Reporting to Head of Interior Team, the position will expand global customer base and products offering in specific segment for the Automotive Products Group and formulate strategic plans.
Your responsibilities will be to:
- Create, develop and drive commercial business strategy for the identified business segment
- Participate in commercial negotiation, such as pricing, incentive, service and conditions to secure profitable business and manage P&L of assigned customer accounts
- Consolidate product requirements to develop product roadmap and pipeline of new business in consultation with product engineering teams. Collaborate with project teams to realize the roadmap and execute plan on awarded program
- Analyze market trends and initiate new product roadmap and present product roadmap at annual Strategic Planning Review to seek consent from management
- Set up customer network and build up strong ties with them. Review with customers regularly to ensure things work out right
- Monitor and make consistent global pricing strategies and recommendations.
- Resolve price situations where material cost may increase with regional exchange rates and volume consideration with customers
- Balance tooling construction schedules for external customers by collaborating with the Company’s internal Tool Room; similar to balancing fixtures by outside vendors
- Participate in gross margin adjustment or other concessions to secure business in a total package
Our requirements:
- Bachelor degree in Electrical, Mechanical or related Engineering disciplines
- Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in business development, sales or key account management; global customers management exposure is preferred
- Possess engineering knowledge in either micro-motor/sensor/actuator, or application engineering knowledge in automotive industry
- International work exposure would be advantageous
- Excellent negotiation, communication and presentation skills
- Strong business acumen
- Fluent in English, Mandarin Chinese would be advantageous but not mandatory
- Has working experience in overseas
Come join our global, inclusive & diverse team
Our purpose is to improve the quality of life of everyone we touch through our innovative motion systems. We are a truly global team bound together by our shared values. Our culture is built on the diversity, knowledge, skills, creativity, and talents that each employee brings to the company. Our people are our company’s most valuable asset. We are committed to providing an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace where employees of different backgrounds feel valued and respected, regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity or religious background. We are committed to inspiring our employees to grow, act with ownership and find fulfilment and meaning in the work they do.
Skills Required
- Bachelor degree in Electrical, Mechanical or related Engineering disciplines
- Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in business development, sales or key account management
- Global customers management exposure
- Engineering knowledge in micro-motor, sensor or actuator technologies or application engineering knowledge in the automotive industry
- International work exposure / working experience overseas
- Excellent negotiation, communication and presentation skills
- Strong business acumen
- Fluent in English
- Mandarin Chinese language skills
What We Do
Johnson Electric is a global manufacturer of motion products, control systems, flexible interconnects, electric motors, actuators, motion subsystems, and related electromechanical components. Established in Hong Kong, the company serves more than 1,500 customers across automotive, industrial, medical, smart metering, appliances, home automation, power tools, and other markets. Its operations span 20 countries and four continents, supporting applications that improve movement, control, and connectivity.
