Business Development Manager

Yazaki•Canton, MI

9d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for supporting the deployment of new business development for Yazaki North America to evaluate new product and service opportunities that are outside Yazaki’s traditional business. This role will partner with peers across business and functional groups to determine whether the new business opportunity is in alignment with the direction of our corporate strategy as well as the feasibility of investment and resources. The person in this role will also work with their leader to review how to leverage current processes and/or design new processes to ensure expedient turnaround and response time to potential business prospects.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
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
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
Ability to anticipate the customer’s needs and seeing 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

Nice To Haves

MBA or technical Master’s Degree would be a plus
intermediate Japanese/Spanish language skills would be a plus

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.
Creates business plans, growth strategies, and business improvement plans for partnerships/investment projects by collaborating with relevant business groups