Sales Assistant Manager

Job Title: Assistant Manager - Sales Location: Chicago Area, Illinois Job Type: Full-Time (Home Office Arrangement) **Summary of Responsibilities:** - Manage sales and marketing functions to drive business growth and increase profits. - Achieve sales budgets and analyze monthly sales performance. - Conduct performance appraisals and prepare sales reports for upper Management. - Serve customers by selling services, meeting their needs, and resolving problems. - Generate new accounts by calling leads and prospects. - Expand sales with current customers and arrange appointments with potential and existing customers. - Enter customer data into internal web applications and databases. - Compile leads and prospects through internet research. - Analyze customer freight activity and offer appropriate pricing agreements. - Assist with monitoring international and domestic shipments. - Engage and support in house agents through phone and email communication. - Generate activity reports and report sales to management. - Process incoming emails, electronic files, and faxes. **Associated Responsibilities:** - Receive phone calls and communicate with retail customers in English and Japanese. - Handle cargo, including receiving, inspection, sorting, labeling, packing, palletizing, and loading. - Maintain flexibility in work assignments. - Comply with, train for, and report to regulatory agencies, company safety and security programs, and company - policies. - Execute inventory management, record-keeping, and reporting. - Maintain a clean and orderly warehouse and workspace. - Occasionally operate forklifts for inventory and other operations. **Knowledge and Skill Requirements:** - Fully proficient in the Japanese language - Strong sales presentation and telephone skills. - Self-motivation and initiative. - Excellent interpersonal and team-building skills. - Accurate and timely data entry into data programs. - Ability to create, compose, and edit written materials. - Ability to operate motor vehicles and forklifts safely and maintain required training certifications. - Maintain security clearances and training certifications following industry regulatory agencies, including TSA. - Strong organizational skills. **Education** Bachelor's degree and at least 3 year Management experience