Title:

SENIOR TECHNICAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT MANAGER - Asia

Location:

Singapore

Business Line:

Technical Marketing / Niobium technology management

Reports To:

Global Market Development Manager

External Clients:

Steel producers (flat and long products) in Asia

Our client seeks to employe a Senior Technical Market Development Manager Asia to be responsible for interaction with their Asian customers and the whole supply chain of the niobium-containing products, including a variety of industries around the world. This is a leadership role which also involves the management and mentoring of junior colleagues and program design and coordination and budget planning.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

SENIOR TECHNICAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT MANAGER - Asia

Responsibilities

• Providing technical support to the Asian and Global customers, potential new customers and, intermediate and end-users of steel, with the objective of solving problems, improving quality, reducing costs, improving productivity and production stability, or developing the production of a specific product.
• Managing and mentoring junior Technical Specialists
• Providing multi-program leadership, coordination, and budget planning
• Research scenario, identifying market necessities and potentials.
• Establishing links with various companies, agents, consultants, and suppliers within the supply chain to facilitate potential new business and technology developments.
• Building knowledge of customers and informing them on market demand, market trends and the demands for technology.
• Coordinate technical projects and technology developments involving companies, universities, research centers/institutions and customers.
• Niobium technology management (monitoring, transfer, implementation, development, dissemination, promotion, documentation, and generation).
• Intensive routine of business trips, throughout Asia and globally, to interact with the steel mills.

Requirements:

• This is a technology focused role which would require a background education and solid experience in the specific area of flat and long steel products. It also requires communication and personal skills for an international role with direct interaction with customers and partners.
• The candidate is required to be a Materials/Metallurgy/Industrial/Mechanical engineer.
• Postgraduation (PhD or Masters) in Materials or Metallurgy is highly appreciated.
• Minimum of 10 years experience working in steel mills with good knowledge of steel products and production processes (steelmaking, continuous casting, hot rolling, finishing/conditioning, welding, and heat treatments).

• Experience and knowledge on steel characterization, including microstructure analysis, mechanical testing, and interpretation of results. Solid experience interacting with shop floor steel production (rolling mill).
• Specific understanding of the role of Niobium in micro alloyed steels and experience with Niobium, Titanium, and Vanadium micro alloyed steels are very positive differentials.
• The candidate is expected to be fluent in English language and exhibit a very well-developed set of communication skills.
• Ability to develop working relationships with people from different backgrounds and cultures (customers, sales, production, industry leaders).
• People leadership skills and teambuilding are an extremely important aspect internally and externally in this role.
• It is of the utmost importance that the candidate can objectively and proactively manage and lead the implementation of action plans both internally and with customers.
• Able to analyze market trends and statistical data.
• Highly motivated and hungry for growth
• Innovative and flexible, results orientated.

Qualifications:

• Engineering with any of those backgrounds: Materials, Metallurgy, Production, Mechanical.
• Masters degree or PhD in Materials or Metallurgy is highly appreciated.

Competencies:

• Fluency in English
• Ability to develop working relationships with people from different backgrounds (customers, salespeople, production shop operators, industry leaders)
• Project management skills
• Good communication skills
• Ability to implement action plans with customers, to follow up the actions, and to identify the divergences and propose countermeasures to keep the plan on track.
• Results oriented.
• Proactive
• Excellent adaptation skills