Specialist, Sales Manager

You will be part of the team that makes sales and product lifecycle management for assigned JOEM vehicles globally. As part of this role, you will

• Determine the path and rational to help the customer delivering better experiences while improving position in the market and overall business performance
• Identify business targets through a clear understanding of responsible vehicle model lifecycle timing and planning process.
• Understand the customer’s business to find win-win opportunities across all of the technology offerings.
• Work alongside key departments within the customer to influence product development.
• Proposing new technologies for vehicles coming to market to key decision makers at the customer.
• Guiding development and sales process to a successful SOP
• Establish strong relationships with Planning, Marketing and Sales Teams at the customer to deliver value throughout entire Product Lifecycle

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or related field preferred
• Language: Fluency (written and verbal) in Japanese, Business Ability (written and verbal) in English
• Experience: min of 5 years Business Development experience in automotive with direct interactions with Japanese OEM.
• Interpersonal skills to build relationships with customers and team members 
• Self-motivated, team player with the ability to work well in a matrixed team with minimal supervision.
• Negotiation skills to find solutions that work for customers and internal stakeholders
• Must be residing in Japan to apply