Bilingual Japanese sales assistant

Job Opportunity

Provides sales support to contribute to and facilitate the Portland Food & Agriproducts Department's ability to meet its sales obligations after contracts have been negotiated.

Essential functions include:

• Sales support
• Receives and/or processes customer orders
• Receives, creates and distributes Purchase Orders, invoices, contracts, sales confirmations, packing lists, certificates of origins, and other sales documentation
• Enters sales information into the accounting system
• Maintains close communication with buyers, suppliers, freight forwarders, shipping lines, warehouses and brokers via telephone and e-mail
• Coordinates transportation for all inventory related sales
• Conducts collection e-mails and calls when payments are overdue
• Maintains working knowledge of products and product specifications
• Assist the sales manager
• Accounting
• Processes accounts payable/receivable in accounting system
• Collects inventory records and processes entry in the system

Requirements:

• Proficient in Japanese (Read/Write/Speak)
• Proficient with Microsoft Office
• Knowledge of accounting/booking is plus
• Experience in working a trading firm is plus

Benefits: Full benefits