Sales and Planning jobs and career trends in the automotive industry

Trends in Sales and Planning Related Jobs

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Increase in IT, electronics, and web-related jobs

Sales jobs related to IT, electronics, and the Web are on the rise due to advances in automated driving technology and electrification. Sales jobs related to high-potential products and services are also popular. While some companies require experience and product knowledge, others tend to hire and train talented young salespeople. Be specific about what kind of sales person you are, how you think and act, and the results you have achieved, and show them off in the interview.

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  • Business Unit Head Candidate

    • Logistics & Transportation, Transportation, Trafic
    • Executive Management, Business planning・Business management, Sales Operations, Sales Planning & Analysis
    • Tokyo
    • ¥10,000,000~¥14,000,000

    We are a company that develops mobility-related services and promotes the digitalization of transportation and transportation methods.
    By utilizing proprietary apps and platforms, we mainly offer taxi dispatch services and offer a variety of services.
    We are also a unicorn company with only a dozen or so companies in Japan, co-creating new mobility services with various companies.

    In the Corporate Business Promotion Division, you will participate in a position that oversees the entire division, leading product business growth through planning and executing sales strategies and managing the sales organization.
    This position involves not only pursuing sales results but also maximizing overall organizational outcomes by contributing customer challenges and market changes to the business, collaborating with marketing, business planning, and product development.

    Details.

  • CX Director (Automotive) | Customer Transformation Director (Automotive)

    • IT, Software platform
    • Sales, Sales Planning & Analysis, Business Development & Strategy, Account Manager (B2B)
    • Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka
    • ¥11,000,000~¥18,000,000

    To directly solve problems for the manufacturing sector, which accounts for about 20% of Japanese industry, we provide SaaS services and
    have already successfully raised about 30 billion yen in funding, making us a rapidly growing company.
    We are a company that is constantly working to create new systems that change the norms of the industry so that everyone involved in manufacturing can fully demonstrate their inherent strengths.


    You will be responsible for everything from identifying customers' management issues to driving business transformation, product delivery, and on-site change management. You will be responsible for OEM Tier 1 companies with sales ranging from several hundred billion yen to several trillion yen, accompanying customers on a multi-year basis while personally pioneering the front lines.

    Details.

  • CX Director (ASEAN) | Customer Transformation Director (ASEAN)

    • IT, Software platform
    • Executive Management, Management Planning・Corporate strategy, Business planning・Business management, M&A
    • Other Overseas
    • ¥7,000,000~¥12,000,000

    To directly solve problems in manufacturing, which accounts for about 20% of Japan's industry, we provide SaaS services and
    have already successfully raised about 30 billion yen in funding, making us a rapidly growing company.
    We are a company that is constantly working to create new systems that change the norms of industry, so that everyone involved in manufacturing can fully demonstrate their inherent abilities.


    Centered around the manufacturing AI data platform, you will lead customer transformation and business growth support for Japanese manufacturing clients across ASEAN.
    This role is not just simple implementation and utilization support, but redesigning the customer's business and data structures themselves and implementing reproducible value delivery models in the Asian market.

    Details.

  • [Tokyo] Sales Manager Candidate / Logistics DX System Division - Truck Manager

    • Logistics & Transportation, Logistics, Warehouse, Others
    • Sales, Business Development & Strategy, Account Manager (B2B)
    • Tokyo
    • ¥7,000,000~¥10,000,000

    We are a logistics tech startup operating a matching platform business connecting shippers and transportation companies, as well as a SaaS business supporting operational DX for shippers.
    In the logistics industry exceeding 14 trillion yen, we are transforming Japan's logistics by combining our brand and nationwide sales network with the office business structure and products. Future social issues are directly linked to business growth, and this area attracts very high attention from investors and client companies. Due to its high growth potential, we have secured substantial investments from major corporations.

    At a rapidly growing logistics tech company providing logistics DX SaaS, this position is responsible for enterprise sales targeting major transport companies and their logistics subsidiaries. As a sales manager candidate, you will plan and execute sales strategies to expand sales, build business operations, propose to management, and lead negotiations with key clients. This role promotes solving customer issues in collaboration with internal products, customer success, and development teams, contributing to DX and transformation in Japan's logistics industry. Depending on results, career advancement in sales management, business manager, or new business development is also expected.

    Details.

  • Enterprise Plastic Sales / Logistics DX System Division - Dispatch Management Dispatch Planning

    • Logistics & Transportation, Logistics, Warehouse, Others
    • Sales, Business Development & Strategy, Account Manager (B2B)
    • Tokyo
    • ¥8,000,000~¥15,000,000

    We are a logistics tech startup operating a matching platform business connecting shippers and transportation companies, as well as a SaaS business supporting operational DX for shippers.
    In the logistics industry exceeding 14 trillion yen, we are transforming Japan's logistics by combining our brand and nationwide sales network with the structure and products of our office business. Future social issues are directly linked to business growth, and this area attracts very high attention from investors and client companies. Due to its high growth potential, we have secured substantial investments from major corporations.

    As a logistics SaaS sales representative, we provide solutions to solve logistics challenges, which are social infrastructure. Through dispatch management systems, we promote fundamental reforms of client companies. In rapidly growing organizations, you can aim for career advancement as managers or new business developers.

    Details.

  • Business planning and sales planning for logistics DX platforms

    • IT, Software platform
    • Executive Management, Business planning・Business management, Sales Planning & Analysis
    • Tokyo
    • ¥7,000,000~¥10,800,000

    We operate a "Demand Delivery Matching Platform" specialized for the transportation industry, providing a system that smoothly connects shippers and transport companies, and promoting business reform through digital technology.
    Since its founding, this system, which has supported transportation companies, is already one of the largest in Japan, but there is still room for expansion, and by contributing to operational efficiency and improving empty vehicle rates, you can engage in work that can make an impact on society.

    Our core service, "Demand and Delivery Vehicle," which accounts for the majority of our sales, has accumulated data related to many customers over the past 20 years since its launch.
    This time, we are recruiting someone in charge of business planning for logistics DX services, planning new services that transport companies need in today's era based on these assets, and building and executing sales systems.

    We uncover latent customer needs and identify issues and develop solutions based on data. We play a central role in communicating with internal and external stakeholders, building consensus, and driving projects forward. We expect to accelerate business growth as a leader in realizing new services that contribute to society, by identifying challenges independently, taking on positive challenges even in uncertain situations, and

    realizing new services that contribute to society. [About Our Products]
    We are one of the largest marketplaces in the industry, matching cargo and trucks between shipping companies. Although we have been providing this service for 25 years, considering the market size of 19 trillion yen, there is still great potential for growth, and we are just beginning to climb the mountain.
    In 2021, we underwent a major renewal. Logistics is not supported by only transportation companies. Going forward, we will rapidly grow as a platform that solves the challenges faced by people who want to transport all logistics items and those who want to transport goods, not just between transport companies.
    The logistics industry faces the highest level of difficulty in transforming due to its long history and large scale. However, we are working to successfully implement DX (Digital Transformation) in the logistics industry, known as "industrial infrastructure," and to make a significant impact on the sector.

    Details.

  • Key Account Manager

    • Manufacturer, Electrical & Electronic
    • Sales, Account Manager (B2B)
    • Tokyo
    • ¥8,000,000~¥10,000,000

    This company is a global automotive technology supplier specializing in advanced sensing systems, electrification, and intelligent mobility solutions.
    Leveraging strong research and development capabilities, it operates globally and collaborates with major automakers (OEMs) to develop next-generation safety and interior technologies.

    In this role you will lead account strategy, customer negotiations, pricing, new-business development, and overall commercial performance while managing a small team.

    You will represent the customer internally and work closely with Engineering, Project Management, Finance, and global teams to translate customer requirements into business actions and secure profitable new business.

    Details.

  • Enterprise Account Executive Senior Manager | Enterprise Sales Senior Manager

    • IT, Software platform
    • Sales, Business Development & Strategy, Account Manager (B2B)
    • Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka
    • ¥12,000,000~¥16,000,000

    To directly solve problems for manufacturing companies, which account for about 20% of Japan's industry, we provide
    SaaS services and have already successfully raised approximately 30 billion yen in funding, making us a rapidly growing company.
    We are a company that is constantly working to create new systems that change the norms of industry, so that everyone involved in manufacturing can fully realize their inherent strengths.


    As a position directly under management, I am not merely overseeing the sales organization but also responsible for grand designing the company's business growth strategy. Armed with an AI data platform, I am a business leader who redefines the strategy, organization, and culture from a management perspective to drive a paradigm shift across the entire manufacturing industry, the core industry of the Japanese economy, and to create a vast yet unseen market for myself, driving the entire company.

    Details.

  • Solution Sales (for Government Offices and Local Governments)

    • Energy & Infrastructure, Energy
    • Sales, Sales Planning & Analysis, Account Manager (B2B)
    • Tokyo
    • ¥4,800,000~¥9,300,000

    A global company operating in Japan for over 125 years. We promote cutting-edge innovation across a wide range of fields, including social infrastructure, space defense technology, and public solutions. With approximately 60,000 employees domestically, we are spreading technologies and innovations originating in Japan to countries around the world.

    [Overview of Business and Organizational Structure]
    The main markets of the Government and Public Infrastructure DX division are central government ministries and their related organizations, educational institutions, as well as the transportation and lifeline sectors. Within this, our group operates primarily with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and its related organizations. In addition to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's construction, road, and port sectors, we are responsible for public works projects for local governments and proposing, building, and operating cloud solutions, IT infrastructure infrastructure, and business systems for related organizations such as NEXCO Group companies.

    You will mainly be responsible for the following public works execution-related systems.
    ・Electronic bidding system
    for public works procurement ・CALS-ASP service, which digitizes and shares and utilizes information such as construction-related documents, drawings, and photos between public works clients (national governments, local governments, etc.) and contractors (construction contractors, etc.), enabling sharing and utilization via networks.

    ・The electronic bidding system supporting public works procurement has been implemented by our company across all four ministries: the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and the Ministry of Defense. Based on the Digital Agency's priority plan, we are recruiting sales leaders to advance future government cloud migration, integration of the four ministries, and cloud-native migration.

    The CALS-ASP business has been recognized as one of the few good examples of service businesses within the company, and we are actively aiming for expansion.

    The recruitment is sales sales, but we welcome those who want to contribute to upstream activities such as proposing services to national and local governments, construction contractors, and industry associations, as well as post-implementation operational support, as well as planning service models and business models.

    Details.

  • Automotive Sales Area Manager

    • Manufacturer, Manufacturer-Automotive
    • Sales, Area・Regional Sales
    • Tokyo
    • ¥8,000,000~¥11,000,000

    A global automotive brand offering innovative and high-quality vehicles. Known for products that combine precise engineering with outstanding performance. In the Japanese market, it offers a wide range of premium models, aiming to enhance the joy of driving while contributing to the realization of a sustainable and advanced mobility society.

    As a Sales Area manager you will be responsible for providing comprehensive consultation to dealers on new and used car sales and customer service improvement.

    Details.

  • Overseas Business (Mid-Level Positions) Overseas Business Company Operations Support

    • Distribution & Retail
    • Sales, Sales Operations, Sales Planning & Analysis, Business Development & Strategy, International Sales
    • Tokyo
    • ¥4,200,000~¥6,300,000

    We are engaged in a wide variety of automobile-related businesses, including the operation of a corporate car rental business, operation of authorized dealerships throughout Japan, and vehicle sales business.
    By communicating with customers to understand their needs and respecting the autonomy of employees, we aim to be "a company where employees share the company's direction and work together to achieve customer satisfaction.


    This position supports the operation of overseas subsidiaries and the promotion of business growth.
    You will be responsible for a wide range of tasks to ensure that overseas subsidiaries and affiliated companies can operate smoothly.

    Details.

  • Installation Engineer (iTeam) | Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Startup Engineer

    • Manufacturer, Machinery, Equipment
    • Mechanical, Sales・Service Engineer
    • Hokkaido, Toyama, Yamagata, Chiba, Iwate, Aichi, Osaka, Ibaraki, Kumamoto, Kanagawa, Tokyo, Oita, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Nagano, Nagasaki
    • ¥5,000,000~¥8,000,000

    This is the Japanese subsidiary of a global semiconductor manufacturing equipment manufacturer founded in the United States.
    We are world-class in terms of sales, business scale, and market share.
    We have an environment where we can contribute to our customers' success by addressing cutting-edge technological innovations and advanced customer needs, while solving challenges.
    In 2022, we achieved the world's No.1 sales position as a semiconductor manufacturing equipment manufacturer, becoming a leading company in the growing semiconductor industry, where you can further develop your skills and experience.

    An iTeam position where you travel long-term to customer semiconductor factories throughout Japan or overseas, responsible for assembly, adjustment, and startup of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Each project takes about 1.5~2.5 months, covering everything from equipment installation, connection, adjustment, parameter setting, to stable operation. After the startup is completed, maintenance is handed over to customer engineers.

    Details.

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