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Our mission is to help them design, optimise, and deliver production systems faster, more efficiently, and with less risk in an industry evolving at an unprecedented pace.\nOur software enables the design, testing, and optimisation of production lines with a level of speed and accuracy that is difficult to match, covering factory simulation, virtual commissioning, and offline programming.\nManufacturers using Visual Components significantly reduce both time and risk in critical investment decisions. System integrators gain a clear competitive advantage by designing and delivering better systems, faster, and with stronger visualisation to support their sales process.\nAs part of the KUKA Group, one of the world’s leading industrial robotics companies, we operate at a scale and level of impact that few in the industry can match.\nWe are trusted by over 2,400 organisations globally and contribute to advancing industrial automation through partnerships with leading academic and research institutions.\nHeadquartered in Espoo, Finland, with offices in Germany, the United States, and Japan.\nThe role and the team\nWe are looking for a commercially driven APAC Partnership & Sales Manager to accelerate the growth of Visual Components across the Asia-Pacific region.You will be responsible for developing and growing our partner ecosystem across APAC, with a particular focus on expanding our reseller network and strengthening our strategic partnership with KUKA. 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