Now Hiring - Pasona NA Inc. - Business Development- Japanese Bilingual in Costa Mesa, CA

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Company: A specialized trading company in Costa Mesa. They provide innovative solutions and services for information and electronics, chemicals, life industry, food, pharmaceutical related products, plastics, housing & eco materials businesses worldwide. * Looking for a Junior candidaate (B2B Sales Experience 3 years minimum) Position: Business Development Job Responsibilities * Maintains existing customer and supplier accounts by facilitating regular meetings, promoting new materials, suggesting improved workflow/ logistics, and other project management duties. * Manage requests from new customer/supplier inquiries. * Search for prospective new customers from warm leads, or by making cold calls and/or visits. * Primarily will work with clients in industries related to Chemical, IT (Hight Tech), Automotive, Electronics, new industry etc. * Coordinates supplier visits from overseas and visits existing customers together to solve problems regarding material supply and compliance, or in case of new business development, coordinates business start-up by assisting to complete NDA, coordinate samples for evaluation, etc. as well as propose commercial business model and workflow. * Finds new suppliers/vendors for customers and prepare quotations, negotiates prices between suppliers and customers, and promotes total supply chain proposal. * Coordinates activity for Trade Shows/Exhibitions, including registration, booth setup and attendance for promotion of various materials and/or services. * May be requested to perform business-level English/Japanese translation, if candidate has the applicable skills. * Other special projects assigned by the upper management or company initiative. Desired Skills/Competencies * Bachelor's Degree in Business related major is preferred. * 3-5 years of B to B sales experience is required. * Requires thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) for creation of research, reporting and presentations. * Excellent communication and negotiation skills necessary. * Ability to adapt to a cross-cultural environment is critical. * Ability to travel up to 30% in the US and internationally (requires valid driver's license and passport) * Japanese language skill is highly appreciated, but not mandatory. Company provides excellent benefit package * Medical, Dental, Vision insurance and 401K available on 1 st day * PTO, holidays * Hybrid work style (4 days at office M-Thu, Friday remote + 2 extra remote days/month) * Flexible work hour: 8-4, 9-5 or 10-6 for every 3 months (regular work hours - 35 hours/week) * Gym membership * Bonus program - amount of Bonus depends on the individual and company's performance * Base Salary: 70-80K (DOE)