Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships & Business Development
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Job Purpose This role is responsible for identifying, developing, and managing high-level partnerships with global OEMs, technology providers, and new mobility players ensuring.
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Responsibilities
- Identify and prioritize high value partnership opportunities that align with CEER’s long term strategic objectives
- Lead global strategic relationships with OEMs and other key global partners to drive long term value creation
- Lead end to end complex contract negotiations from initial exploratory discussions through to finalizing long term partnership agreements
- Develop and maintain a strong, forward looking business development pipeline
- Monitor industry trends, competitor movements, and emerging technological innovations
- Achieve assigned objectives through setting individual objectives, managing performance, and developing staff
- Participate in the development of the section’s business plans according to department objectives
- Ensure effective implementation of policies, procedures and controls
- Prepare the budget required from the section and monitor financial performance
- Manage identification of opportunities for continuous improvement
- Ensure all section reports are prepared timely and accurately
- Ensure non disclosure of confidential information
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related field; Master's degree preferred
- 8 years minimum experience, with 3 years in a managerial role
- Experience with a global automotive OEM and/or major TIER1 automotive suppliers in the field of B2B projects, M&A, strategy and/or business development
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Job Purpose
- This role is responsible for identifying, developing, and managing high level partnerships with global OEMs, technology providers, and new mobility players ensuring a sustainable footstep of CEER in the global automotive industry.
Key Functional Responsibilities
- Identify and prioritize high value partnership opportunities that align with CEER’s long term strategic objectives by conducting comprehensive market intelligence, competitive analysis, and due diligence assessments.
- Lead global strategic relationships with OEMs and other key global partners to drive long term value creation, enhance CEER’s global positioning, and support sustained strategic growth.
- Lead end‑to‑end complex contract negotiations from initial exploratory discussions through to finalizing long‑term partnership agreements and managing RFQ processes.
- Develop and maintain a strong, forward looking business development pipeline, ensuring systematic tracking of opportunities and delivering regular, insight driven progress reports to top management.
- Monitor industry trends, competitor movements, and emerging technological innovations such as advancements in battery technologies and AI integration to proactively identify new growth opportunities.
- Achieve the assigned objectives through the setting of individual objectives, managing performance, and developing and motivating staff.
- Participate in the development of the section’s business plans according to the department objectives.
- Ensure the effective implementation of policies, procedures and controls covering all areas of assigned activities.
- Prepare the budget required from the section and monitor financial performance versus the budget.
- Manage the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement and sustainability of systems, processes and practices.
- Ensure that all section reports are prepared timely and accurately and meet CEER’s requirements, policies, and quality standards.
- Ensure non disclosure of confidential information within or outside CEER.
Job Requirements
- Education: Bachelor`s degree in Business Administration, Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related field. Master’s degree is preferred.
- Experience: 8 years minimum 3 years in managerial role. Experience with a global automotive OEM and/or major TIER1 automotive suppliers in the field of B2B projects, M&A, strategy and/or business development.
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