Sales Representative

A popular wholesale retail business in Mount Wellington are looking for a reliable Sales Assistant to join their team.

Key duties listed below: -Planning, developing and executing sales and marketing strategies in the designated location and area to create demand and achieve sales targets and KPIs. -Visiting key and potential customers to establish selling opportunities and maintain business relationships. -Managing and running our EC site (online shop), ensuring seamless website operations and a seamless customer experience. -Developing strategic sales plans for Asian (especially Chinese) customers to conduct competitor analysis and identify new market opportunities to optimise the customer journey while capturing maximum local demand. -Understanding the local language (e.g., Japanese, Chinese, Korean etc) on product packaging and creating English promotional flyers and leaflets for imported products.

Fluency in Japanese or Chinese is preferred, but not essential or mandatory, as the role involves reading and understanding Japanese packages and dealing with Chinese-speaking customers. Well-developed communication and listening skills.

Apply now by emailing your CV with job ID 22602506 in the subject line to Eddie.Mataele005@msd.govt.nz

Minimum of 1 year of relevant experience as a sales representative or similar role in sales. Extensive experience using ERP (e.g., NetSuite) in sales and logistics operations is a big advantage. A physically fit person with heavy (25kg+) lifting and carrying involved. Be computer literate (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc) 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.