1. Could you introduce yourself and tell us about you? Your current / recent jobs and employers? Previous companies and jobs?
He has over 35 years of experience now within the Japanese market and is knowledgeable with the latest technologies; he has been working with tier one global suppliers including XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, and other automotive servicing companies like XXXX where they served automotive clients including Toyota. Right now, he’s working on his own company called XXXX where he does business development, Japan market entry support for automotive OEMs, drive growth for global suppliers, and has worked with major Japanese automakers including Toyota, Nissan, Suzuki, and other OEMs.
Before this, he was a Business Director for XXXX and XXXX. During his time with XXXX as the Head of Automotive, where he did business development for Japan OEMs and tier one suppliers including Toyota, Nissan, and Honda. He started off with more sales and key account management roles within different companies but mostly working with OEMs and tier one suppliers with different products including automotive and electronics; he has handled brake systems, engine injection system, radars, airbag computers, and before that, he’s mostly on the hardware side of things. He has coverage with a lot of countries including America, Germany, Japan, England, and Japan.
2. What skill(s) / experience would you self-describe as strongest or specialist in?
Strongest skill would be his end-to-end experience in the market since he’s been working for the past 30-35 years; he’s strongest within the automotive industry along with electronics industry where he sell different products such as electronics, automotive components, and manufactured components as well.
One of the biggest revenues he has contributed to a company is around 240M USD for a total of six years; this is 200M secured business and 40M from deviation business.
3. Do you have the lists of key criteria’s according to the clients’ requirements?
He has around 30 years of doing sales and business development within the automotive industry. He has strong experience with Japan automotive OEMs and has sold to Nissan, Honda, Mazda for a few years back, Toyota, and many more tier one carmakers in the industry. Right now, he is having about 8-10 managers under him, with an average of 4-5 managers previously. When it comes to products, he has mainly sold hardware automotive products such as airbags, ECU, and more.
