Manager - Business Development / Market Intelligence

Timken timken.com Open · verified Sep 19, 2026

Shanghai Manager Market Research

Mid-level Market Research role at Timken. Shanghai.

Role brief

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What you'll do

You'll analyze industries and competitors, then turn findings into recommendations for products, strategy, and planning
You'll spot emerging opportunities, follow trends, and support pricing comparisons and market-entry decisions
You'll maintain benchmark databases and case archives that inform internal business choices
You'll connect regional customer needs with IM China, global teams, manufacturing, technical, and after-sales groups
You'll lead localization research and monitor channels, partners, brands, and promotion to improve growth, costs, operations, and communication

What you bring

You hold a bachelor's degree or higher in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, business administration, or a related field
You bring project management experience and can move cross-functional work to completion on schedule
You understand mechanical products, components, or industrial solutions through professional experience
You have key account experience spanning customer development, relationship building, and sales target delivery
You combine stakeholder alignment, business judgment, market insight, strong English, and business presentation skills

Who this fits

This Shanghai-based manager role suits someone who combines market intelligence with business development, customer relationships, and cross-functional delivery. You'll work across IM China, global teams, and internal manufacturing, technical, and after-sales groups. Strong written and spoken English is required.

From the employer

What Timken makes possible begins with you.
Those who came before us helped land a man on the moon, create the world's infrastructure, and introduce renewable energy alternatives. Now you can join the Timken team to write your own unique story and help drive what's next.

A career at Timken means you can have an immediate impact doing Work That Matters to the world— improving the efficiency of today's industrial equipment and preparing for the future of motion on our planet and beyond. New employees can start contributing right away, and there are many opportunities to advance your career at your own pace. Join our global team of 19,000 people in 45 countries, and start helping our customers push the limits of what's possible in their world of motion.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct industry and competitor analysis, deliver data-driven and actionable insight reports to support product iteration, business strategy and long-term planning.
• Research and identify emerging market opportunities, track industry trends, and support pricing benchmarking and market entry strategy formulation.
• Build and maintain industry benchmark databases and case archives to support internal decision-making.
• Collect cross-regional market information, and provide key inputs for new product R&D and business layout optimization.
• Act as a key liaison to align market demands between customers, IM China/global teams and internal manufacturing departments, and consolidate market requirement feedback.
• Lead market localization research, capture regional growth drivers, and put forward feasible suggestions for cost optimization and operational improvement.
• Collect and analyze industry marketing dynamics, brand benchmarking information and peer promotion practices, to support brand positioning and market communication optimization.
• Monitor channel and ecosystem player dynamics, sort out industry partner landscape, and output regular market intelligence updates.
• Collaborate with technical and after-sales teams to summarize frontline market feedback, and compile shared knowledge materials for internal teams.
• Promote cross-departmental information synergy, sort out industry-level intelligence conclusions, and provide professional business insights to support overall business development.
• Strategic market business development based on marketing research and internal collaboration.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration or related fields.
• Proven project management experience, with the ability to plan, execute and drive cross-functional projects to on-time completion.
• Solid knowledge and working experience with mechanical products, components or industrial solutions.
• Demonstrated key account management experience, including customer development, relationship building and sales target delivery.
• Experience driving cross-functional / cross-business synergies and aligning stakeholders for common business goals.
• Strong business acumen, market insight and results-oriented mindset.
• Excellent English language skills (written & verbal) and strong business presentation skills.

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.