Motorsport Customer Accounts Engineering Manager

Bosch Group

Motorsport Customer Accounts Engineering Manager

Farmington Hills, MI
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description

    As a manager of customer accounts within the professional motorsport market, this position will be responsible for the following:

    • Full responsibility for 3 large North American motorsport customer accounts
    • Leadership of a team of application and software development engineers across two locations (Farmington Hills, MI + Mooresville, NC)
    • Development and management of relationships with current and future customers
    • Continuous improvement of application and software development processes to guarantee the highest quality standards expected of Bosch within the rapid timeline that motorsport customers expect
    • Further enhancement of product management (market requirements, pricing, promotion and placement, lifecycle management) and customer service strategies through intensifying the cooperation with our headquarters in Germany
    • Implementation and development of customer services and product sales business strategy. Set and achieve annual targets to ensure growth of the business year-over-year.
    • Develop strategic pricing for new products and services in cooperation with the management team
    • Domestic and international travel flexibility required, up to 25% per year including weekend travel.
  • Qualifications

    Qualifications

    Minimum Requirements

    • Bachelor of Science degree in engineering
    • Minimum 3 years of experience in professional motorsport
    • Minimum 3 years of experience leading a team and developing direct reports
    • Minimum 3 years of experience in leadership position within an engineering environment including experience with working directly with customers within the complete customer journey cycle
    • Minimum 3 years of experience in customer facing automotive specific calibration and/or application software development
    • Minimum 2 years of project management experience – specifically demonstrate knowledge of project management principles and the ability to apply these principles, tools and techniques to plan, manage and execute projects to successful completion
    • Must be capable to travel internationally on short notice
    • Must be fluent in English (written and verbal) - Native or minimum of C1 ( CEFR/ ACTFL)

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Minimum 3 years of experience in managing development budgets with P&L responsibility
    • Minimum 3 years of cross-functional experience in technical sales or product management
    • Minimum 3 years of experience in requirements capture and integration in both global and regional perspectives
    • Demonstrates collaborative skill sets and has a proven track record in effective collaboration across multiple business domains and cultures
    • Demonstrates experience in proactively engaging with customers / key stakeholders to exchange opinions, gain insights, build relationships, and find ways to create shared value
    • Demonstrates strong technical and business acumen and has intrinsic motivation to achieve results in both domains simultaneously
    • Experience working with hybrid and/or battery electric vehicles
    • Experience with motorsport engineering tools (data acquisition systems, common scripting languages, communication protocols, hardware diagnostic tools, etc)
    • German language skills

    Ideal Candidate Characteristics

    • A strong sense of personal accountability with demonstrable comfort in an entrepreneurial environment
    • Collaborative nature and team player oriented mindset
    • Self-disciplined, attentive to deadlines, and effective at time management
    • Excellent communication skills; clearly articulate ideas in a way that resonates with your target audience
    • Eagerness to learn and grow personally and professionally
    • Strong interpersonal skills and a consultative mindset, with the ability to and desire to develop others
    • Expert problem-solving skills; with ease breaks down complex problems into distinct parts, manages uncertainty, understands, anticipates interdependencies
    • Objective when presenting ideas, open to change and guided in decision-making
    • Self-motivated to continuously improve performance; outcomes-focused and driven to achieve challenging goals

    Additional Information

    In addition to your base salary, Bosch offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental, and vision plans; health savings accounts (HSA); flexible spending accounts; 401(K) retirement plans with an employer match; wellness programs; life insurance; short- and long-term disability insurance; paid time off; parental leave, adoption assistance; and reimbursement of education expenses.

    Learn more about our full benefits offerings by visiting: www.myboschbenefits.com. Pay ranges included in the postings generally reflect base salary; certain positions may include bonus, commission, or additional benefits.

    EEO/OFCCP : Bosch is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit. Bosch is fully committed to compliance with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities and to providing equal employment opportunity to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, sex, pregnancy, childbirth (or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation), national origin or ancestry, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.
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