Sales Account Manager

Description

Position is available in either our Santa Clara, CA office area or the Schaumburg, IL area only. No relocation is being considered.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hitachi High-Tech America, Inc. adopts, implements, and updates certain safety protocols in its efforts to promote a healthy and safe workplace for the well-being of our employees, their families, and visitors to our facilities, and to pursue continuity of the Company’s business operations. Where permitted by law, new hires will be required to disclose and certify COVID-19 vaccination status shortly after hire.

This position is responsible for new business development in the fields of social and industrial infrastructure market. Needs to identify customer issues/problems from customer/market driven perspective with market knowledge. Also needs to seek for potential solution partners in order to solve customer’s issues/problems and to determine new business models.

• New business development in mobility and industrial sectors.
• Find targeting market/customers` problems and challenges.
• Find partners for our solution provider business.
• Create new business plan, execute and modify, along with customer/market feedback, and implement this cycle in timely manner until finding solutions.
• Research problems by investigating public information (e.g. referential web site, general market report, webinar, exhibition etc.) and potential customers’ hearing to determine customer challenges.
• Collaborate on projects and assignments with overseas locations in their local time zone.
• Work with internal administration department to process new customer or vendor credit applications.
• Work with internal legal department to approve non-disclosure agreements (NDA), agreements, and or contracts.
• Prepare weekly activity reports and monthly summaries.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or related area or equivalent required.
• 5+ years of consulting or sales experience required, ideally in the fields of mobility, testing, or engineering.
• Past proven new solution type business creation.
• International business experience preferred.
• Effective and timely verbal and written communication skills.
• General marketing knowledge.
• Basic knowledge of systems engineering.
• Possess the ability to properly present new ideas and communicate effectively to an executive level audience.   
• Certificates & Licenses:　Class D Drivers’ license
• Excellent detailed and aesthetically organized presentation creation skills.
• Other Requirements: 
  • U.S. work authorization required.
  • Domestic and international travel up to 50% of time

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) – Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)-Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected]