Join the Interim Professionals Core Team - Client Services Director

Whats In It For You

Join our team at Interim Professionals where you will have the opportunity to leverage your substantial sales experience and deep client network to drive meaningful revenue growth.

You will be part of a team that values curiosity and problem-solving allowing you to develop your skills in a highly collaborative customer-first environment. With a focus on continuous learning you will gain exposure to cutting-edge design and technology skills that will enhance your ability to deliver tangible value to clients.

Employment Information:

Company: EY Strategy and Consulting Co. Ltd.

Address: Hibiya Mitsui Tower Tokyo Midtown Hibiya 1-1-2 Yurakucho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0006 Japan

Work location: Within 23 wards of Tokyo

Contract type: Full time permanent employee ()

Annual salary: Starts at 20M JPY

Role Expectations

1. Sales Expertise Development

• Leverage substantial sales experience to engage with a deep network of potential clients.
• Utilize retainer experience from a recruitment background to enhance client relationships and sales strategies.

2. Problem-Solving and Curiosity

• Foster a curious mindset towards problem-solving encouraging innovative approaches to sales challenges.
• Embrace a coachable attitude willing to relearn and adapt the sales process as necessary.

3. Technical and Design Skill Acquisition

• Commit to learning a new skill in either the design or technology sector to enhance service offerings and create additional value for clients.
• Integrate technical or design knowledge into sales strategies to better address client needs.

4. Commitment to Learning and Outcomes

• Demonstrate a strong work ethic and proactive effort to learn organizational processes and produce results particularly during the initial stages of engagement.
• Set measurable goals to track progress and outcomes in sales performance.

5. Client Service Orientation

• Conduct in-person client meetings to build rapport and trust ensuring a personalized approach to client service.
• Focus on delivering tangible value to clients aligning services with their specific needs and objectives.

6. Adaptability and Continuous Learning

• Exhibit the ability to recalibrate knowledge and skills to adapt to new challenges and opportunities.
• Maintain a flexible approach to learning demonstrating a range of capabilities that can evolve with the organizations needs.

Must-have Requirements

• Sales Experience - The candidate should have substantial sales experience ideally with a deep network of clients they can sell to.
• Curiosity and Problem-Solving -The candidate should have a curious approach to problem-solving and be coachable willing to relearn the sales process from the ground up.
• Technical or Design Skills: The candidate must learn a new skill besides sales either in the design or technology sphere to create more value for clients.
• Hustle and Effort - The candidate should demonstrate a greater effort to learn and produce outcomes especially in the beginning when they are unfamiliar with the organizations processes.
• Client Service Orientation - The candidate should be able to make client meetings in person and have a strong focus on delivering tangible client value.
• Adaptability - The candidate should be able to decamp and recalibrate their knowledge to learn new things demonstrating range in their capabilities.
• Onsite Presence - The candidate is expected to work onsite focusing on in-person client meetings and collaboration.
• Language proficiency: English: Fluent (required) Japanese: Business (Nice to have)

Nice to Have Requirements

• Successful candidates ought to have familiarity experience with or strong desire to learn and adopt Agile Design Thinking or Systems Dynamics disciplines.
• Successful candidates will rely heavily on generative AI for every analysis reporting and communication freeing up more of their time spent working for high-valueclient and team-focused tasks.
• Successful candidates ought to have a high degree of comfort learning and adapting new technology systems.

Next Steps

• One on one with core IP team members.
• Vision and Purpose
• SWOT
• Working Backward
• Reference: (1) Building a better working world starts with an inclusive interview process. LinkedIn

Equal Employment Opportunity Information

EY is strongly committed to equal opportunity and values the diversity of our work force and the knowledge of our people.

Who We Are

We are Interim Professionals of EYSC and we are shaping the future with confidence by building Japans community of 11 million lifelong learners. Our independent contractors are a part of our team and our mission is to help you unlock your potential.

By giving you access to EYs best-in-class learning & development paired with high touch consultancy projects that you will not see anywhere else we open avenues for you to upskill and join our community to build the workforce of the future in Japan.

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