Changan Regional Director – Americas

Our Automotive VP is searching for its Changan Regional Director, who will have the mission of overseeing and managing the brand strategy in the region working with several stakeholders such as OEMs, Managing Directors, Finance areas, Commercial Managers and Marketing areas. The Brand Director is the main contact for the OEM, balancing the needs for units to sell and keeping the WC in the right level for the region, with support from Intelligence area, and understanding the finance impact of the decision making.

Among The Main Functions To Be Performed Are

• Develop and execute the brand strategy for the region, aligning it for the Americas
• Negotiate with markets the volumes and ensuring the S&OP process are in place
• Negotiate with OEM’s the conditions for Americas
• Participate as decision maker in purchasing committee.
• Understand the impact for commercial areas and the impact in WC of the decisions of buying.
• Analyze consumer insights and global and American trends in consumer to anticipate the demand for different models in the region
• Work together with the markets to ensure the execution of the annual plan, both with our AOP as well as the B Plan with the OEM.
• Develop all the potential of the brand distribution, sharing best experiences among the markets, as well as sharing the learnings. Also, looking for opportunities to expand the distribution to other markets in our region, and also, to other regions.

We will match you if you meet the following requirements:

• Degree in Business Administration or Engineering
• Proven experience in Brand management or a similar role, ideally, at a regional or global level, using an S&OP model
• English fluency in writing, reading and speaking
• Strong negotiationg skills and leadership skills with the ability to influence people
• Strategic thinking
• Understanding of WC concept
• Understanding of social, political and economical environment from the markets to understand well the future demand and at the same time ensuring brand consistency across all the markets.

Vacancy Information

• Location: Américas
• Mode: Hybrid
• Application Deadline: 28.01.2025

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