Job Details
Account Manager - Torrance, Southern California
Position: Account Manager
Industry: Manufacturing
Location: Torrance, CA / South Bay area
Salary: Up to 80K
Status: Full-Time / Direct Hire
Work Style: 100% Onsite
Ref #: 32073
Responsibilities
- Performing all facets of sales activities including customer service of existing accounts, sales presentations, sample development, order solicitation, production scheduling, and after sale follow up.
- Communicating extensively with customers’ Purchasing, Quality Control, R&D, Design, and Logistics people as well as the HQ in Tokyo sales office to provide effective products/services. Coordinating the entire process from pre-production, production, through to delivery of the products.
- Developing sales strategies to market products. Maintaining existing customers by quality assurance and their satisfaction and developing relationships with new customers
- Researching industry design trends to lead the development of saleable new designs/colors.
- Researching new industry, prepares reports and identifies potential clients.
- Traveling a) to see existing and potential customers and promote products, b) to attend trade shows to establish new contacts and market our products.
- Writing sales reports, customer correspondence, and related business correspondence.
- Preparing quotations, contracts, and following up with customers.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- 2 years of outside sales & marketing experience
- Proven ability to develop sales and marketing strategies aggressively and efficiently.
- Self-motivated, self-starter with strong communication and organizational skills.
- Traveling and driving required. (No need to have own car.)
- Basic knowledge of computer systems and applications
- Japanese skill is plus