Sales Supervisor, Food Ingredients Business Unit

≪Job Description & Position Highlights≫

• Responsible for sales planning and direct sales operations for the domestic food ingredients business in Japan
• A rewarding role where you can directly contribute to sales growth and business expansion through customer negotiations and market analysis
• An environment where you can execute tasks while honing product knowledge and technical skills in collaboration with the global headquarters
• Attractive benefits include a flexible work environment with a free-address system, commuting allowances, and a vacation system

【Job Responsibilities】
■MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES&ACTIVITIES：

• Determines annual unit and gross-profit plans by implementing marketing strategies; analyzing
  trends and results.
• Establishes sales objectives by forecasting and developing annual sales quotas for Japan;
  projecting expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products.
• Implements national sales programs by developing field sales action plans (Pipelines).
• Maintains sales volume, product mix, and selling price by keeping current with supply and demand, changing trends, economic indicators, and competitors.
• Makes direct sales calls, “Customers”, not distributors or agents, by him/herself.
• Establishes and adjusts selling prices by monitoring costs, competition, and supply and demand.
• Completes national sales operational requirements by scheduling and assigning an employee;
  following up on work results.
• Is eager to learn JRS products, hydrocolloids, fibres and cellulose.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by communicating with head office in Germany.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Communicates/negotiates with existing customers as well as new potential customers frequently.

■Line Manager：
Director, Food Ingredients BU

【Employment Type】
Permanent employee

【Working Hours】
In accordance with company regulations

【Work Location】
Rettenmaier Japan Tokyo office, Japan
*Free-address

【Holidays & Leave】

• summer vacation (2days)
• birthday (1day)
• annual leave (20days max)

【Benefits & Welfare】

• Commutation allowance : Paid by company
• Insurance : Yes

REQUIREMENTS

• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Multicultural mind
• Food industry (B2B) experience is strongly preferable
• English skills
• Royalty to company
• Self-motivated, pro-active, challengeable
• Computer skills
• Travel flexibility both domestic and international
• Technical background is preferable