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Marketer - B2B

Our Company

Tokyo-based Bridgestone Corporation is the world’s largest manufacturer of tires and other rubber products. We employ over 140,000 people around the world, operate 3 technical centers and 178 manufacturing plants and sell products in more than 150 countries. "Serving Society with Superior Quality” has been our mission since Shojiro Ishibashi founded Bridgestone in 1931 and we look for individuals who share our passion to fulfill this mission.

Facilities & Resources

Bridgestone EMEA operates in more than 60 countries and employs over 16,000 employees in its offices and plants:

• 9 Sales Regions with offices in Birmingham, Warsaw, Paris, Madrid, Milan, Bad Hamburg, Moscow, Johannesburg, and Dubai
• 14 plants in France (Bethune), Belgium (Lanklaar and Liege), Italy (Bari), Poland (Stargard and Poznan), Hungary (Tatabanya), Spain (Bilbao, Puente San Miguel and Burgos), South Africa (Port Elizabeth and Brits), Russia (Ulyanovsk) and a joint venture in Turkey ( Izmit)
• A raw materials plant in Spain (Usansolo)
• A leading R&D facility in Italy
• A state of the art proving grounds in Italy and Sweden
• The EMEA headquarters in Zaventem, Belgium.
  

Sales & Products

With its leading materials technology, the company focuses on high-performance tyres:

• A major supplier of original equipment to car manufacturers (including VW/Audi group, BMW, Mercedes, General Motors, Toyota, Nissan- Renault, etc.)
• A pioneer in Run-Flat Technology tyres and major supplier to car manufacturers
• A leading manufacturer in the agricultural market
• A leading manufacturer in the motorcycle market
• A leading brand in the truck & bus replacement market and a leading supplier to vehicle manufacturers (Mercedes, Renault, Volvo, Scania, MAN, DAF, Iveco, etc.)
  

Our tyres are sold under the Bridgestone and Firestone for:

• Passenger cars, 4x4 vehicles
• Trucks and buses
• All types of commercial, construction and off-the-road vehicles
• Tractors and agricultural machinery
• Motorcycles and scooters
• Motor sport
• Aircraft
  

In addition to our Products, we also provide integrated fleet solutions as well as repair and maintenance services through our extensive fleet network.

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Job purpose

• Responsible for all trade marketing activities (creation, development and follow up) in the Netherlands.
• Manage national and tailor made campaigns.
• Participate actively in the sales relation with key customers.
• Support intensely achievement of objectives in market share, sales and profitability.
  

Main Responsibilities / Key Result Areas

Marketing tactics

• In line with the defined strategies and targets
• Create and manage promotions (sell in; sell out)
• Order and distribute POS materials, in some cases also develop tailor made materials.
• Work on loyalty campaigns or programs.
• Deliver support to the sales teams to promote Bridgestone products.
• Accountability for the budget.
  

Customer relations

• Define and coordinate national and local events
• Visit existing customers on a regular base in a defined area in order to sell and promote our products
  

communication internal/external

• gather market information and communicate towards the management team
• attend sales meetings in order to discuss results and strategies
• communicate new product and service opportunities, special developments, information or feedback gathered through field activity to appropriate company staff
• contact with sales desk & sales administration
  

Marketing & promotion

• support promotions, campaigns and incentives
• communication with marketing department
  

Bridgestone BEHAVIORS

Qualified candidates for this important position will therefore need to demonstrate the following:

• Agility – to work in a matrix and complex environment where change happens at a rapid pace
• Courage – to share ideas, think out of the box
• Ownership – to see the bigger picture and take ownership by thinking and acting beyond the role
  

Bridgestone LEADERSHIP ESSENCE

Qualified candidates for this important position will therefore need to demonstrate the following:

• Establishes strategic direction and effectively communicates the vision: Communicates a clear and inspiring vision for the business; drives competitive and innovative strategies and is able to generate alignment against the strategic direction
• Demonstrates business acumen to achieve results through others: Understands, educates and applies the fundamental business concepts by which a company operates in order to deliver results and create a climate that fosters personal commitment to excellence
• Promotes and enhances company culture: Champions the organization’s shared values and beliefs
• Effectively manages across cultures: Achieves effective collaboration, alignment, and communication across multiple dimensions of cultural diversity
• BOSS focused - serves the customers having the end users in mind: Makes BOSS (end users) and their needs a primary focus of one’s actions; develops and sustains productive relationships with BOSS; leverages BOSS intimacy in the development of new products, services and competitive advantage
• Demonstrates self-awareness and emotional intelligence: Recognizes one’s personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and limits. Understands emotions and their effects
• Intellectually curious in support of learning agility: Actively identifies new areas for learning; regularly creates and takes advantage of learning opportunities; uses newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learns through their application
• Embraces and leads change and innovation: Encourages different and innovative approaches to address problems and opportunities; facilitates the implementation and acceptance of change within the organization
• Identifies and develops organizational talent: Attracts high calibre diverse talent , leads and guides others to accomplish organizational goals and objectives through on-going development and collaboration
  

Need To Have

Required capabilities & experience

Education: Bachelor degree

A first work experience in a commercial position preferably marketing related

Native Dutch, good knowledge of French & English

Soft Skills

Team player

Work autonomous

Take initiative

Think solutions not problems

Multitasking

Attention for details

Adaptability

Hard Skills

Pro-active - Hands on

Planning & Organization

Meet deadlines

Customer oriented

Communication skills

Budget control

Disclaimer

Diversity and inclusion are a central part of Bridgestone EMEA’s values at the highest level. This is key for our people to show a passion for excellence for improving society connected to the world in which we live. Our commitment to diversity, is linked to our founders mission of ‘Serving Society with Superior Quality’, which is essential in shaping and creating the organisation, serving all people, respectfully, connected to our business. We recognise that everyone is different and that attracting, developing and retaining our employees will create a sustainable working environment which is essential to our success.