Sales Manager
Job Summary
A global security solutions company is looking for a Sales Manager to lead business development and manage strategic customer relationships in Japan. The role focuses on expanding sales channels within critical infrastructure and government-driven sectors. You will collaborate with internal teams to drive revenue growth and support regional commercial initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Achieve financial, operational, and technical targets
- Develop key accounts in critical infrastructure sectors
- Manage project pipelines and distribution partnerships
- Promote global security solutions across Asia
Required Skills
- 5+ years sales experience in physical security/civil engineering
- Expertise in key account and stakeholder management
- Fluent Japanese and English proficiency
- Experience with EPCs and system integrators
Job Details
Job Description
A global security solutions company is looking for a Sales Manager. The successful candidate will drive business development, manage strategic customer relationships, expand sales channels, and deliver revenue growth across Japan while supporting regional commercial initiatives.
Responsibilities:
* Achieve assigned business objectives, customer commitments, and financial, operational, and technical targets
* Develop key customer accounts and sales channels within data centres, critical infrastructure, and government-driven sectors
* Build and manage key account project pipelines, drive project opportunities, and convert sales pipelines into orders
* Engage industry regulators, security consultants, specifiers, and end users to promote perimeter security solutions
* Identify and develop partnerships with EPCs, system integrators, project partners, and distribution partners
* Develop and execute strategic business, territory, and account plans, partner programmes, and quarterly business reviews
* Manage installer relationships and coordinate multiple project opportunities
* Identify customer needs and create recurring and upselling opportunities to maximise long-term customer value
* Promote the company's global product and solution portfolio to customers across Asia
* Collaborate with internal teams to achieve commercial goals and support regional strategies
Requirements:
* More than 5 years of experience in sales within the physical security and/or civil engineering industry
* Experience managing customers in critical infrastructure sectors such as data centres, transportation, airports, ports, energy, oil and gas, utilities, manufacturing, or industrial industries
* Experience managing multiple projects and distribution partners simultaneously
* Experience engaging and managing construction general contractors and/or engineering and procurement contractors
* Strong business development, key account management, relationship management, solution selling, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills
* Ability and willingness to travel throughout Japan and the Asia Pacific region
* Fluent level Japanese and English
Preferred requirements:
* Experience working with security system integrators
* Experience working in a start-up environment