Job Details

Business Development - New York, NY

Responsibilities

• Promotion of foreign direct investment into Japan and Open innovation between Japanese and U.S. companies through following activities.
• Researching on U.S. companies in various industries, who are interested in setting up business in Japan or collaboration with Japanese companies.
• Contacting targeted companies by visiting exhibitions/conferences in person or virtually, conducting cold-calls, following-up with seminar attendants and responding to inquiries.
• Providing potential or existing client companies with necessary information. Inquiring to Tokyo HQ, industry advisors and specialists, when needed.
• Providing potential or existing client companies with information of event mainly coordinated by the organization. Encouraging them to attend them.
• Gathering information on Japan’s inward invest promotion policies and industry trends in various sectors, and providing U.S. companies with such information.
• Organizing seminars targeting at U.S. companies who are interested in doing business in Japan or Japanese companies.

Qualifications

• BA/College degree or higher degree
• Interpersonal and bilingual communication skills (English/Japanese), ability to thrive in multi-cultural setting.
• Multi-tasking: capability of dealing with large quantities of work accurately.
• Reporting skills in a timely manner.
• Organization, attention to detail, productivity, confidentiality and dependability.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel, PPT and Outlook.
• Marketing, Business Development or Sale experience. • Having experience including collecting and analyzing data, and coordinating promotional events and PR activities (Preferred)

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