Japanese/English Bilingual Sales Rep - Meiji Corp (Battle Creek, MI)

[Steven Horowitz]

A nice JET-relevant listing shared by Adam Golder (Kagoshima-ken, 2009-12) who currently works for Meiji Corporation.

Steven

 

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Inside Sales (Battle Creek MI Meiji Location)

 

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

 

•  Primarily handle all aspects of sales with emphasis on growing both the sales and contact base.

 

•  Perform daily inquiries to Japan and domestic suppliers, quotations to customers, ordering of product and following up of customer issues. Ensure that all of your customers of responsibilities need’s are being fully met.

 

•  Regularly evaluate and recommend changes to the branch or regional manager on customer issues, such as but not limited to, customer news, supplier issues, projects and problems in your areas of responsibility.

 

•  Responsible for local area stock agreement inventory stocks. Assist the branch or regional manager on the prevention of troubles in both daily sales activities and operation of the areas of responsibility.

 

•  Detect and report improper operations, faulty equipment, defective materials and unusual conditions to Meiji Corporation’s branch or regional manager. At the same time recommending solutions for the pre mentioned issues.

 

•  Work with your outside salesperson to analyze and resolve problems relative to any account within your area.

 

*Relocation may be offered for this position. Candidates outside the immediate geographical area (Battle Creek MI) will be considered for this position.

 

Qualifications:

This position requires a minimum AS Degree in business administration or an equal practical experience level.

 

Other requirements include:

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Typing – 75 WPM or higher

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Bilingual - English/Japanese speaking (preferred), Japanese/English Speaking will be interviewed.

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Time Management skills – Ability to prioritize work and meet obligations.

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Phone etiquette  - ability to make cold calls.

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Outgoing personality  - be open to speak to anyone without nervousness.

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Be a team player and individual performer

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Detailed work ethics – Strive for 100% accuracy

 

Starting salary – Determined during the interview process

Medical & Dental Insurance offered

401K after 90 days

 

Please email resumes to dsar...@meijicorp.com

Meiji Corporation is a leader in Japanese Factory Automation Distribution. Our goal is to support production engineering of Japanese transplant companies in North America and to develop business relations with American companies. Meiji was established in Chicago IL in 1987. We focus on meeting customers needs with on time delivery, quick and accurate replies to inquiries. Our Engineering division continues to meet our customer’s requirements, not only in the value-added supply of factory automation and process automation capital equipment, but also through turnkey solutions. We have 8 Locations in U.S.A, Meiji Denki HQ in Japan, Meiji UK LTD, Meiji Shinwa in China, Meiji Corporation have total 13 locations sales channels at global level. We currently handle more than 2,000 manufactures and over 10,000 parts are registered in our system.