Koji Nishida
Business Unit Leader
Karuizawa City
Summary
Commercially-oriented throughout entire career, realizing significant top-line and bottom-line growth in electrical components business. (Revenue ~$1.3Billion for HDD Head business, ~40Billion for Magnetic Sensor business)
Build operation expertise via hands-on experience in China plant over 18 years. Resulting in getting profound knowledge of the entire custom-made electrical components value chain.
A Team-player by nature and demonstrated leadership skills when heading Sales, Production and materials control (SCM) and Manufacturing simultaneously, achieving in cross-departmental optimization.
Used to work in international context with people from mainly China, US, Europe and Japan.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certificate
1
1
Language
Work History
Business Unit Leader
Magnetics Sensor Business Group, TDK Corporation,
Nagano
04.2022 - 10.2022
- 1,000 employees (500 Japan, 500 China)
- Supervised whole Magnetics sensor (TMR) business, including wafer foundry operation in Japan and backend operation in China.
- Increase revenue growth from 33Billion JPY/2021 to 40Billion JPY/2022 with 30% operational margin.
- Initiated 45billion JPY Capex (During 2020 Feb -2022 Sep).
Business Section Leader
Magnetics Sensors Business Group, TDK Corporation
Nagano
04.2021 - 03.2022
- 60 employees in Project engineering, R&D, Testing and SCM.
- Received TDK President's Award Golden Medal in 2021 together with Wafer foundry section for maximizing production output and increase sales price at same time. (Performed revenue growth from 14Billion JPY/2020 to 34B JPY in 2021 with 30% operational profit.)
- Lead teams to launch new product as single supplier for major US ICT company
Sub Leader of Business Section
Magnetics Sensor Business Group, SAE Magnetics(H.K.)Ltd
Dongguan
06.2020 - 03.2021
- Involved in mid-term business strategy with leader of business section.
Head of Operations Improvement Office
Micro Actuator Business Group, SAE Magnetics(H.K.)Ltd
Dongguan
07.2019 - 05.2020
- Initiated operation efficiency improvement projects.
Head of Manufacturing
HDD Heads Business Group,SAE Magnetics(H.K.)Ltd
Dongguan
07.2014 - 06.2016
- 1,220 employee (of which 1,200 operators)
- Received TDK Corporation quality assurance award silver medal in 2014.Reduced failures related to operator's handling from 3,600dppm to 300dppm in 6 months, resulting in $ 1M annual cost reduction.
- Improved operator's efficiency double in 3 years, $5M annual cost reduction.
Head of Sales, Production and Materials Control
SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd, HDD Heads Business Group
Dongguan
07.2006 - 06.2019
- Received SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd President's award golden medal and customer's appreciation letter in 2016 for innovation of business model.
- Identified customer’s business bottleneck as cash flow constraint. Transform business model to full turn key and success to grow segment market share from 11% to 17% mainly by leveraging logistics cost save to sales volume increase.
Manager of Sales, Production and Materials Control
HDD Heads Business Group, SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd
Dongguan
01.2003 - 06.2006
- Integrated Japanese sales account management function with Production and materials control function for same account and executed from China.
Sales Account Representative
HDD Heads Business Group, TDK Corporation
Tokyo
06.1998 - 12.2002
- Dedicated Sales account representative for a Japanese HDD customer.
Education
Strategic Leadership Program -
Institute of Strategic Leadership
Tokyo, Japan 08.2021 - 07.2022
Bachelor of Economics -
KEIO University
Tokyo, Japan 04.1994 - 03.1998
Skills
Leadership/Business Innovation
undefinedCertification
Class C - official coaching license by Japan Football Association
Sep 2017
Timeline
Business Unit Leader
Magnetics Sensor Business Group, TDK Corporation,
04.2022 - 10.2022
Strategic Leadership Program -
Institute of Strategic Leadership
08.2021 - 07.2022
Business Section Leader
Magnetics Sensors Business Group, TDK Corporation
04.2021 - 03.2022
Sub Leader of Business Section
Magnetics Sensor Business Group, SAE Magnetics(H.K.)Ltd
06.2020 - 03.2021
Head of Operations Improvement Office
Micro Actuator Business Group, SAE Magnetics(H.K.)Ltd
07.2019 - 05.2020
Head of Manufacturing
HDD Heads Business Group,SAE Magnetics(H.K.)Ltd
07.2014 - 06.2016
Head of Sales, Production and Materials Control
SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd, HDD Heads Business Group
07.2006 - 06.2019
Manager of Sales, Production and Materials Control
HDD Heads Business Group, SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd
01.2003 - 06.2006
Sales Account Representative
HDD Heads Business Group, TDK Corporation
06.1998 - 12.2002
Bachelor of Economics -
KEIO University
04.1994 - 03.1998
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