Job Description
Job Description
General
- Interact with global Continental and customers, include group company, community with focus on balance of internal vs. external, customers, requirements
- Full responsibility of collecting accounts receivable, R&D costs, each commercial claims etc
- Lead sales planning related tasks (Customer forecast analysis & planning etc)
- Prepare documents for respective customers for internal & external preparation
- Built good relationship with external & internal stakeholders
Acquisition for new businesses (incl. Carry-over programs)
Full responsibility for business acquisition including building up of strategyFull coordination of commercial part of quotations :Conduct quote / no quote meeting where requiredKick off acquisition with international sales team and multiple customer interfacesEnsure internal alignment with internal stakeholders across multiple locationsClarify all internal requirements regarding quote conditions prior to review of quote ( given currencies and currency clauses, delivery terms, payment terms, volume fluctuations)Take lead to review with international, multi-location project acquisition team all assumptions and commitments stipulated in technical part of quote and identify and correct any potential commercial risks to the quoteConduct internal gate process working with project manager and other team members; take leader role and double check all assumptions taken and actively look for areas of improvement to be success the businessesPrepare external official quotation letter, a list of all enclosures submitted together with the quote and stipulate all commercial assumptions which are made an aliment with internal stockholders.Prepare costs breakdown of quote in strong alignment with controllingDefend Continental interests to customer while at the same time raising road blocks from customer for internal discussion prior to quoteEnsure timely delivery and communication of reviewed and approved quote to customerRunning business and business under development
Handling of all commercial issues in running and developing projects such as change management, preparation of documents for piece price, RnD & tooling costs, sample costs etc. with full responsibilitySet baseline of initial commercial quote assumptions and align with the global team members if it’s neededAttend / monitor progress of internal project meeting and take advisory role for pushing timely change management anticipating commercially relevant hurdlesEstablishing and maintaining standardized cost structures in projects with the same customer, alignment with other locations within same BU with similar business with the customerMaintain clear and transparent structure of all commercial items communicated to the customerLead / guide project team and project manager commercially, to prepare all documentation in a commercially mind-set fashionLead customer communication and negotiationsQualifications
Basic
Ability to travel locally, nationally and internationally when requiredExperience working with J-OEMs (>10years)
Experience working in Automotive Industry (>10years)
Strong communication skill both in English and JapaneseInternational team player and experiences (in N / A, EU, China & ASEAN)Advanced MS Office skills, especially PowerPoint and ExcelAbility of maintaining effective working relationships with internal and external customersPreferred Qualification
Good understanding of customer's strategy, roadmap, sourcing and decision making processExperience in internationally operating company in sales, business development, project management functions or similar (>10years)
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