Your new role

• Identify new business opportunities aligning with automotive strategic directions.
• Design solution to secure a successful incubator for sales growth in the target segment/application:
• Support solution implementation to secure successful transfer to the commercial process
• Propose new Product Development projects under stage-gate process
• Propose collaborations with Academia, Consulting Consortia or Entrepreneurial free agents
• Identify and propose strategic partnership ideas (JDA, JV, acquisitions…)
• Lead public event and customer event with well project managing and clear expected output
• Strengthen market position/branding influence via co-work with Marcom

What you'll need to succeed

• A Bachelor’s degree in Polymers, Polymer Engineering, Polymer Processing or Materials Science is preferred; MS or PhD is a plus. An MBA is also a plus.
• Minimum of 5 years of successful Business Development experience required in the chemical industry and/or the automotive industry
• Proven experience working through matrix organisation, pushing global initiatives into the marketplace
• Excellent personal and interpersonal working skills
• Good presentation and communication skills
• Excellent oral and written communication in English
• Good in MS Office, Salesforce, LinkedIn, web-site navigation, and CRM software
• Travel 30% of the time

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, please send your latest CV to Chris.Qian@hays.cn, or call me 13167100915.

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact me for a confidential discussion about your career.