Centre People Appointments
IT Sales (Japanese Speaking)
Requirements
Candidates need at least five years of B2B IT sales experience, including ownership of accounts and sales targets, new account acquisition, and existing customer development. They should have working knowledge of network, security, or cloud infrastructure services, experience with complex and international customers, strong sales communication skills, business-level Japanese, and fluent English.
Job Description
- IT Solutions / Full-Cycle Sales / Visa Support -
A Japanese IT services company is currently recruiting an experienced IT Sales professional to join its London team.
This is a full-cycle sales role where you will manage and grow a portfolio of accounts while developing new business. You will work directly with customers to understand their business challenges, translate their needs into IT requirements, and work with technical teams to develop tailored solutions.
The role offers the opportunity to build long-term customer relationships and work with engineers and colleagues across multiple European locations and Japan.
(Ref: YC47747 - Please include this when making any enquiries.)
Main Responsibilities
- Manage and grow a portfolio of existing accounts while developing new business opportunities
- Build a deep understanding of customers' business operations, objectives, and challenges
- Develop account plans, identify opportunities, and lead negotiations through to contract signature
- Understand customer business problems and develop tailored IT solutions with technical teams
- Prepare and present proposals covering solutions, costs, and commercial considerations
- Lead account teams across sales and engineering and coordinate with vendors, partners, and colleagues in other countries
- Manage sales pipelines, revenue forecasts, and long-term account development
Ideal Candidate
- 5+ years' experience in B2B IT sales with responsibility for your own accounts and sales targets
- Proven experience opening new accounts as well as developing existing customers
- Working knowledge of network, security, or cloud infrastructure services
- Experience selling solutions to organisations with multiple decision-makers and international headquarters
- Experience working closely with engineers throughout the sales process
- Strong proposal writing, presentation, negotiation, and relationship-building skills
- Business-level Japanese and fluent English
- Experience with Japanese-affiliated companies is advantageous
Conditions
- Location: London
- Working Style: office based
- Salary: £40,000–£50,000 per annum (depending on experience)
- Job Type: permanent, full-time
- Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00-17:30
- Start: negotiable
*Visa sponsorship may be considered depending on experience.
If your application is successful, you will be contacted within two business days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs.
Skills
About Centre People Appointments
Founded in 1986 and based in the City of London, Centre People Appointments is a specialist HR recruitment consultancy and subsidiary of QUICK Co., Ltd., Japan. Through our philosophy "Making everyone involved happy", we believe in creating harmony between people and organisations by understanding their goals, values, and aspirations. With over 40 years of experience, we have worked with over 4000 organisations across a wide range of industries and sectors. Centre People Appointments is a trusted recruitment and HR partner for Japanese MNCs and international organisations. We believe successful recruitment and HR is built on understanding people, businesses, and cultures. With 670k+ annual page views, the highest among Japan-related recruitment firms in Europe, our platform connects businesses and professionals across international markets though our offices in London, Germany, Netherlands and France (TBA) Whether you are looking to build your team or explore your next career opportunity, connect with us to discuss how we can support your goals.