Japan/America Society of Kentucky (ケンタッキー日米協会) · 3 months ago
Bilingual Sales & Trade Representative - Georgetown, KY
Georgetown, KY
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$45K/yr - $60K/yr
1+ years expJapan/America Society of Kentucky is a Japanese Automotive company seeking a Japanese-English Bilingual Sales & Trade Representative to join their Georgetown, KY location. The role involves managing product development and sales processes, liaising with various stakeholders, and ensuring timely project completion while requiring business level Japanese proficiency.
International Affairs
Responsibilities
Liaise between product development, sourcing, supply chain management, vendors, shipping & receiving and operations for new products starting production and changes to products in production
Manage detailed launch plan on all new major projects. This includes product definition delivery, launch timeline, and material readiness as needed
Manage product change processes and initiate and coordinate engineering changes and product closeout
Generate sales bids, cost summaries, report review of sales, create forecast reports
Create and extend quotations for new business projects
Visit various client sites to establish relationship for future sales bids/projects
Establish and apply purchase contract terms, create purchase orders and invoices
Manage and oversee various shipments for projects
Manage and oversee A/R and A/P reports assigned to project
Assist with the Import/Export customer clearance process, assign HS codes
Set deadlines, assign responsibilities, monitor and summarize project progress
Develop project scopes and objectives with project members to ensure on-time completion
Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques
Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
Maintain an open schedule to communicate with Japan vendors
Must have knowledge of basic engineering concepts, business management, account management, materials management
Must be proficient in MS Office - specifically MS Excel – formula and function
All other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bilingual in Japanese and English
At least 1 year of sales experience (B2B sales)
Business level Japanese
Ability to travel 25% of the time both within KY and to other states
Bachelor's Degree in Management and/or related field
Minimum of 1 year of related or relevant experience in an industrial/manufacturing environment
Excellent written and verbal communications skills – English and Japanese
Knowledge of basic engineering concepts
Knowledge of business management
Knowledge of account management
Knowledge of materials management
Proficient in MS Office - specifically MS Excel – formula and function
Preferred
3 years of experience in an industrial/manufacturing environment
Knowledge of manufacturing processes
Benefits
A very comprehensive benefit package
Company
Japan/America Society of Kentucky (ケンタッキー日米協会)
The Japan/America Society of Kentucky (JASK) is dedicated to sustaining a favorable business and community relationship between Japan and Kentucky by promoting cooperation and mutual understanding.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
David Carpenter
President/CEO
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