1. This position is key to the achievement of writing exceptional market reports and execution of consulting projects that support our clients in their decisions that impact the automotive industry.
2. You will be an analytical report author, proposal writer and project leader.
3. Lead client proposals
4. Manage the full execution of projects for complex client projects to deadlines and high-quality standards. These Client projects will typically involve more than one service offering or domain/ require strategic or business planning support
5. Write analytical reports which achieve specific business objectives. Your challenge is to write for a broad audience whilst ensuring value and insight for each customer context
6. Develop robust, repeatable service methodologies for client projects
7. Provide guidance and support to other staff on client projects
Required Skills and Competencies:
1. Direct experience in a broad range of automotive technologies & business models
2. An understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing the automotive technology sector, and evidence of your ability to keep abreast of technical and business developments in this fast-moving sector
3. Industry interest and a desire to meet client needs
4. Ability to manage several projects simultaneously and plan own work and the work of others to meet client commitments.
5. Experience of developing others in line with their personal development roadmap.
6. Strong skills in organizing and prioritising a multitask workload with often changing priorities.
7. Resilience and determination to overcome setbacks and challenges.
8. Fluent Chinese Mandarin and excellent spoken and written English.
9. Excellent written communication skills to enable the production of high-quality client reports in PowerPoint, Word and Excel
10. Confident verbal communication with the ability to build rapport and inspire confidence with SBD’s clients, preferably bilingual, fluent in Mandarin and English
The above qualities and experience will have been gained within the automotive industry either within vehicle manufacturer, supplier or an . You will ideally have a degree or equivalent in either Engineering, Research, Management or Business.