MANAGER - COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION

Not just a job, but a career

Yokogawa, award winner for Best Asset Monitoring Technology and Best Digital Twin Technology at the HP Awards, is a leading provider of industrial automation, test and measurement, information systems and industrial services in several industries.

Our aim is to shape a better future for our planet through supporting the energy transition, (bio)technology, artificial intelligence, industrial cybersecurity, etc. We are committed to the United Nations sustainable development goals by utilizing our ability to measure and connect.

About the Team
Our 18,000 employees work in over 60 countries with one corporate mission, to "co-innovate tomorrow". We are looking for dynamic colleagues who share our passion for technology and care for our planet. In return, we offer you great career opportunities to grow yourself in a truly global culture where respect, value creation, collaboration, integrity, and gratitude are highly valued and exhibited in everything we do.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Corporate Strategy Shaping

Participate in the development of corporate strategy for a local organization, applying functional expertise to test the viability of the strategy and contributing creative ideas and insights to support the strategy formation process.

Functional Strategy Formation

Lead the development and implementation of strategy for a business area or significant function, anticipating mega-trends and complex challenges and opportunities, and ensuring integration with wider corporate strategy.

Strategy Formation and Implementation

Develop the strategy for a business area of significant function, anticipating mega-trends and complex challenges and opportunities. Ensure the strategy is successfully implemented and meets long-term business needs.

Business Planning

Lead the development of annual and longer-term business plans for a significant function or small local business, ensuring alignment with strategy; quantify business outcomes (i.e. revenues or other Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)) and resource budgets (financial and headcount); and ensure integration of key activities or projects across the organization.

Sales

Hold overall responsibility for designing, developing and delivering the organizations sales strategy.

Board Relationship

Develop and improve relationships with Board members, identifying priorities, issues and strategic challenges and preparing them for discussion. Work is focused on a significant function or equivalent area of the business.

Leadership and Direction

Set and communicate the strategy for achieving the organizations mission, vision and values within a function, together with the broad actions needed to implement it; inspire a large or diverse workforce to commit to these and to doing extraordinary things to achieve the organizations business goals.

Business Development

Hold overall responsibility for the design, development, and delivery of the organizations business development strategy to create long-term value for the organization and for customers, markets, and relationships.

Corporate Representation

Represent the organization or institution in a variety of industry, institutional, and/or professional forums, boards, and committees in order to promote the company or institution brand or efforts. Represent the organization in external relations with investors, clients, the public, and others. Will focus on a significant function, department, or equivalent area of the business.

Performance Management

Manage and report on the performance of the function / business area; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports and hold them accountable for achieving these; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of annual business objectives.

Organization Structure

Define the detailed organization structure for a business area to align with corporate principles, define the relationship between elements of the organization, and define the responsibilities of senior managers, to enable the organization to achieve its business objectives.

Organizational Capability Building

Identify the capabilities needed to meet the current and emerging business needs of a significant business area. Evaluate current capabilities, identify gaps, and prioritize development activities. Motivate others to develop their capabilities and fulfill their personal potential. Build capabilities elsewhere in the organization through mentoring and other informal methods.

Brand Strategy and Effectiveness

Take responsibility for implementing the organizations brand strategy.

Budgeting

Take responsibility for setting and managing area budgets so they align with organizational strategy.

Behavioral Competencies

Strategic Mindset

Sees ahead to future possibilities and translates them into breakthrough strategies. For example, is a strong big-picture thinker; makes frequent, clear references to the organizations vision and strategy and the efforts required to drive them forward. Effectively integrates long-term opportunities and challenges with day-to-day activities.

Business Insight

Applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organizations goals. For example, ensures that the team understands and discusses relevant industry changes. Gives strong messages about how peoples efforts make a difference to the broader organization.

Manages Complexity

Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. For example, asks questions to encourage others to think differently and enrich their analyses of complex situations. Accurately defines the key elements of complex, ambiguous situations.

Drives Results

Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances. For example, creates a feeling of energy and an emphasis on excellence in the team, using productive behaviors. Builds a strong sense of urgency to exceed goals and beat deadlines. Ensures that the team pushes through obstacles and establishes a superior track record.

Customer Focus

Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions. For example, supports efforts to build customer satisfaction, loyalty, and commitment, and secures organizational resources to do so. Creates partnerships with customers; identifies some ways to build and strengthen these relationships.

Instills Trust

Gains the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity. For example, builds a team with an exemplary reputation for reliability and for meeting even difficult commitments. Builds trust among people and groups by ensuring honest and up-front communication; maintains transparency.

Collaborates

Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. For example, encourages coworkers and external partners to work together as a team, and makes sure they get credit for doing so. Encourages people to share their honest views, responds in a non-defensive way when they do.

Drives Vision and Purpose

Paints a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action. For example, is a strong champion for the organizations vision; energizes people to commit to this long-term direction. Regularly and enthusiastically describes how peoples efforts make a difference.

Skills

Planning and Organizing

Uses expertise to act as organizational authority on planning, organizing, prioritizing and overseeing activities to efficiently meet business objectives.

Action Planning

Applies expertise to act as the organizational authority on developing appropriate plans or performing necessary actions based on recommendations and requirements.

Adaptive Mindset

Operates as a recognized expert to shift into and out of a mental mindsets associated with assessing the facts and circumstances of the current situation and/or environment and making the appropriate/innovative adjustments to thinking and work habits to thrive in any scenario. Typically known as a subject matter authority.

Strategic Planning

Uses expertise to act as organizational authority on strategic planning.

Commercial Acumen

Acts as the organizations authority and established expert to develop solutions based on an understanding of the business environment and objectives.

Customer and Market Analysis

Applies expertise to serve as the organizational authority on conducting research and analyzing data in order to develop a comprehensive understanding of customer and market conditions that enables maximum return on investments.

Policy and procedures

Uses expertise to act as the organizational authority on developing, monitoring, interpreting and understanding policies and procedures, while making sure they match organizational strategies and objectives.

Policy Development and Implementation

Uses expertise to act as organizational authority on developing and implementing policies.

Negotiation

Negotiates as the organizational authority and established expert to help the organization by obtaining consensus between two or more internal or external parties who may have different interests.

Organization Design and Development

Applies expertise to act as the organizational authority on making sure the organization develops and maintains the culture, values and design it needs to reach its objectives while managing structural change.

Project Management

Uses expertise to act as the organizational authority on managing projects and/or programs within desired cost, time and quality parameters.

Reporting

Uses expertise to acts as the organizational authority on creating relevant, lucid and effective reports.

Verbal Communication

Acts with expertise as the organizations authority on using clear and effective verbal communications skills to express ideas, request actions and formulate plans or policies.

Customer-Focused Approach

Applies expertise to act as an authority to orient the sellers organization around delivering to the key needs of their customers.

Knows the Buying Influences

Applies expertise to act as an authority to accurately identify and understand the key buying influences pertaining to an opportunity.

Managing Change

Acts as the organizational authority and established expert on maintaining high performance while applying a change mindset to the planning, execution and monitoring of business activities during times of change.

Negotiates Strategically/Tactically

Applies expertise to act as an authority to facilitate the commercial details of an opportunity such that both parties are satisfied with the value gained.

Strategic Planning and Analysis

Applies expertise to act as an authority to help the client prioritize their business objectives and challenges.

Workflow Management

Operates as a recognized expert to orient work in a workflow to plan, organize, and execute the steps it takes to achieve a goal to achieve higher efficiencies. Typically known as a subject matter authority.

Education

Masters Degree or Equivalent Level

General Experience

Experience level enables job holder to provide leadership to others regarding work related systems, processes and challenges (More than 15 years)

Managerial Experience

Experience of interpreting strategy and policy in order to set and deliver objectives within medium to long time frames (Over 10 years to 15 years)

Yokogawa is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Yokogawa wants a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture. We will actively recruit, develop, and promote people from a variety of backgrounds who differ in terms of experience, knowledge, thinking styles, perspective, cultural background, and socioeconomic status. We will not discriminate based on race, skin color, age, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, belief, political opinion, nationality, ethnicity, place of origin, disability, family relations or any other circumstances. Yokogawa values differences and enables everyone to belong, contribute, succeed, and demonstrate their full potential.

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