China Country Manager

Job Description

Position Summary

The China Country Manager spearheads initiatives to develop a comprehensive, end-to-end business presence within China, utilizing the global resources of Renesas. Additionally, the China Country Manager is responsible for delivering cost-effective and advanced solutions globally, particularly in areas where China excels, such as electric vehicles. This role requires a collaborative leader who can drive business growth, optimize operational performance, and build influential relationships with key stakeholders. The successful candidate will possess deep market expertise ensuring sustainable success and long-term competitive positioning for Renesas.

Key responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership (directly reporting to CEO):

• Develop and execute the overall business strategy for China in alignment with the company's global objectives.
• Identify market opportunities, trends, and potential risks, and devise strategies to capitalize on them.
• Drive initiatives to strengthen the company's market position and competitive advantage within China's semiconductor industry.
• Matrixed Organization: Effectively collaborate and communicate with global business units, leveraging resources and expertise across the organization to drive success in China.

Business Development and Growth:

• Lead business development efforts to expand the company's footprint in China, including establishing partnerships, alliances, and strategic collaborations.
• Drive revenue growth through effective sales and marketing strategies, customer acquisition, and relationship management.
• Explore new market segments and applications to diversify the company's portfolio and revenue streams.

Operational Excellence:

• In conjunction with the Global Operations team, oversee manufacturing, supply chain management, logistics, and quality assurance.
• Implement best practices to optimize operational efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and productivity.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, industry standards, and company policies.

Talent Management and Organizational Development:

• Build and lead a high-performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
• Recruit, develop, and retain top talent, providing mentorship, coaching, and professional growth opportunities.
• Develop the optimum organization structure to meet the needs of an expanding and highly matrixed organization to ensure agility to respond to market dynamics.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including customers, partners, government agencies, industry associations, and the media.
• Represent the company in external forums, conferences, and industry events to enhance visibility and thought leadership.
• Advocate for policies and initiatives that support the growth and competitiveness of the semiconductor industry in China.

Qualifications

Qualifications & Experience

• Proven track record of executive leadership in the semiconductor industry, with extensive experience in strategic planning, business development, and operational management.
• Strong understanding of the Chinese semiconductor market, including market dynamics, customer needs, and regulatory environment.
• Demonstrated ability to drive business growth and profitability, with a results-oriented mindset, collaborative approach, and entrepreneurial spirit.
• Utilize strong analytical skills to drive data-informed decision-making and strategic initiatives that align with organizational goals.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and inspire stakeholders at all levels.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to anticipate market trends, identify growth opportunities, and develop innovative solutions.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams in a matrixed organization, with demonstrated ability to inspire and motivate others.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate and negotiate with government agencies and regulatory bodies.
• Strong business acumen and financial management skills, including experience managing a P&L and/or business consulting for large scale multinational companies and other organizations.
• 12+ years’ experience in executive leadership roles at global companies; MBA strongly preferred.

Key Attributes:

• Strong, commercially minded engineering leader
• Ability to navigate in a complex matrix environment.
• Innovative strategic thought leader
• Agile and Resilient

Additional Information

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.

With a diverse team of over 21,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’

At Renesas, you can:

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.

• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure.

• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?

Join Renesas. Let’s Shape the Future together.

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.