Sales Manager

Job Title: GSE account Sales

Department/ Function: Sales

Hiring Location(s): Tokyo, Japan

Reporting to: Country Sales Manager

Travel requirement: <international & domestics travel required>

Career Level: Individual Contributor

Working Model: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full Time

Additional Requirements/ Remarks:  

General Summary (Role summary and objectives/ description of the role)

We are looking for experience Account Sales to take charge in developing sales opportunity by researching and identifying potential accounts through inbound lead follow-up and outbound cold calls and emails. A good communications skills is required for this role as you need to understand the customer needs and requirements and recommend the customer on appropriate product.

As an account sales, you will be acting as a liaison officer between the customers and sales operations. You will be responsible in administrating all quotes for sales and/ or services and submit sales forecast. This role required to be efficient and proficient as dealing with high-volume request that may varies from quotes, applications assistance and resolving customer issues.

You will also be given the opportunity to work closely with cross-functional stakeholders across the company, channel partners and distributors to achieve operations excellence.

Principle Duties & Responsibilities

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to: 

• Generate customer quotation
• Manage customer sales forecast
• Update customer price list
• Manage customer-query via site visit, email and direct phone call.
• Validate technical details to production office in Switzerland
• Update contact report and opportunity on customer relationship management (CRM) 
• Manage delivery schedules with production office in Switzerland and Malaysia, including negotiations to expedite the specific product.
• Corroborate on environment requests and questionnaire ( Rohs , ChemSHERPA, etc)
• Provide product test report
• Support contract, including purchasing agreement and non-disclosure agreement.

Job Specification

You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates

Minimum Qualification

• Hold a Bachelor Degree in any field
• Technical and mechanical aptitude
• Strong ability to influence others
• Energetic and outgoing personality
• Goal oriented work ethic and self-driven
• Good command in Japanese and English

Preferred Qualification

• Minimum 5 years’ B2B sales experience
• Experience in customer relationship management software

Diversity Statement

(Fixed- not to be changed)

VAT is an equal opportunity employer. We see ourselves as a responsible and far-sighted employer that offers not only jobs, but also career and personal development opportunities through various training programs. We recognize the value of employee diversity and provide equal employment opportunity for all qualified application that contributes to innovation, improves customer orientation and employee satisfaction. One-step in this direction is to ensure that people are recognized and fairly compensated for their contributions to the company. In 2021, VAT received the Fair-ON-Pay+ certificate as an acknowledgement for our commitment in ensuring equal pay for equal work between men and women.