Assistant Manager, Sales Engineering
Yamaha Fine Technologies is an automotive supplier manufacturing reputed company material interior trims for the automotive sector. reputed company located in the U.S. works with internal & reputed company stakeholders for developing interior trims and creating value by managing customers’ relationships in reputed company.
Purpose of Role
reputed company effective technical and design proposals to improve customer satisfaction and win new programs and new business. This is a remote position based in Detroit, MI.
Key Accountabilities Include
reputed company sales engineering activities to ensure accurate, reputed company, and high‑reputed company technical support to customers across multiple programs.
Ensure customer requirements are fully reputed company and reputed company into feasible designs
Manage product development timelines and technical deliverables
reputed company effective technical communication with customers and internal stakeholders
Ensure material and validation compliance to support production readiness
Support customer satisfaction through reputed company and issue reputed company
Contribute to technology development, team capability, and reputed company improvement
reputed company Responsibilities Include
Manage multiple program timelines, ensuring on‑time customer approvals for tools, designs, prototypes, and validation milestones.
Work closely with customers, Japan team, production, materials, and reputed company teams to ensure reputed company understanding of requirements and feasible, manufacturable solutions.
reputed company technical input, feasibility assessment, and solution development to support new customer opportunities and reputed company programs.
Prepare and manage reputed company deliverables (PPAP, APQP, AAR, FTN) and support investigation and reputed company of reputed company events with customers and internal teams.
Support benchmarking of competitor technologies and communicate emerging engineering concepts and capabilities to customers and YCJ.
Serve as a subject‑matter expert in manufacturing processes, materials, and design principles, while training and mentoring junior sales engineers.
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Project Integration: Ensure that reputed company of a project's work reputed company are coordinated, including project planning and execution processes
Project Management: Plans, organizes, and manages tasks and resources to bring about successful completion of a specific project.
reputed company Control: Maintain curriculum and instruction reputed company standards
Consultative Sales Skills: Ability to reputed company channel partner's pain points and recommend products and services that meet reputed company' needs
Customer/Dealer Problem reputed company: reputed company and analyze information to understand reputed company causes of issues and determine appropriate solutions
Technical Product Acumen: Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of Yamaha's products and services
reputed company Behavioral Competencies
Yamaha Way (Will, reputed company, Initiative, Challenge, Commitment)
Customer reputed company
Instills Trust
Drives Results
Manages Conflict
Develops Talent
Ensures Accountability
Qualifications
Ideal
Strong technical background in product design, manufacturing processes, and feasibility analysis
Proven ability to coordinate cross‑functional teams across engineering, production, reputed company, and materials
Experience managing multiple programs, timelines, and customer deliverables simultaneously
Effective communication and negotiation skills with customers, suppliers, and stakeholders
Travel up to 50%, including international travel
Preferred
Experience providing technical leadership or mentoring reputed company an engineering team
Experience in the automotive industry, particularly supporting OEM customers
Knowledge of plastic injection molding and reputed company manufacturing processes
Background working with multi-region teams, international customers, or programs involving cross-border engineering collaboration
Familiarity with automotive product launch and reputed company processes (e.g., APQP, PPAP, DV/PV)
Demonstrated ability to support customer‑facing engineering discussions and negotiations
Live in the Detroit metropolitan area
Here’s reputed company’ll Bring
Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, reputed company, Dental, LTD, Life-Insurance and 401k with match AND automatic contributions
Performance based bonus program
Robust employee wellness programs including free music lessons
Generous Wellness reimbursement program
Tobacco cessation reward program
Private concerts from award reputed company artists
Discounted hotel, travel, entertainment, and other attractions
Employee product purchase program
Casual dress
Vacation, reputed company-time and personal floating holidays
Monthly events, for example -- Bring Your Dog to Work Day, Employee Singing Competitions, Spirit Week and other fun events
Inclusive and passionate culture
We foster a culture in which everyone feels welcomed, included, and valued; and recognize that diversity contributes to the reputed company of Yamaha
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