Sales Manager
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The company is a manufacturer of soy and plant-based foods and ingredients. You will be responsible for establishing, expanding, and overseeing the sales of the products, especially with strategically significant customers in the territory of the United States (North, Central & Latin).
Salary
$ 80K-100K / year
Job Location
Torrance, CA
Type of employment
Full time
Language
English, Japanese
Work hours
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Remote Work
○（Hybrid | Remote work allowed two times a week）
Industry
Food Production
Visa Sponsor
NO
Posted
9 months ago
Job ID
#1448
Benefits
Competitive employee benefits package
(Insurance, Sick Leave, Paid Vacation etc)
Responsibilities and Duties
- Establish new strategically significant customers in dietary supplement, infant formula and pharma industries.
- Measure and prepare monthly sales forecast and assure their achievement.
- Assures follow-ups of the orders with clients and prepare the costing sheet.
- Attend different promotional events such as congress, meetings, tradeshows and other events.
- Collaborate with R&D / HQ in Japan so as to have updated knowledge on research and development, technology, production planning, marketing, and others.
- Maintain good communication with management, office staff members and outside contacts.
- Support customer service team for technical customer complaints, questions, and requests via telephone and e-mail.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) from four-year College (microbiology is preferable) or technical school; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Related experience of more than 5 years of sale and / or Key Account Manager experience with probiotics, preferably in Dietary Supplement and / or OTC market and/or Infant Nutrition market.
- Technical marketing and/or product sales related to selling functional food ingredients.
- Excellent communication skills to work in a team and communicate with many other types of groups to reach a common understanding of business needs.
- Excellent computer skills (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).
- Identify customer needs and propose solutions in accordance with customers.
- Fluency in Japanese - Professional Working to Native Level is a big plus.
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