Responsibilities 

• Develop critical relationships with the customer at a mid-management level. 

• Handle first level escalation of all customers facing escalated commercial issues. 

• Work with the account team to develop consistent pricing strategies for quoting new business. 

• Develop strategies and lead the account team to achieve the business unit's commercial roadmap. 

• Lead and supportboth the implementation of long-term price agreements. 

• Work with the operations team to ensure customer driven issues areclaimed back to the customer. 

• Work with Account Management team to drive for commercial issue resolution. 

• Actively manage the Targeted business list, profit plan and 5-year plan inputs as required. 

• Work with account team to manage account receivable issue resolution. 

• Negotiate and quote engineering changes. 

• Oversee account team in price management.  Ensure bump charts and pricing are managed timely and accurately. 

• Support cost reduction initiatives and reporting to the customer. 

• Support CBU General Manager/Sales Director and special projects and program initiatives. 

• Work with others to maintain some Account Management workload while helping to lead, directly or indirectly, the account management team. 

Qualifications 

• Bachelor's Level Degree in Finance; a technical education, such as engineering, or program managementwill also be considered. 

• 8+ years’ experience related to financial management or project management in a manufacturing environment, preferable Automotive.  

• Proven leadership skills. 

• Negotiation (information gathering, analysis, strategies, tactics). 

• Established experience/understanding of financial product cost (labor, burden, material, SG&A, profit). 

Essential Common Requirements for all Employees: 

• International Operating System (IOS): Understand, apply, and meet all function-related IOSrequirements. 
• Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS): Understand, apply, and meet all function-related EHS requirements. 
• Product Safety: Understand, apply, and meet all function-related Product Safety requirements. 
• Compliance: Understand, apply, and meet all function-related IT/ Information Security and confidentiality of YFAI information requirements. 
• Must comply with all company policies and procedures. 
• Employee must have the ability to work additional hours and/ or overtime as needed or assigned tocomplete job duties on time. 
• Ability to multitask, interact politely and professionally with customers, suppliers, and vendors, and work cooperatively with employees at all levels. 
• Ability to maintain predictable and regular attendance, arrive to designated location on time, or be at assigned location ready to work for assignment (plant, cooperate office, or remote).