After a very short year, we had to say goodbye to our Trainee from Japan, Kota Kosugi, who helped us drastically improve our communication with colleagues overseas.
About his time in Switzerland, Kota-san told us the following:
"The one-year overseas training in Switzerland was verymeaningful: there are no Japanese managers in NX Switzerland, many people donot know which department to contact when trying to contact NX Japan, and thevolume of shipments to Japan was not so many until last year. Therefore, thefirst step was to work with the Japanese side on a project aimed at increasingthe volume of shipments (Trade Lane management). The project focused on promorates, regular online meetings with the Japanese side, create target lists,follow-up with the Japanese side based on the lists, sales leads, etc.For shipments from Switzerland to Japan, many claimsare made on the Japanese side and many decision makers are on the Japaneseside. Therefore, I felt it was more important to get more accurate informationfrom Swiss customers and to get sales leads on the Japanese side.But to be honest, the perception of Swiss companies inNippon Japan was honestly not great. The challenge was how to supply to NXJapan that how much potential business Swiss companies have, so efforts weremade to raise awareness by preparing a single slide as a promotion for NXSwitzerland and deploying it to sales on the Japanese side.Throughout the year, I believe that the recognition ofNX Switzerland within NX in Japan has certainly increased. Furthermore, thevolume of shipments to Japan has exploded and we have become the number oneJapanese forwarder in Switzerland.In the future, I expect the management to furtherincrease this volume while also pursuing profits. Personally, I plan to be assigned to sales afterreturning to Japan. I am also happy to hear that the department has many Swissshipments. Of course, I would like to keep those shipments, but I would alsolike to make use of the trade lane management skills I learnt in Switzerlandand work hard in new customer sales."
We thank Kota for all of the contributions he has made during his year in Switzerland and simultaneously welcome our new trainee, Genki Suzuki at Nippon Express Switzerland.
We are looking to continue where Kota left off and further strengthen our relationship with the Headquarter, as well as expanding this concept to other countries to further expand our Trade Lanes.
Japan has done it once more. Following their victory over Germany, they defeated Spain, the former world champion, on Thursday evening.
Nippon Express Switzerland takes great pride in its Japanese heritage! Everything is possible with the right team.
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We are honored to share our brand-new corporate NX Switzerland company video with you. This film will provide some inside facts on Nippon Express Switzerland's capabilities and history. We hope you enjoy watching.
In September 2022, Nippon Express Switzerland Ltd. will have a change in the top management. Beat Högger takes over the Presidency of the Board of Directors of Nippon Express Switzerland Ltd. and, after 8 years, hands over the operational management of the company to Andre Kaiser who will be the new ManagingDirector.
NX Switzerland developed dynamically in the past years and grew from 18 employees to 42 employees and can expect a net sales result in 2022 of CHF 35-37 million. One of the key success factors are our committed and motivated employees. Mr. Kaiser would like to build on that. According to him, well-trained employees are needed in order to be able to realize the future growth. The aim is to provide NX Switzerland with attractive and modern working conditions, development and training opportunities.
As specified by Mr. Kaiser the Group’s target for NX Switzerland will be substantial growth in the years to come. In addition to consistent market cultivation and focused account management, the plan is to continue to develop structurally to lead Nippon Express into the "Top 10" of Swiss-based logistics companies in the medium term by maintaining a service culture of the highest quality.
Mr. Kaiser started his career in forwarding and logistics with Panalpina in Asia, first in Singapore and Jakarta on operational level, and then in Tokyo, where he focused on sales for three years of his professional life. He took further career stages both in Operational and Sales Management at Panalpina in Bangkok before being relocated to Luxemburg as the regional head of airfreight Europe. From 2010 to 2017, he subsequently served as Switzerland's country head of airfreight prior going back into Sales and Global Key Account Management as of 2017. At the time when DSV took over Panalpina, he transitioned to Kühne Nagel in 2020 and took on the role of National Account Manager and Global Key Account Manager serving multinational Companies with Headquarters in Switzerland.
On the 20th of May 2022 the General Assembly of the SJCC took Place at the "Haus zum Rüden". Nippon Express had the pleasure to function as a sponsor for the given Event.
As a special feature the SJCC was pleased to welcome the federal councillor Guy Parmelin at their event.
Nippon Express Switzerland gives you an insight to the CO2 emission reports of your shipments!
Learn MoreNippon Express has arranged capacity with its own charter aircraft to Japan to provide our customers with additional lead time solutions. We are delighted to support your company if this validates your interest.
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