A Japanese manufacturing company in Columbus, Indiana is seeking a Sales & Purchasing Manager to join its team.
Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
＜Job Duties ＞
• Assists the Vice President with the generation, management, development & coordination of new business opportunities for the company.
• Establish relationships with customers and suppliers to assure that customer needs can be met.
• Explore opportunities for new products that are within the capability of the company to produce profitably.
• Communicate with parent company and other off shore suppliers or customers frequently translating the information to domestic management.
• Assist with development of plans for growing the business through new customers &/or new products.
• Coordinate new business gained through the manufacturing stage.
• Assist with the preparation & presentation of competitive pricing for approval by the VP assuring profitability goals are attainable.
• Participate with the development & implementation of customer service strategies to assuring long term relationships are established.
• Coordinate sales & purchasing activity with offshore & domestic customers & vendors.
• Work with departmental management to develop effective new product launch strategies.
• Communicate with customer to keep abreast of order changes, troubleshooting, or addressing issues.
• Providing information regarding orders, changes, new business, etc from the customer to each functional area on a timely basis.
• Negotiating with customers and suppliers regarding new business or pricing.
• Communicating with parent company sales representatives regarding existing or potential business .
• Representing business needs to parent company, customers and suppliers in conjunction with the Vice President.
• Preparing and presenting accurate business forecast.
• Developing the initial new project time lines and following up on the progress to keep the customer, suppliers and management advised.
• Working with Finance Departments to develop accurate cost structures and pricing.
• Frequent travel to customer locations, suppliers, potential customers & suppliers, and parent company locations as required.
• Serve as technical interpreter between Japanese enterprises & management.
• Other duties as required.
＜Requirements＞
• English & Japanese Bilingual (English as a second language.)
• First hand knowledge of product and production & related processes, the parent company, customers, & suppliers.
• Familiarity with all related support activity necessary to complete and manage projects.
• Understanding administrative procedures related to sales & general administration for equipment, goods & services.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent time management skills
• Excellent delegation skills.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Leadership skills.
• Bachelors of Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering or related fields preferred or the equivalent in related experience.
• Two (2) years previous experience in OEM automotive parts sales role.
• Advanced MS Office skills (e.g. XL, Word, etc.), plus CAD, CAM,
• Must be able to read & interpret blueprints at the conceptual level.
• Highly organized with advanced time management skills.
【Keywords】
①Sales
②Purchasing
③Japanese bilingual
| 雇用形態Employment Status | Full Time |
| 募集職種Position | Sales & Purchasing Manager |
| 使用言語Language | Japanese/English |
| 勤務時間Working Hours | |
| 給与Salary | $60,000 – $80,000（DOE） |
| 待遇・福利厚生Benefit |