Reporting Relationship : General Manager

Responsibilities :

•  Working closely with the leadership to maximize revenues, bookings and customer satisfaction;

•  Identifying, developing and achieving customer relationships;

•  Setting product portfolios, new technology introduction, pricing and positioning with market trends in mind in order to differentiate own products;

•  Forecasting the dynamics of the market and communicating effectively what this means for the businesses in order to anticipate, understanding and reacting to the market and customers needs;

•  Attaining forecasted demand, revenues and customer satisfaction goals;

•  Supporting, developing and implementing account and program capture strategies;

•  Integrating marketing programs and processes within the China region;

•  Managing customer interfaces with country and functional leadership, as well as build relationships with leaderships and carry internal influence;

•  Furnishing competitive and customer intelligence to the commercial leadership;

•  Being an advocate for the customer's position within the overall framework of business and fiscal guidelines;

•  Developing, driving and implementing strategic and tactical marketing plans in the region;

•  Identifying new business opportunities;

Qualifications :

•  Hold a minimum of a BA/BS degree;

•  Have 5+ years of related experience preferably in the automotive industry in China ;

•  Have experience in supply chain, engineering or projects, preferably in the automotive sector;

•  Be able to work well with the team and influence without direct line authority to pull team towards goals;

•  Understand basic automotive products and how customers use them;

•  Have solid project management and follow through skills;

•  Have proven analytical and problem solving abilities;

•  Preferably have sales or supply chain experience;

•  Have strong written and spoken English and Mandarin skills.

•  It will also be important that the individual have a personality suited to the business and be able to understand and integrate with the company culture.

•  The individual must be fast paced, aggressive, direct, to the point and have their own opinions. High levels of loyalty and integrity are also mandatory.

•  The incumbent must also be a hands-on, open-minded and goals oriented individual committed to teamwork.