Purchasing Coordinator｜Japanese Major Food Wholesaler

A Japanese food wholesale company is looking for a Purchasing Coordinator in Las Vegas, Nevada.

<Essential Job Functions>
• Research and develop products to increase company sales by working with the sales
department and to identify customer needs and preferences, tasting and evaluating sample
products, and introducing new products by conducting sample meetings.
• Maintain records on the Company AS400/ Microsoft BC system, including stock and vendor
number setup, inventory adjustments, price changes, and container lists.
• Communicate with custom brokers, freight forwarders, trucking companies, and the LAMTC
Warehouse to ensure proper and efficient transfer of goods.
• Prepare cost calculations for ocean and air shipments related to foreign and domestic
purchases.
• Create promotional flyers to promote product sales.
• Conduct periodic inventory checks to dispose of expired and damaged items and replenish
stock.
• Inspect received products for damage and verify quantity accuracy, documenting findings
accordingly.
• Attend semiannual inventory count on designated day, possibly on weekend.
• Assist the Sales Department to manage customer accounts, including maintaining customer
satisfaction, building rapport, ensuring timely collection of payment, coordinating deliveries,
identifying new sales trends, promoting products and services to meet customers’ needs, and
accurately entering orders into the Company database.
• Attend Company events and functions outside of normal working hours.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Obligation to answer to all management as requested.

<Requirements>
• Business level English – Read/write/speak/listen required.
• Conversational level Japanese; Professional level Japanese preferred – Read/write/speak/listen.
• Maintain a positive attitude.
• Able to work independently and as a team.
• Able to adapt to frequent changes in assignments and workload.
• High School Diploma or equivalent required; Bachelor’s Degree in business or a related field
preferred.
• Minimum 2 years of purchasing and/or sales experience required.
• 5+ years of food industry experience preferred.

<Knowledge and Skills>
• Possess intermediate mathematical knowledge – markups, discounts, combining/converting
measurements, counting inventory, etc.
• Demonstrate strong organizational and time management skills, with attention to detail.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, customer service and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Office proficiency.
• Knowledge of ERP systems, particularly AS400 or Microsoft BC, highly preferred.
• Knowledge of Japanese foods and sakes preferred

【Keywords】
①Purchase Coordinator
②Food Industry
③English Japanese bilingual