Deputy General Manager

Our client is a prominent player in the wheel manufacturing industry, with plants spread across India. They specialize in designing and manufacturing automotive steel wheels and alloy wheels, serving as a key supplier to both Indian and global automobile manufacturers.

Their product range includes steel wheels for two and three-wheelers, passenger cars, multi-utility vehicles, tractors, trucks, and off-the-road (OTR) vehicles. With a total capacity of 23 million wheels, they possess state-of-the-art facilities that cater to a wide range of domestic and global automobile customer demands, maintaining the highest quality benchmark standards.

Responsibilities:

• Managing the aftermarket business to meet the corporate targets and gross profit targets as planned. Prepare business plan to introduce and launch various designs in US & EU Aluminium wheels Aftermarket              
• Lead monitoring commercial campaigns or part and accessories marketing activities to increase sales.                                                           
• Formulating, managing, and monitoring parts pricing strategy across markets.                                                              
• Develop common business processes and commercial tools.                                                             
• Coordinate with Market Section to fulfil the efficient marketing activities.                                                           
• Act as the company window person to make business deals with customers and dealers by engaging in all kinds of communication, coordination and consultation in products and service.                            
• Provide business coaching over dealer service operation to achieve “Value Chain Concept” as the goals of the company.                                                           
• Analyse and summarize the result of service and parts operation to develop after sales business.                                                             
• Visit to cultivate good relationship with dealers by providing sufficient data, information to build strong dealers’ service operation.    

Requirements:

• Sales deals, set up new clients and aftermarket sales experience catering to US and Europe.
• Detail understanding of alloy wheel designs for passenger cars.
• 5+ years of experience looking after the sales volume pf more than 100K units per year. 
• Deep understanding of USA and European market clientele, overseeing and ensuring orders (aluminium steel wheels) and achieving annual sales.
• Preliminary research in the US automotive wheel market, collecting market and retail customer data, and planning daily client visits.