Technical Account Manager (Automotive Batteries)

Location: Based in Munich, Germany, with regular travel to German client sites and frequent travel to Verkor sites in France.

Company

Verkor is a scale-up developing battery technologies for the automotive industry and working toward a sustainable future.

What you will do

• Build and manage relationships with engineering, purchasing, program management, innovation, public affairs, and communications contacts at German OEMs.
• Understand, document, and prioritize customer business and technical needs, then translate them into requirements, assumptions, trade-offs, and convergence plans.
• Lead the full RFQ and proposal cycle, including opportunity qualification, technical and commercial response development, internal approvals, submission, and client presentation.
• Coordinate with engineering, product, and program teams on customer solutions, milestones, risks, dependencies, and decisions.
• Lead technical and commercial presentations, workshops, design reviews, demonstrations, and innovation events.
• Support programs through production by maintaining client satisfaction, account profitability, confidentiality, and quality, cost, and delivery performance.

Requirements

• Engineering or Master’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, battery systems, electrochemistry, or a related field.
• Significant experience combining B2B sales and technical expertise in technical sales, customer engineering, technical pre-sales, business development, or product development within the automotive industry.
• In-depth knowledge of German OEMs, their organization, decision-making processes, and RFI/RFQ practices.
• Proven ability to develop, submit, present, and defend client proposals covering technical, commercial, and economic aspects.
• Demonstrable track record of securing orders from German OEMs.
• Native German and fluent English sufficient for work and presentations in an international environment.
• Ability to explain complex topics clearly and persuade technical staff, procurement professionals, and executives.
• Ability to work in a multicultural, dynamic scale-up environment, with an entrepreneurial, tenacious, and positive approach.
• Frequent travel to client sites and Verkor locations in France is required.

Nice to have

• Sales experience alongside an engineering background.
• Experience working for an automotive battery company.
• Knowledge of the battery industry and/or automotive electrification.
• French proficiency.

Culture & Benefits

• Culture built around contribution, transparent communication, team spirit, and commitment to a sustainable future.
• Stimulating multicultural environment with motivated colleagues and opportunities to connect with worldwide experts.
• Lunch vouchers and financing of 50% of local transportation costs.
• Industry-leading healthcare.
• All positions are open to individuals holding Recognition of the Status of Disabled Worker (RQTH).