• In Japan we recruit Japanese nationals for positions as Senior Managers and Middle-Managers for North American and European companies where the goal is to increase local market share or to increase the efficiency of the Japanese business unit. Often the best solution is to recruit Japanese-English bilingual or multilingual managers who have strong track records of success in the markets of Japan, or in the Asia-Pacific region as a whole.

• While we try to focus on the recruitment of local Japanese candidates in Tokyo and other major Japanese cities whenever available, we also recruit foreign managers, often from the United States, Canada, Australia, Southeast Asia or Europe, who have strong track records of management in Japan. Some of these candidates are fully fluent in Japanese and are bicultural, while others are not. Some require expatriate benefits packages, while some do not.

• We also actively recruit Japanese nationals who are currently residing abroad. Their education, foreign language acquisition, and work experience abroad greatly assist in their acculturation to Western business styles, thereby potentially making them effective managers for a Western company's Japan business unit.
  

Our emphasis is to find managers who perform well in accordance with the business ethics and business style of the foreign company. The objective is to find a business or department leader whom the foreign company can trust to run their business, while effectively reaching local Japanese customers, suppliers, and employees in a way that they will find comforting.

 

Whenever possible, we seek candidates who have worked at their best in similar roles at foreign firms, often at our client's direct competitors or near-competitors. Familiarity with the target industry or market sector usually means faster success and greater organizational effectiveness.

 

We take particular care to try to find people who are accustomed to working in a business model that resembles that of the client company. A person who works well at a top Japanese enterprise, or even at a large multinational Western firm, for example, might not be the right person as employee #1 at a medium-sized foreign firm's greenfield business unit in Japan.

 

Searches might be at the Japan national level, Northeast Asia regional level, or Asia-Pacific regional level.

 

We have a strong interest in managerial candidates from all industries who are multilingual, particularly those with strong skills in Japanese, English and Mandarin Chinese and/or Korean. Such candidates could be particularly considered for regional Asia-Pacific managerial roles.

FOR JAPANESE COMPANIES, we recruit worldwide experienced, world-class Senior Managers and Middle-Managers for business units located outside of Japan - in the larger Asia-Pacific region, Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa or the Middle East.

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Filling Your Local & Global Corporate Needs
Upper Management/  General Management	CEO's, COO's, Presidents, Managing Directors, General Managers, Geschäftsführer, PDG, Country Manager, Regional Vice President, General Director, Chief Representative, etc.
Sales, Marketing &  Business Development	CMO's, Sales and Marketing VPs/ Directors/ Managers, Country Managers, National Sales Managers, Business Development Directors, Global Account Director/ Manager, etc.
Finance Management	CFO's, Finance VPs/ Directors, Financial Controllers, Finance Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis Mgr., etc.
Manufacturing & Operations	COO, Plant Managers, Manufacturing Operations VPs/ Directors, Quality Director, Director of Continuous Improvement, Lean Director, Process Improvement Manager, etc.
Supply Chain Management	VPs/ Directors - Procurement, Materials, Logistics, Distribution, Fulfillment; Sourcing Manager/ Director
Information Technology	CIO's, CTO's, VP's and Directors
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Human Resources & Legal	VP Human Resources, Human Resources Directors, and HR Managers; Chief Legal Counsel

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ART IN THE ASIAN AND WORLD PRESS

To learn more about ART's approach to senior management executive search in Asia and beyond, you may read online interviews with ART management. Some interviews that might be of particular interest to companies and candidates: click here