Job includes two components:

1. Sales

2. Project management

1 Sales:

• Contact for customers and trading companies.
• Customer relationship management (visits, phone, online, etc.).
• Reception and first review of inquiries.
• Manage and support technical and process workout for quotation.
• Issue quotation and follow-up.
• Participation in technical and commercial clarification as well as contract negotiations.
• Take part in strategy definition for projects.
• Add knowledge about local requirements and regulations.
• Inquiries to local suppliers.
• Market and competitors analysis.
• Reporting and cooperating to/with team lead and sales departments at HQ.

2 Project management:

• Analyze detailed project specification regarding technical, quality, and commercial requirements.
• Technical clarification with customers, HQs and local vendors based on Coperion and contract specifications.
• Manage project execution at Coperion Japan.
• Support co-ordination during site erection and start-up.
• Close cooperation with HQs during project execution (from order intake to start-up).
• Logistics support, e.g. for customs clearance, expediting of late deliveries, etc.
• Reporting to PM at HQ.

Qualification

• Engineering Degree in mechanical-, process- or electrical engineering.
• 3+ years working experience in equivalent employment (e.g. sales of machinery).
• Experience in polymer or battery industry market environment preferred.
• MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), MS Project.

Skills

• Good technical and process understanding.
• Commercial understanding and business management are mandatory.
• Passionate sales, acting proactive.
• Knowledge of Japanese business practices and specific local requirements.
• Good analytical skills and goal-oriented work style.
• Professional attitude, highly motivated, well organized, able to work independently.
• Good interpersonal and communicative skills.
• Being a team player is mandatory.
• Open to the intracultural and cross-cultural environment.
• Fluent Japanese and English in writing and speaking.
• Open to travel (mainly domestic).

Who we are: 

Coperion is an industry leader in compounding and extrusion, feeding and weighing, bulk material handling and service, bringing a wealth of know-how and experience to the market. Customers benefit from Coperion’s divisions of Polymer, Equipment & Systems, and Service that are optimally networked on a global basis to offer ultimate support in the design, manufacturing and implementation of ideal systems. Staffed by engineers, chemists, technicians and a variety of industry experts, these Divisions form a powerhouse of process solutions for their customers. Coperion is a Operating Company of Hillenbrand.

Hillenbrand (NYSE: HI) is a global industrial company that provides highly-engineered, mission-critical processing equipment and solutions to customers in over 100 countries around the world. Our portfolio is composed of leading industrial brands that serve large, attractive end markets, including durable plastics, food, and recycling. Guided by our Purpose — Shape What Matters For Tomorrow™ — we pursue excellence, collaboration, and innovation to consistently shape solutions that best serve our associates, customers, communities, and other stakeholders. To learn more, visit: www.Hillenbrand.com.

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