A Japanese trading company is currently recruiting for a Japanese-Speaking Sales Assistant and Operation Coordinator in their Brand Marketing Department in London.
They are seeking an all-round flexible team player with proven administrative and sales experience. The role involves providing support to the Brand Marketing Team in London and the Japanese Head Office, with a focus on efficient and accurate administration and customer liaison.
TYPE: Permanent, full-time
WORKING HOURS: Monday to Friday, 9:00 - 17:00
SALARY: £37-39K depending on experience, plus good benefits
**BENEFITS:**Discretionary annual performance related bonus.
Medical insurance, dental insurance, and company pension. Overtime payable as per the requirements of the role
START: ASAP
LOCATION: City of London (Hybrid working, 2 days working from home after successful completion of probationary period)
Japanese speaking Sales Assistant and Operation Coordinator Main Responsibilities:
- Making sure that orders/ deliveries/ samples/ payments/ administration and commission payments proceed smoothly for both customers and Head Office
- Attending clients /HQ staff from Japan
- Daily support on all inquiries between customers/HQ as well as requests such as booking hotels, cars, restaurants and so on
- Arrangement of approval with designers /HQ
- Translation between Japanese and English to business level
- Logistics (mainly air) arrangements
- Meeting/VIP arrangement
- Accounting/Finance related duties and GSAP usage
Japanese speaking Sales Assistant and Operation Coordinator Ideal Candidate:
- Relevant experience of import/export and logistics
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent customer service skills
- Native level of communication skills in both Japanese and English
- Cooperative, flexible and "Can do" attitude
- Accurate and proven numerical skills
- Strong Excel skills
- Good time and task management, ability to work to tight deadlines
- Understanding and ability to work in a cross-cultural environment
- Be able to travel for work
- Research ability
- Excellent organising skills
** All applicants for the Japanese speaking Sales Assistant and Operation Coordinator must have the right to work in the UK as the Company is not able to offer visa support.
If your application is successful, you will be contacted within two business days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs.
A Japanese trading company is currently recruiting for a Japanese-Speaking Sales Assistant and Operation Coordinator in their Brand Marketing Department in London. They are seeking an all-round flexible team player with proven administrative and sales experience. The role involves providing support to the Brand Marketing Team in London and the Japanese Head Office, with a focus on efficient and accurate administration and customer liaison.