Sales Associate

Passionate about food and building relationships? Join our team as a Sales Associate and play a key role in growing customer accounts, driving sales, and supporting business success. You'll collaborate with customers and internal teams while developing a rewarding career in a fast-paced and growing industry.

Essential Job Functions:

Travel to customers and potential customer’s facilities providing them with information and support as required to secure and maintain business.

Establish, maintain, and develop business, social and civic relationships with customers in the assigned territory to maximum profitability.

Responsible for selling Wismettac products to all customers in the assigned territory.

Grow business by anticipating customer needs, determining appropriate solutions to business problems, and providing an overall high level of customer service.

Communicate plans to customers and effectively manage resources to support sales volume.

Communicate new product and service opportunities, information or feedback gathering through field activity to appropriate company staff.

Cooperate with accounting department to assure the collection of account receivable due.

Assist in establishing sales objectives for territory in cooperation with (Assistant) Sales Manager.

Cooperate with assigned Operation and Logistic staff to achieve territory sales goals.

Provide timely reporting of activities in the field to assist in business and product planning.

Submits sales activity reports and other reports as needed.

Attend quarterly inventory count.

Other duties as assigned.

Japanese, Chinese or Korean/ English bilingual required.

Education/ Experience/ Training:  High School Degree / GED; 1-2 years of sales experience in the Asian food industry is desired; Familiarity with Wismettac products and services; Basic computer skills, including familiarity with word processing software; Excellent oral and written communication skills; Have a valid drivers license.

Knowledge/ Skills/ Ability:

Knowledge of Microsoft applications (i.e. Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint)

Communicate effectively and work cooperatively with the sales staff, management, and clients

Strong communication and conversation skills

Ability to be cooperative and able to work as part of a team

Ability to verify, draft, and update database quickly and accurately

Ability to travel to customer’s location

Ability to learn Oracle ERP software

Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under various time constraints

Ability to perform his or her job responsibilities as the workload fluctuates; multitask and keep projects progressing simultaneously

Ability to be outgoing, courteous, genuine, and approachable

Ability to be self-confident and mature, with a positive attitude and approach to work