Business Development Manager

About the role

The Business Development Manager will support the deployment of new business development for Yazaki North America to evaluate new product and service opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Review current business processes across functions to determine how they can be leveraged in the new model.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance and/or modify processes to support the new model.
• Restructure value chains from upstream to downstream and apply existing value chains to other businesses.
• Evaluate investment opportunities against industry trends and YNCA corporate strategy through financial and SWOT analysis.
• Foster the growth and sustainability of various lines of products and services, supporting industry development by using various management resources to conduct information analysis, material procurement, logistics, financing and talent development.
• Determine and nurture internal and external partnerships the organization needs to support diversified and potentially complex business opportunities.
• Create business plans, growth strategies, and business improvement plans for partnerships/investment projects by collaborating with relevant business groups.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration; MBA or technical Master’s Degree would be a plus
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in business development, value chain mapping, process improvement, investment review, and operations management
• 10 plus years of overall business and project management experience
• High level influencing and negotiation skills
• Strong business and financial acumen
• Business level English language skills, intermediate Japanese/Spanish language skills would be a plus
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and executing a stated vision or goal
• Proficiency using MS Office Suite products for project management, reporting and creating presentations
• Able to anticipate the customer’s needs and see around corners
• A natural drive for results through tenacity, critical thinking and problem solving
• A willingness to flex some work hours
• Availability and ability to travel both domestically and internationally

Qualifications

• Competitive compensation and benefits package including incentive compensation, 401K match, tuition assistance and a generous holiday schedule

Benefits

• A collaborative learning environment that will help you reach your maximum potential
• A diverse team of experts
• Supportive leadership and team members to help you do your best work
• An engaging and supportive work culture

Schedule

Flexible work hours and occasional travel both domestically and internationally may be required.

Pay

Competitive compensation and benefits package including incentive compensation, 401K match, tuition assistance and a generous holiday schedule.