Product Manager (Japanese Speaker)

VAT GROUP; Penang; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

VAT GROUP seeks a Japanese-speaking Product Manager in its Penang office. The ideal candidate has a proven record in developing business and managing a dedicated product portfolio, while increasing customer trust and loyalty.

The role requires strategic thinking with an ability to provide fact-driven proposals by leveraging a globally matrixed team. Responsibilities include supporting sales on technical and operational aspects, driving strategy across functions, and ensuring profitability of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in sciences or engineering (Semiconductor related) required.
• 5–10 years of experience in the relevant field.
• Product and account management experience in a matrix organization.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Proficiency in Japanese or Mandarin is an added advantage.

Responsibilities

• Supports sales organization in regards to all technical & operational aspects.
• Drives corporate strategy through a globally matrixed team across multiple functions.
• Monitors profitability of existing customer products and derives measures to sustain/increase profitability.
• Manages customization and industrialization projects and prepares technical customer documentation.
• Coordinates customer visits, audits and requirements across VAT group entities for engineering/operational processes.
• Supervises changes to supply chain, manufacturing, and assembly processes and prepares documentation for customer changes.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Time management

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in sciences/engineering

MBA (preferred)

PhD or Master’s in engineering (preferred)

Job description

At VAT, we change the world with vacuum solutions. As the world’s leading supplier of high-performance vacuum valves, we have been driving innovation for more than 60 years. With over 3,200 employees worldwide, we operate from our headquarters in Haag, Switzerland, with manufacturing sites in Switzerland, Malaysia and Romania, as well as sales and service hubs around the world. We are guided by our passions integrity, teamwork, customer centricity, and innovation – always working together as #oneVAT.

Joining us means becoming part of a passionate, international team where your voice is heard, your ideas matter, and your career growth is supported.

We are seeking a Japanese Speaking Product Manager in our Penang office. The ideal candidate has a proven record of developing business and managing a dedicated product portfolio while increasing customer trust and loyalty, demonstrates strategic thinking and an ability to provide fact driven proposals to solve complex problems by leveraging a globally matrixed team.

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Supports sales organization in regards to all technical & operational aspects.
• Driving the corporate strategy through a globally matrixed team across multiple functions.
• Proven knowhow to monitor profitability of existing customer products and deriving measures in order to sustain and increase the profitability.
• Accountable for customization- & industrialization projects and technical customer documentation like manuals, product data sheets according to European machinery directive.
• Coordination of customer visits, audits and customer specific requirements across the VAT group business units and legal entities for implementation into engineering and operational processes.
• Supervising all changes in regards to supply chain, manufacturing and assembly processes and preparing documentation for customer relevant changes and submitting it to the respective customers following the customer specific change management (CE!, CEx and POR) processes.

Qualifications:

• At least a Bachelor's Degree in sciences, engineering, or Semiconductor related engineering disciplines. Relevant PhD or Master's Degree in relevant engineering discipline or a MBA is preferred.
• Product and account management experience in a matrix organization.
• At least 5 -10 years experience in relevant field.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, time management, analytical & communication skills.
• Proficiency in Japanese or Mandarin language is an added advantage.