Sales & Technical Service Manager Japan

Be part of something bigger!

As the world and the way people live is changing, at Bekaert we believe it’s our responsibility to contribute to finding new solutions for the future. Our ambition is to be the leading partner for shaping the way we live and move. And to always do this the Bekaert Way – safe, smart, and sustainable.

With a heritage of more than 140 years, we continue to strengthen our core competencies that have made Bekaert a global market and technology leader in material science of steel wire transformation and coating technologies. Today, we also apply our expertise beyond steel to create new solutions with innovative materials and services for markets including new mobility, low-carbon construction, and green energy.

As a dynamic and growing company with over 27,000 employees worldwide, 75 nationalities, a retention rate above 90% and almost € 7 billion in combined revenue in 2022, we're looking for someone like you to join our team!

Why join us?

• Personal Growth – Let us help you unlock your full potential
• Pioneering – Join us to challenge the impossible
• Creativity - Discover possibilities beyond steel
• Purpose – Drive progress for our planet and people
• Diversity – Together, we create change

Purpose of the Job

-    To strengthen the market-in approach of Bekaert in Japan to support sustainable profitable growth
-    To achieve the sales targets X+1 for RR and complete the company’s requirement.
-    To take effective actions to meet customer needs through actively collecting feedback from customers to improve service.
-    To develop and maintain effective long-term relationship with customers.
-    To seek for business opportunities in the market and bring values to the company.
-    To support Global Account Manager (GAM) to execute the account plans

Your Role
Achieve own X+1 & Support Senior M&S manager
-    Visits the customers on a regular basis and builds up personal relationships and ensure CRM under the guidance of M&S mgr. RR Japan
-    Closely work with related GAMs to follow up volume realization and takes pro-actions to increase the sales whenever needed
-    Conduct profit improvement by looking at all of the specs (sales price, product, logistics and others)  

Provide strong technical and sales service to support customers globally and work closely with related GAMs to achieve sales target    
-    Provide regular and on-time technical and sales service to customers. 
-    Work closely to regional account managers & technical managers to deliver the customers requirements
-    Closely work with related GAMs & KAE to follow up the new product development & customer needs
-    Performance indicators: new products development & commercialization every year (Globally)"    

Achieve results based on actions as defined in Score Card of TC Asia
-    Gains an in-depth understanding on the key people in the customer’s organization, their roles, mutual interactions and their position versus Bekaert
-    Recommends and implements defined actions to support X+1 critical goals and X+5 ambition of own global accounts & TC Asia

Monitor our competitive position at customer side
-    Knows the competitive moves, strategy and capabilities of our competition at the customer
-    Proactive positioning to prevent the penetration of competitors to the customer

Understand future direction and value chain of customers. Translate Voice of Customer into Voice of Business. Knows the customer mid-term and long-term plans. Work together with GAM to define the needs of the customers and deploy the needs into Bekaert organization.
-    Offers input for X+1 and X+5 planning (for Japan)
-    Gap analysis between customers need and Bekaert's resources (globally)
-    Identifies the elements for the value proposition to the customer (Cooperation, joint-projects, learning stops, unique selling proposition and others....)
-    Recommend inputs to Sr. Sales & Service Manager International Accounts how to communicate value to the customers
-    Fulfill the basic needs of the customer on product-service-delivery (globally)

Support customer transplants in overseas technically & commercially    
-    Liaise between customer HQ and their transplants in order to support local Bekaert business
-    Communicate supply BK plants and customers cooperate with GAM

Support supply chain team
-    Provide necessary information to Supply chain to maintain the suitable stock level in local. 
-    Provide the firm rolling forecast and monitor the PO issuing 
-    Provide the logistics cost improvement opportunity for Japanese business transactions    

Your Profile

-    University degree
-    MBA is a plus
-    Strong ability on effective communication
-    Strong resilience, integrity and perseverance
-    Passionate and self-motivated to work under pressure
-    Ability to follow "walk the talk" management and coaching
-    Eager to learn and open to change
-    Result oriented 
-    At least 5 years working experiences (sales field related)
-    Willingness to travel frequently
-    Fluent in English

Will you dare to take the next step?

Join us to unlock your full potential AND have a true impact in pushing the boundaries of what is possible.

We're looking for individuals who are not afraid to take risks and explore new ideas. If you are passionate about personal growth and bringing your authentic self to work, we want you on our team!

At Bekaert, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

To learn more about us and our exciting career opportunities, visit Bekaert Careers