Account Manager

Account Manager – will report to the Sales and Engineering Manager and will be responsible managing the technical sales activities for Smart Components Products.

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Responsibilities

• Become a focal point both internally/externally and coordinate projects with related stakeholders
• Define winning conditions like price, technical/quality requirements and timing
• Develop detail action plan to win business
• Manage program launches along with internal/external milestones
• Enlighten JOEM way/culture and drive/convince internal stakeholders
• Proactively identify customer pain points and drive CBI (Customer Back Innovation) to create differentiated value
• Drive customers with deep product design/manufacturing/testing knowledge
• Create necessary reports upon requests
• Demonstrates personal effectiveness and leadership that creates a culture of high performance.

Position Skills and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor or Master degree in business or/and engineering, or equivalent
• Knowledge and experience in automotive product design. Experience in designing automotive interior and/or exterior plastic injected products and/or automotive electrical and electronic components is a plus
• Sales and/or Project management and/or product development experience in automotive more than 5 years or equivalent
• Ability and experience to identify potential future products and trends
• Proven ability to manage complexity and change
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills with experience in communicating and working with remote regions
• English capability under multinational working environment
• Working experience at foreign based companies
• Flexible working time to communicate with stakeholders in different time zone
• Native level Japanese, fluent English