Area Sales Manager - Chennai

Valeo · Chennai

  • Experience5–12 yrs
  • SalaryNot disclosed
  • Work modeunknown
  • Levelmanager
  • Posted18 Sept 2026
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About Valeo

Valeo is hiring in Chennai in automotive mobility. This role looks for around 5+ years of experience.

Skills

  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Sales Negotiation
  • CAP/BOP
  • Sales Pitching
  • Tour Planning
  • Customer View D-1
  • STORM

The role

An area sales manager works in an automotive manufacturing company. They visit customers, execute CAP/BOP activities, assess customer needs and competition, negotiate using sales pitches, plan customer tours, and record visits in STORM. Core skills include customer relationship management, sales negotiation, CAP/BOP execution, tour planning, Customer View D-1, STORM, and automotive product-line selling.

Full job description

CUSTOMER VISITS’ FREQUENCY

Visit customers of the respective sales area, according to the customers’ visits frequency defined.

CAP / BOP

Execute each CAP/BOP assigned per customer and product line in the area in the timing assigned.

Target: a) 100% CAP/BOP presented to customers, b) 80% CAP/BOP accepted by customer c) at least 80% of the CAP/BOP sales target achieved.

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

Identify Key unmet customer needs & follow competition moves per product line.Keep a very good customer intimacy.Assess potential per customer & per product line and ensure to complete the DA in the format and timing requested. Permanently ensure the solvability of the customers of the sales area and report any move in a structured way.

NEGOTIATION

Lead negotiations with his customers, respecting delegation power in place in the division.Master all the sales pitches set up to support negotiations with the customer. Valorize permanently with customers our “added value”/Specialist strategy.

SALES PROCESS

Plan visits in advance thanks to: visits frequency/tour planning defined.Prepare visit: agenda, CAP/BOP presentation, mastering presentation documents (sales pitch, mechanism…) and refresh the customer information through Customer view D-1. Close into STORM visit report & CAP survey EVERY day.

Attend the MSM and ensure to master the sales pitch of each CAP/BOP to help the negotiation.