Key Account Manager Defense (M/F/X)
Henkel
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Posted on Apr 30, 2026
À propos de ce poste We are looking for a Key Account Manager Defense.
Ce que vous ferez
Your responsibilities will be the following:
You have a strategic growth and market development spirit, in complex, global, and defense-driven environments:
Ce que vous ferez
Your responsibilities will be the following:
- Define and execute the regional Defense Key Account strategy, including KP/TP delivery and mid-term pipeline growth
- Prioritize and develop Defense OEM, Tier-1, Tier-2 and emerging sub-tiers, including under-addressed long-tail accounts
- Drive upstream engagement, early specifications, qualifications, and approvals for Defense programs
- Translate Defense technology roadmaps into concrete business development and innovation opportunities
- Own pricing, negotiations, and contracts in line with commercial governance and margin objectives
- Deliver committed NES, pipeline, OSG, and PC targets, with proactive risk and recovery management
- Steer go-to-market execution across direct sales and Defense distributors, ensuring disciplined coverage and performance
- Build and maintain senior-level relationships with Defense customer decision-makers and key sponsors
- Lead cross-functional execution (sales, R&D, operations, supply chain) and act as escalation point for critical Defense accounts
- Ensure rigorous sales discipline, forecasting accuracy, and account governance
You have a strategic growth and market development spirit, in complex, global, and defense-driven environments:
- You actively explore new business potential, beyond established customers, including emerging players, new programs, and fast-growing ecosystems (e.g. drones, advanced mobility, electronics, new defense technologies)
- You identify early signals, unmet needs, and whitespace opportunities, translating them into actionable business cases and pipeline creation.
- You convert market, technology, and customer insights into clear go-to-market and expansion roadmaps.
- You combine key account leadership with a strong business development mindset, driving growth through new applications, technologies, and routes-to-market
- Proven ability in solution selling, upstream engagement, early specifications, and customer approvals
- You have the knowledge of lead pricing, negotiations, and contract structuring to enable both short-term wins and long-term scalable growth
- You manage complex commercial ecosystems
- Un système de travail flexible avec des horaires de travail flexibles, un modèle de travail hybride et une politique permettant de travailler de n'importe où jusqu'à 30 jours par an
- Diverses opportunités de croissance au niveau national et international
- Adoption de normes mondiales de bien-être avec programmes de soins et deprévention
- Congé parental d'une durée minimum de 8 semaines, sans distinction de genre
- Plan d'actionnariat salarié avec investissement volontaire et actions d'abonnement Henkel
- Participation et intéressement
- 100 % de prise en charge des transports publics
- 75 % des primes d'assurance maladie et d'assurance vie
- Place en crèche dans nos réseaux partenaires
