Key Account Manager

Key Account Manager - Automobility

Location: Hybrid (Regular UK travel with ideally once per week minimum in a Schenker office such as Manchester, Heathrow)

Salary: Competitive + Bonus + Car Allowance + Benefits

Are you an automobility expert ready to take the lead in driving new business? We have an exciting opportunity for a Key Account Manager to join our commercial team, focusing on the automobility vertical. This role offers a fantastic platform to develop and grow your career by targeting and securing new customers, while collaborating closely with our business units to deliver innovative solutions.

What Will You Be Doing?

• Develop New Business: Identify and target new customers within the automobility sector, leveraging your industry expertise to expand our client base.
• Strategic Collaboration: Work closely with Product Management and Branch Operations teams to align services with customer needs and expectations.
• Strategic Growth: Develop and implement a strategic plan for the UK market, in line with the broader European Automobility strategy.
• Drive Results: Execute the strategic plan, monitor progress, and ensure delivery against key goals.

About You:

* Industry Expertise: Strong background in multi-modal freight forwarding with in-depth knowledge of the automobility market.
* Account Development: Proven experience in developing global, regional, and national accounts within the Automotive sector, including OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and the aftermarket.
* Solution-Oriented: Ability to design and deliver bespoke supply chain solutions tailored to customer needs.
* Pipeline Management: Skilled at building and maintaining a robust pipeline of opportunities.
* Leadership: Professional approach with the ability to inspire and lead by example.
* Hunter Mentality: Results-driven, with a focus on capturing new business.
* Strategic Vision: Capable of identifying growth opportunities and building strategic partnerships within a matrix organization

What We Offer

* Generous sales incentive scheme
* Car Allowance
* Pension scheme with up to 6% employer contributions
* Private healthcare
* Career paths and development opportunities
* 25 days holiday + day off for your birthday

Next Steps

Please apply by following the links and attaching your CV without delay!

At DB Schenker we are proud of our diverse workforce, and we are committed in enhancing it further. Therefore, we welcome all applicants, regardless of gender, age, disability, nationality, religion or sexual orientation.

Please note that candidates will be subject to the necessary right to work checks for the UK, 5 years referencing and a criminal records check.

At DB Schenker, you are part of a global logistics network that connects the world. A network that allows you to shape your career by encouraging you to contribute and truly make a difference. With more than 76,000 colleagues worldwide, we welcome diversity and thrive on individual backgrounds, perspectives and skills. Together as one team, we are Here to move.

DB Schenker is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.