Job Description
The role involves managing and developing customer relationships within the battery materials industry, supporting technical and commercial sales efforts, coordinating cross-functional teams, and driving opportunities with cell maker and OEM accounts in China to advance Sila's mission of powering the transition to clean energy.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain multi-level customer relationships and understand decision-making processes
- Coordinate and conduct customer engagement visits to advance technical and commercial milestones
- Manage the full sales cycle for assigned opportunities and maintain opportunity hygiene in internal systems
- Support account planning by tracking milestones, risks, and next steps, and escalate blockers
- Coordinate internal teams to support sample shipments, technical exchanges, trial plans, and issue resolution
- Provide timely updates on opportunity status, timelines, and demand signals, and communicate risks
- Monitor account activity, competitor signals, and industry trends in China to inform internal priorities
Requirements
- Battery materials experience required, e.g., silicon-based anodes, graphite anode materials, cathode materials, electrolyte, separator, conductive additives, battery manufacturing-related materials
- 8 years of experience in account management, technical sales, or business development in the battery ecosystem, with exposure to cell makers and or OEMs in China strongly preferred
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex customer relationships across technical and commercial stakeholders, and to execute multiple workstreams in parallel with high urgency
- Strong communication and coordination skills able to translate customer needs into clear internal actions and drive follow-through
- High integrity, strong ownership mindset, and comfort operating in ambiguity while maintaining attention to detail
- Fluency in Mandarin and English required
- Operate a computer and other standard office equipment in a fixed location
- Travel required 25% to 50% within China, with occasional international travel depending on business needs
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range
Work schedule
Work environment perks
Travel opportunities within China and occasional international travel
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