Role & responsibilities

- Manage and develop relationships with OEM customers and government agencies within the defense sector.

- Lead ongoing customer projects, technical discussions, and commercial activities from enquiry through execution.

- Understand customer requirements and coordinate development of system-level technical solutions together with regional and global development teams.

- Act as primary customer interface for project coordination, quality topics, and issue resolution, ensuring structured follow-up with all relevant stakeholders.

- Drive business development activities within the defense sector as well as other strategically focused areas such as railway and industrial applications.

- Represent the company at customer meetings, trade shows, and industry events.

Preferred candidate profile

- Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering or Production Engineering,



or a related discipline; MBA is an advantage.

- Around 10 years of skilled experience across new product development, application engineering, project management, key account management, sales, and customer service.

- At least 5 years of experience in the defense industry handling OEM customers and government agencies is must.

- Strong technical and commercial understanding with ability to act as first point of contact for customer topics.

- Experience with railway industry customers is considered a significant asset.

- Strong ownership mindset with excellent communication, stakeholder management, and coordination skills in a global matrix organization.

- Willingness to travel as required.

📌 Sales & Application Engineering Industrial & Special applications (Pune)
🏢 MAHLE Holding India
📍 Pune