Role Overview

· Regional Market Expert: Owns regional expertise on customers, applications, competitors, and market trends for Vishay’s capacitor portfolio in South Europe.

· Regional Alignment Lead: Leads divisional capacitor strategies into regionally executable Go-To-Market actions.

· Strategic Customer Interface: Acts as the technical-commercial representative of the capacitor divisions at key customers.

· New Business & Demand Driver: Identifies and structures new growth opportunities based on market and application insight.

Market & Customer Expertise

· Maintain deep understanding of customer applications, design requirements, and usage trends for capacitor technologies.

· Identify technology shifts and emerging demand and provide structured intelligence feedback to Divisions.

Lead Divisional Strategy into Regional Go-To-Markets

· Understand divisional roadmaps and strategic priorities and translate them into regional focus applications and target accounts.

· Build regional customer target plans and align Sales execution with divisional objectives.

Customer Interface & Strategic Positioning

· Conduct frequent customer engagements, including direct interaction with customer engineering teams.

· Support strategic opportunity positioning and design-in activities.

· Deliver competitive counter-strategies and differentiation messaging.

New Business & Demand Creation

· Identify new business opportunities.

· Support demand creation initiatives.

Product Requirements & Voice of Customer

· Propose and justify new product requirements to the divisions to support roadmap discussions.

· Translate customer and application needs into structured technical inputs for Divisions.

Sales Guidance & Cross-Functional Alignment

· Align with Sales and FAEs on opportunity prioritization

· Ensure communication between internal and external stakeholders

· Align engineering and commercial interfaces across the organization

· Support CRM transparency and opportunity tracking

Strategic Commercial Support

· Support contract negotiations as required

· Provide strategic pricing-positioning input

Requirements

· Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, or comparable technical discipline. Equivalent professional experience can also be considered

· 3 years + of experience in the electronics industry; passive component experience preferred but not mandatory

· Experience working directly with customer engineering teams

· Experience working with distributors is a strong plus

· Proactive, structured, and independent working style

· Strong communication skills and business acumen

· Strong presentation skills

· Comfortable with MS Office and Sales Force

· Willingness to travel mainly within South Europe

· Fluent English is mandatory with good speaking and writing skills. Fluency in at least one of the regional languages (French, Spanish or Italian) is required.

Power your career as you power the world.

Vishay helps the world’s most in-demand technologies come to life. Every day our products touch your life and the lives of people across the world, though you likely do not know it. Since 1962, we have defined what technology can be through our electronic components—we can also help you define your future. With us, you'll experience unique career paths, an open and collaborative culture, a stable business that will be there for you, and opportunities to work globally and locally. Come join us and help us build the DNA of tech.

Our products are the DNA of the world's technology.

Vishay's products are around the world, touching nearly everyone, everywhere, all the time. The amazing thing is that often these important components are rarely seen, quietly and reliably operating inside the world’s most popular and important technology products. Their impact on the world is huge—and it’s why we believe that our components really make up the very DNA of technology.

As we look to the future, the opportunities are limitless to innovate. Our research and development teams are focused on products that position Vishay to be a leader in growth technologies such as connectivity, mobility, and sustainability. Imagine a job where you get to see the world evolve thanks in part to your projects and products. Imagine your work impacting lives around the world!

Building your experience.

Along with the freedom and support to build your unique career, comes responsibility.  Career advancement is earned, not given, at Vishay. Some of the attributes of successful Vishay employees include:

Self-driven and hardworking
Intellectually and culturally flexible, curious and eager to learn
Excited to give, and receive, a challenge
Have strong integrity & ethics
Thrive in a teamwork environment

We welcome you to identify new opportunities, take chances, and show your ability—speaking up and stepping up will open doors to leadership, cross-team, cross-functional, and cross-border experiences that will define and redefine your development.

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