Monday, June 29, 2009

OEM Sales Director - #5450

For more information, send an email to info@tekizaitekisho.jp
Industry: Elecronic Manufacturing

AVERAGE Annual Salary: 13,000,000 yen
Japanese: 5 - native
English: 3 - good

DESCRIPTION:

Responsibilities:
-Define the product, pricing, customer selection, and sales strategies
for the region and lead the sales team in the region to promote business
growth and achieve annual sales target.
-Define, monitor and drive sales strategy for the region
-Manage sales managers to ensure they meet their individual sales targets
-Identify new markets and customers for future business growth
-Manage and motivate mangement teams to drive sales teams to achieve
sales targets
-Recommend new product development for business units
-Define customer growth strategy
-Align company's business strategy with sales targets

Experience and Attributes Required:
-10+ years of related business experience, with at least 5 years of
management experience in sizable organization in industrial field, with
sales and business development exposure in the region
-Proven track record in successfully developing and implementing
business strategies in the region
-Strong skills in strategic marketing, customer relationship management,
sales management, project management, as well as setting up pricing
strategy and developing customer segmentation
-Strong leadership and business acumen
-In-depth knowledge of the market

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Marketing Manager - North Asia - #4889

For more information, send an email to info@tekizaitekisho.jp
Industry: High Tech Internet

AVERAGE Annual Salary: 13,000,000 yen
Japanese: 5 - native
English: 3 - good

DESCRIPTION:

To manage the Marketing brand objectives, strategies, plans, campaigns
and budget for the online brand in the Asia Pacific region. This role
must champion the needs of the asian customer internally, ensuring that
these needs are met and hence the opportunity presented by these markets
is maximised. The role's key goal would be develop and optimize both
online and offline marketing campaigns to drive the growth of the brand
and business in the Asia Pacific region.

Key Areas Of Responsibility:
-Manage all aspects of development, implementation and evaluation of
Marketing Communications, strategy and plans including both online and
offline channels.
-Actively manage the online acquisition channel mix elements to ensure
best overall return.
-Devise, launch and manage marketing campaigns to drive business growth
for the brand and be responsible for top line and bottom line growth of
the business through these campaigns.
-Manage all aspects of the creative development process to deliver best
in class communications working with internal global teams and external
agency's as necessary.
-Work closely with the CRM, Product and Analytics team - Be the voice of
the customer internally ensuring that the website(s) are delivering on
our commitment to customer focus.
-Develop and manage new channels of customer acquisition such as
Affiliate Programs & Email marketing programs to cost-effectively
increase revenue
-Continually evaluate new media and advertising opportunities and refine
plans as needed.
-Develop, implement and evaluate quarterly marketing plans.
-Represent the company at key industry conferences and maintain regular
contact with key elements of the Press
-Ensure wherever possible that marketing objectives and strategies are
managed in synergy for best overall return and that any economy of scale
opportunities are capitalised upon

Qualifications:
-Minimum of 5 years experience of full mix (online and offline) marketing
-Must demonstrate particularly strong and detailed knowledge of the core
online marketing disciplines, especially search, affiliates partnerships
and email marketing.
-Fluency in one or more of the following Asian languages
-Japanese/Korean as well as English is required. All 3 would be an
additional plus.
-Strong technical skills, comfortable using multiple interfaces to
gather and manipulate data ? numerically driven. Must be comfortable
with Excel!
-Experience working with large e-commerce brands would be beneficial.
-Experience managing large budgets.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Apparel Forecasting Assistant Manager - #5384

For more information, send an email to info@tekizaitekisho.jp
Industry: Apparel

AVERAGE Annual Salary: 8,500,000 yen
Japanese: 5 - native
English: 3 - good

DESCRIPTION:

Responsibilities:
- To ensure apparel forecasting and purchasing activities, for
responsible vendors and categories, are in line with division KPIs.
- Develop effective purchase plan to meet division KPIs
- Closely monitor all delivery dates to ensure Catalogue and Season Plan
List commitments are achieved.
- Adjust purchase plan to meet OTB outcome monthly purchase budget.
- Effectively communicate/update Sales and management about delivery
status.
- Manage and direct respective sourcing vendor to achieve "pioneering"
service.
- Considering status quo operations, make reccomendations to managers
for process and system improvements.
- Lead by example and suggest expansion of best practices throughout the
department.

Qualifications:
- Production/Delivery Control experience with consumer goods preferred.
- Highly self-motivated.
- Team player.
- Presentation and negotiation skill.

Friday, June 12, 2009

Sales Engineer - #5445

For more information, send an email to info@tekizaitekisho.jp
Industry: Automotive

AVERAGE Annual Salary: 8,000,000 yen
Japanese: 5 - native
English: 3 - good

DESCRIPTION:

Reporting to the Sales Director, the Sales Engineer has responsibility
for the Japan Automotive Sales function to develop business with
existing customers as well as new customers. Responsibilities also
include process management, quality control and customer satisfaction.
Ability to meet the sales budget is critical.

Responsibilities:
- Analysis and recommendation of the right product to key customers.
- Work with Application Engineer to provide technical solutions.
- Raise specific application issues between Business units and Customers.
- Provide market intelligence.
- Promote new motor technology.
- Price negotiation and close deals.

Requirements:
- Knowledge of applications that use motors.
- Knowledge of sales, marketing, communication and negotiation.
- Automotive industry sales experience.

Thursday, June 04, 2009

Regional Account Manager - #5447

For more information, send an email to info@tekizaitekisho.jp
Industry: Transportation

AVERAGE Annual Salary: 10,000,000 yen plus incentive
Japanese: 5 - native
English: 3 - good

DESCRIPTION:

The Company
The company is an international market leader in global transport services.
We ensure that your documents parcels and freight are delivered safely
and on time.
Our mission is to exceed customers' expectations in the transfer of
their goods and documents around the world.
We deliver value to our customers by providing the most reliable and
efficient solutions through delivery networks.
We seek to lead the industry by instilling pride in our people, creating
value for our stakeholders and sharing responsibility for our world.

The Position
The Regional Account Manager is responsible to plan, direct, organize
and manage business for his/her customer(s) in his/her region for the
company in support of the Group corporate vision and mission by
developing and implementing operating procedures and planning for
business growth and innovation.

This will be achieved in a decentralized environment by managing,
enabling, encouraging and coordinating the support of all divisions and
business units. The Regional Account Manager will also encourage staff
departments to apply their best efforts in generating network
reliability, service quality maximization and sustained productivity
improvement while ensuring adherence to corporate policies and disciplines.

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Responsibilities:
-Establish personal relationships with account key decision making
managers for all business divisions with transportation and logistics
related needs. Nurture those relationships with regular review meetings,
proactive telephone and email communication and a constant honest
exchange of information. Learn exactly what our company does for the
customer and be constantly on the look out for new opportunities for
both us and the customers
-Ensure revenue growth of assigned accounts meets corporate goals. Take
all actions within realm of authority to improve or maintain required
account EBIT levels.
-Produce accurate, timely and relevant account documentation and
reports, presentations, tender responses, contracts and correspondence
for external and internal consumption. Meet deadlines with completely
staffed and finished products.
-Adhere to good management practices of completely analyzing issues and
problems before taking action; reviewing action plan status regularly;
and following up with entities involved before deadlines are missed.
-Maintain and foster excellent communication within the organization.
Act as point of contact for all issues involving the account.
-Maintain a continual awareness of industry trends and what we and our
competitors are doing to meet them. Maintain an awareness of internal
developments and how they can benefit global customers.
-Frequent international travel
-Frequent irregular hours across different time zones as required

Experience and Attributes Required:
-High demand for personal flexibility.
-Extensive experience in marketing sales/account management in
international B2B for Logistics.
-Strong Market Sector awareness including supply chain structures,
developments and requirements.
-Communication capability at senior/board level, both internally and
externally.
-Recognized general and people management skills.
-Strong proven analytical, conceptual and strategic skills.
-Ability to interpret and apply Value Based Management principles,
financial reporting, ROI.
-Project management skills.
-Fluent use of written and spoken English.
-Competent use of computer tools e.g. MS Office and Lotus Notes.
-Strong networker.
-Positive and professional approach with ability to protect and project
the image and reputation of the organization.
-Highly motivated, persistent, results driven attitude.