Business Development Manager

**Description**

**HITACHI SOCIAL INNOVATION POWERING GOOD**

***Business Development Manager - Green Infrastructure**

**Our Company**

Since its founding in 1910, Hitachi has supported the development of society and the improvement of people's lives. Throughout the world, Hitachi Group employees exemplify outstanding teamwork that transcends the boundaries of geographical regions and business fields. Together, we share the Hitachi group identity and put it into practice worldwide.

We contribute through the development of technology and products that are both superior and original. Hitachi’s Founding Concepts of harmony, trust, honesty, integrity, and pioneering spirit have guided Hitachi's growth into a flourishing, technologically diverse and innovative Company.

Hitachi were principal partners of COP26 where we demonstrated our global commitment to being climate change innovators, by leveraging our Global footprint and green product portfolio.

**Opportunity**:
At this exciting time in our growth Hitachi is looking for a BDM to support internal and external customers move towards a greener future.

As the BDM, you will have an exciting opportunity to shape and deliver on a global strategy to help customers accelerate their sustainability transformations by leveraging the Hitachi products to address their needs. As a BDM you think strategically and analytically about our customer's business and technical challenges and form innovative ideas to solve them. You have a keen sense of ownership and entrepreneurship, and, most importantly, you know how to earn trust, think big, and work cross-organizationally to deliver results. You influence others to follow with data and customer advocacy.

**Accountability**:

- Develop and deliver strategic regional initiatives aimed to Green Business Growth in Europe.
- Identify opportunities for improvement or increased ambition in Europe aligned with the Hitachi’s Green Business Growth strategy
- Ensure Hitachi Europe’s Green strategy remains relevant, linked, and embedded with the business strategies and direction
- Seek opportunities supporting BU’s to implement strategies that will positively impact Hitachi’s green footprint in Europe.
- Monitor green market trends and competitor activities in Europe, and ensure relevant intelligence is fed into Green Infrastructure Division and the wider business to influence further strategy and programme development.
- Ensure Key Customers/partners relationship management with specific focus on Digital Projects, Social Innovation, Smart City, and other Innovative solutions

**What you will bring**:

- Excellent communications skills to influence change
- Passionate and knowledgeable for all things Green
- Solution originated to help achieve Hitachi’s end goals, build business cases and Go To Market strategy
- The ability to network and build strong relationship
- Transportation, Manufacturing Industry knowledge would be desirable

**Our Values**

We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to any factor that doesn’t impact your ability to do the job, including race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

We are proud of Japanese heritage, with our values expressed through the Hitachi Spirit:
Wa - Harmony, Trust, Respect

Makoto - Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity

Kaitakusha-Seishin - Pioneering Spirit, Challenge

For More Information on Hitachi Green Strategy please visit:
Powering Green Innovation and Technology for a Net-Zero Future (social-innovation.hitachi)

Decarbonizing for Climate Change and Sustainability in the U.S : Hitachi

People who Brighten the World - Green & Mobility

People who Brighten the World - Green & Digital