also essential, as well as being detail-oriented with good analytical skills.
In addition, you'll need the following qualifications:
Degree in business administration or a related field
Minimum of 5+ years of practical experience in a similar position (EV Automotive experience is a plus)
Excellent German and fluent Business English in writing and spoken
Experience working with CRM tools (Salesforce experience is a plus)
Polestar is an international company, with various nationalities represented. English, therefore, is the language of written and spoken communication. And though we have a global presence, we maintain the start-up mentality that saw us grow so rapidly. Expect a fast-paced, exciting environment. Change happens often at Polestar. But so does progress.
The process
If the above matches your ambitions, be sure to apply. Our selection process is ongoing, and the position will remain open until it’s filled.
The Polestar journey is an electric one.