DESCRIPTION
Key Responsibilities:
- Customer Relationship Management: Assist in developing and maintaining positive, long-term relationships with assigned customers. Coordinate customer visits, support negotiations, and organize data to evaluate Cummins' benefits.
- Key Account Management (KAM): Manage direct relationships with key customers, acting as the Key Account Manager to ensure satisfaction, resolve issues, and maintain customer loyalty.
- Sales Execution: Support the execution of sales processes, contributing to revenue growth, achieving sales targets, and maintaining accurate sales forecasting and reporting using Cummins' tools and CRM systems.
- Demand and Supply Planning: Collaborate with internal teams to plan and execute demand and supply strategies, ensuring that customer expectations are met with timely delivery and inventory management.
- Campaign Launch and Monitoring: Develop and launch schemes, campaigns, and initiatives aimed at achieving strategic objectives and boosting sales within key accounts.
- Internal Coordination: Work cross-functionally to ensure seamless communication across sales roles, segments, and stakeholders to optimize business outcomes.
- Account Receivable Management: Assist in managing payment terms, and account receivables, and ensure timely follow-up on outstanding payments.
- Revenue Growth: Identify new business opportunities within accounts, support cost reduction initiatives, and contribute to growing the business by understanding and addressing customer needs.
- Forecasting and Reporting: Regularly track progress against forecasts and sales targets, ensuring accurate reporting of sales performance and pipeline health.
- Voice of the Customer: Act as a champion for the customer's perspective within the business, ensuring that their needs are integrated into strategic planning and execution.
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RESPONSIBILITIES
Education, Licenses, Certifications:
- Required Education: College, university, or equivalent degree in marketing, sales, or a related subject. An acceptable combination of education and relevant experience is also considered.
- Licensing/Certifications: This position may require compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations, which may involve additional licensing or certification.
Competencies:
- Customer Focus: Building and nurturing strong customer relationships, ensuring that their needs are prioritized, and delivering customer-centric solutions.
- Effective Communication: Delivering clear, concise, and effective communication to various stakeholders, ensuring understanding across different audiences.
- Decision Quality: Making timely, informed decisions that drive the organization forward and align with customer and business objectives.
- Accountability: Holding yourself and others accountable for achieving set commitments and driving results.
- Sense Making: Understanding customer behavior and synthesizing data to develop tailored solutions and actionable insights.
- Collaboration: Working effectively across teams and functions to ensure the success of account strategies and organizational goals.
- Adaptability: Demonstrating flexibility and creativity in responding to shifting priorities and market conditions.
- Trust & Integrity: Building trust with customers and colleagues through authenticity, honesty, and ethical behavior.
QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge/Skills:
- Account Management & Customer Engagement: Knowledge of managing key accounts, understanding customer needs, and executing account-specific strategies to drive business growth.
- Sales Forecasting & Pipeline Management: Proficiency in creating and managing sales forecasts, tracking pipeline health, and adjusting sales strategies based on data analysis.
- Campaign & Initiative Management: Experience in launching, tracking, and optimizing sales campaigns, promotions, and other business initiatives.
- Customer-Centric Solutions: Ability to articulate Cummins' value proposition and tailor solutions to customer needs, improving customer satisfaction and loyalty.
- Industry & Channel Awareness: Understand industry dynamics and market paths to effectively communicate business strategies and enhance organizational goals.
- Communication & Adaptability: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical data and concepts in a manner suitable for various audiences.
- Pricing Strategy: Knowledge in developing pricing strategies aligned with business targets and market conditions.
- Negotiation & Contract Management: Assist with contract negotiations and ensure compliance with agreed terms to meet customer expectations.
Experience:
- Required Experience: Basic relevant work experience in sales, account management, or a customer-facing role.
- Preferred Experience: Experience managing key customer accounts and familiarity with customer relationship management (CRM) systems.
- Skills & Competencies: Strong interpersonal, negotiation, and communication skills, with the ability to engage with customers and stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
Job Sales
Organization Cummins Inc.
Role Category Hybrid
Job Type Exempt - Experienced
ReqID 2409069
Relocation Package No