Global Vice President, Amazon

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Job Summary

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Regular cadence of meetings both virtual and face to face with Amazon.
• Responsible to coordinate and help organize Quarterly Business Reviews between Nidec and Amazon with a focus to alternate meeting locations at Amazon and Nidec facilities.
• Develop and maintain relationships with the Amazon Executive and Amazon mid-level management teams.
• Collaborate with Amazon and Nidec team to have full transparency of Amazons programs and strategy.
• Regularly generate and distribute an Amazon/Nidec overall global business status to assure there are effective lines of communication for all parties.
• Define and understand all of Amazons Global locations with a strong focus on North America and Europe. How do Amazons North America and Europe facilities compare to one another in terms of the systems used.
• Responsible for achieving quarterly/annual revenue for Amazon aligned with the Automation Drives Drive Systems and other Nidec Business Units business plans.
• Collaborate with and lead cross-functional Nidec business segments to develop maintain and communicate all Amazon Global products and programs.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies to identify new opportunities to maintain a competitive edge at Amazon.
• Identify and work with global Amazon Warehouse Automation integrators. Need to have Nidec products and services specified into third party products and systems.
• Effectively present and communicate the overall state of Nidecs and Amazons relationship to Automation Drives Drive Systems and the MOEN Executive team

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelors degree or above in engineering business/marketing or related field of study.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in Automation markets.
• A minimum of 10 years of broad-based sales and business development experience.
• Strong proven experience in interacting with Amazon on all levels of their business sales operations technology and quality.
• Strong technical understanding of Nidec products and how they are applied into Amazons Global Fulfilment and Sortation locations.
• Competent in Microsoft Office and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) systems
• Strong analytical skills both qualitative and quantitative.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills comfortable presenting to senior/Executive members.
• Ability to partner collaborate and influence others in a matrix organization on a cross-functional team.

Travel

• Frequent local and global travel will be required.

Additional Job Details

Management M6

Organizational Impact
Leads a function or department within the platform or leads a strategic function or department within the business unit
Leads the implementation of comprehensive strategies set forth by executive leadership ensuring alignment with overarching business objectives
Develops and oversees strategic operational plans for the department and/or job family group focusing on mid to long term outcomes and sustainability (e.g. 3-5 years)
Accountable for organizational resources and plays a critical role in shaping high-level business decisions made by executive leadership
Typically accountable for substantial revenue generation and/or expenditures in strategic organizational areas with a high degree of autonomy and decision-making authority
Communication & Influence
Communicates regularly with parties within and outside of job family group/ business unit may include external clients or vendors
Influences diverse groups advocating for the organizations vision and strategic initiatives while communicating complex concepts and practices to executive leadership on matters of critical importance to the organization
Regularly communicates with executive leadership and is required to negotiate and resolve operational challenges that impact strategic direction
Represents a business unit function department or job family group on matters of significance with the public
Innovation & Complexity
Responsible for driving critical improvements of entire processes systems or products to enhance performance of business unit or job family group
Addresses a wide array of complex and ambiguous challenges involving interpretation of multifaceted issues where information is scarce and difficult to ascertain often impacting areas outside of immediate responsibility
Solutions developed through leveraging extensive expertise strategic analysis and innovative thinking drawing on a deep understanding of industry trends and organizational dynamics

Leadership & Talent Management
Oversees multiple critical departments multiple job families or a critical job family group for a business unit managing a large diverse team of senior-level managers who supervise various sub-teams
Typically has hiring firing promotion and reward authority within own area in accordance with Corporate Guidelines
Responsible for developing short- to mid-term plans (1-3 years) on how to optimize the talent required to execute strategies for the job family group or business unit/departments
Knowledge & Experience
Requires exceptional business management and leadership knowledge to spearhead complex cross-functional teams and drive initiatives across the platform business units multiple departments and/or job family groups
Exhibits a high level of mastery in a specialized technical domain or possesses extensive expertise across a wide range of interrelated disciplines enabling strategic decision-making and innovation
Typically requires an advanced degree or equivalent professional certification along with a minimum of 12-15 years of relevant experience

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec
Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age gender gender identity sexual orientation race color genetic information religious creed national origin physical or mental disability protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant please visit the following website: Shift Schedule

No Soliciting

Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.