Sales Representative

1 day ago

Lower Hutt, New Zealand Tokyo Food Company Limited Full time

Founded in 1987, Tokyo Food Company Limited is a successful and widely recognised Japanese Food importer and distributor in New Zealand. Over recent years, Japanese cuisine has increased in popularity worldwide as more and more research highlights the health benefits of the Japanese diet. People feel spiritual satisfaction and happiness and smile when eating delicious food. As a food distribution company, we, TOKYO FOOD, recognise that we are part of an important social infrastructure that delivers essential foodstuffs to our customers, and we aim to bring happiness and smiles by supplying quality Japanese food.

We are seeking talented and enthusiastic individuals to grow their sales careers and potentially step into a leadership role, with excellent communication skills, for a full-time Sales Representative position for the FMCG industry at our Wellington Branch.

**Place of work**

Tokyo Food Wellington Branch

Address: 133 Gracefield Rd, Gracefield, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand

**Job title**

Sales Representative

**Job description**

In this role, you will be responsible for all duties associated with sales and marketing of the Company’s products, including but not limited to:

- Plan, implement and monitor the Company’s operation in the designated location and area
- Promoting and selling the Company’s products and services provided to food service businesses
- Executing strategies to create demand and achieve sales targets and KPIs
- Assisting the manager in organising, planning and implementing the strategy
- Visiting key and potential customers to establish selling opportunities
- Conduct market research and new business development
- Liaise with suppliers (primarily, but not limited to Japanese-based companies), to establish and launch new business ventures.
- A strong understanding of Japanese language will be very helpful as the company mostly deals with Japanese products, but is not a prerequisite for the position.

**Terms of employment**

Full-time permanent employee

**Compensation**

$62,000 - $64,480 annum

Plus, annual bonus depending on annual personal as well as organisational business performances

**Minimum guaranteed hours of work**

40 hours per week, Monday to Friday

**Requirements**:

- Minimum of 1 year of relevant experience as a Sales Representative or similar role in sales
- NZ full driver’s licence or equivalent overseas licence
- To have well-developed communication and listening skills
- Be computer literate (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc)
- In-depth knowledge of Japanese food as well as business culture is a plus
- Japanese language capabilities (Preferable, but not essential)
- Extensive experience using ERP (e.g., NetSuite) in sales and logistics operations is a big advantage.
- Basic knowledge of Japanese food and business practices is advantageous as most of the products are sourced from Japan, but not essential.
- Having an in-depth knowledge of the food and beverage supply chain logistics of both cross - border as well as domestic trading is an advantage but not essential as training will be provided.
- Have a positive attitude and confidence and are motivated to work independently as well as in a team.
- Punctual, reliable attendance and can focus consistently
- Eligible to work in NZ
- We may ask you to provide references to verify your previous role, achievements, and work ethics at your previous companies.

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