■Overview:
The Sales Director will be responsible for maximizing our sales volume and building influential relationships with customers. Reporting directly to the Country Manager, Japan Sales, the Sales Director will manage and coordinate all sales activities and has the overall sales responsibility for the company’s capital equipment sales for the assigned customers. In addition, this role is responsible for supporting business unit strategies for growing services revenue and will align and coordinate the efforts of appropriate resources within both our and the customer in order to maximize customer satisfaction. The primary role is to attain sales goals by developing sales, increasing product market share, establishing and enhancing relationships with customers, and maximizing customer satisfaction without sacrificing profitability

■Responsibilities:
Facilitate and be part of the transition process of Japan Sales Strategy change
Responsible for overall sales performance for the assigned customers in Japan, including Sales Planning, customer management, channel partner management, lead follow-up, prospecting, advocating negotiating and exceeding sales goals
Propose our product solutions in line with customer requirements and driving customer specification review
Voice of the Customer: successfully translate customer needs and requests to the Business Units for product enhancements, performance, and support
Accurate reporting and submission of monthly and quarterly rolling sales forecasts
Regularly updating and maintaining pertinent sales contacts, opportunities and forecasts in SalesForce
Proactively working with Global Service and Business Units for customer satisfaction.
Improve sales volume and market share by keeping current with industry, such as supply and demand, changing trends, economic indicators, competition, and market research analysis
Generate and submit regular reports to update Country Manager on business activity and results
Resolves customer complaints by investigating problems, developing solutions, preparing reports, making recommendations to management
Represents Company on various trade shows, exhibitions, and seminars
Maintains effective budgetary controls of sales expenses
Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, participating in professional societies

■About us
You probably don’t realize it, but what we do at our touches the lives of every person, every day. It’s a bold statement, but it’s true. From the smartphones in our pockets that access the world’s collective knowledge, to the cloud-based services where all that information lives, to high-speed wireless communication and computing power needed to drive artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, gaming and so much more, our technology is all around us.

We design, develop, manufacture, and service highly complex, cutting-edge machines used by our customers to create the essential devices that drive the digital age, connect the world, and improve the human experience. Along with the world’s leading technology companies, many of which are household names, we help solve their most difficult material science challenges, enabling technologies for a more connected, sustainable, and convenient world.

We’re looking for material difference-makers to join our growing team.