Director, West Business Development

Company Overview

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

General Management

A preferred candidate has been identified for this role. While all applications will be reviewed, the hiring manager may choose not to hold interviews and select the preferred candidate. In this case, all applicants will be notified of the decision.

Positions in this sub-family are responsible for identifying internal and external strategic issues and opportunities that could affect growth and profitability of the organization. Activities include:

• Identifying growth opportunities, business model innovation, and facilitating cross-business unit initiatives
• Evaluating and financial modeling of potential merger, acquisition, divestment, partnership and joint venture opportunities
• Monitoring medium to long-term business trends/outlooks, gathering competitive intelligence to contribute to strategic business planning discussions with leadership
• Identifying and developing optimal revenue models, sales/distribution channels, pricing, and new product development strategies
• Identifying and negotiating strategic partnerships including financial arrangements, customer sharing, and intellectual property rights
• Prioritizing and tracking investments across new product development initiatives.

Long-Term Business Strategy & Planning work is focused on facilitating and developing the organization’s medium and long-term goals including:

• Identifying growth opportunities, business model innovation, and facilitating cross-business unit initiatives
• Evaluating and financial modeling of potential merger, acquisition, divestment, partnership and joint venture opportunities
• Monitoring medium to long-term business trends/outlooks, gathering competitive intelligence to contribute to strategic business planning discussions with leadership
• Analyzing and managing medium and long-term capital expenditure and project approval decisions
  
  In some organizations may review corporate governance, balanced score card performance, and participate in the annual business planning cycle A Manager (M3) manages experienced professionals who exercise latitude and independence in assignments. Responsibilities typically include:
• Policy and strategy implementation for short-term results (1 year or less).
• Problems faced are difficult to moderately complex.
• Influences others outside of own job area regarding policies, practices and procedures.

• Bachelor’s degree ; 10+ years of relevant experience including 7+ years management or leadership experience
• Or Master’s degree; 8+ years of relevant experience including 5-7 years management or leadership experience

At Bridgestone, you are Free to Be

We believe people can only provide superior service and quality to others when they feel safe bringing their chosen version of themselves to work. We believe in championing all perspectives, individuals and teams because we understand the importance of seeing the world and our business through many different lenses. So, show us what you are made of, because who you are is what we need.

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