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Benteler Automotive Corporation seeks a Sales Manager for a position in Holland, Michigan to Coordinate the implementation of defined customer strategies and provide advanced sales engineering for the manufacture of steel- and aluminum-based chassis, door beams, bumpers and crossmembers automotive components. Apply in-depth engineering knowledge to determine technical and cost feasibility for customer orders, ensuring alignment with manufacturing capabilities and profitability objectives. Coordinate relevant activities in approved “Acquire & Quote” and “Develop & Launch” processes ’projects to achieve defined manufacturing targets. Document and maintain all projects in project management systems by ensuring high data quality. Prepare and support project-related negotiations with customers, leading both technical and commercial discussions to secure competitive agreements. Ensure the successful development and launch of orders while considering customer-specific agreements and contractual requirements. Identify and suggest cost optimization to management. Define boundary conditions and support the pre-calculation of prototype and serial production. Create and review project budgets and KPls to ensure that project budgets target and goals are met. Develop and make design proposals based on feasibility studies. Prepares necessary accounts, pricing, and sales data for sales planning for technical automotive component products. Provide updates to leadership on customer-related matters. Expand customer relationship for commodities. Utilize the following to ensure feasibility and profitability of the development and manufacture of automotive components: Process “Acquire & Quote’ / Process “Develop & Launch”, VAVE (Value Analysis and Value Engineering), continuous improvement and optimization of processes, Team Center Product Cost management, SAP, APQP, GD&T, 8D, PFMEA, MS Project,. DOE, Six Sigma, AutoCAD, and Solid works.