Corporate Planning Assistant Manager

Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc.; Santa Fe Springs (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life & accident insurance

Pet Insurance

401(k) with company matching

19 days of paid time off

Wellness program and EAP assistance

Job summary

Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc. is seeking a senior member of its Corporate Planning Division to drive transformation projects and improve business operations across the organization. The role requires hands-on leadership to plan, execute, and deliver initiatives with a big-picture perspective.

You will chair discussions, develop project plans, manage resources, and collaborate with global teams. A strong background in corporate planning, change management, and communication is essential, along with

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience in management and business operations.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in corporate planning and corporate management.
• Understanding the impact of initiatives on the organization and ability to articulate processes at varying levels of detail.
• Proven track record in leading business or project management.
• Global awareness and ability to communicate with global teams and stakeholders.
• Strong leadership, initiative, and ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Ability to speak, write, and read English; Japanese language skills are a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead transformation initiatives to improve business management and administrative operations.
• Define project scope, plans, resourcing, and supervise implementation.
• Provide timely updates to project documents and facilitate meetings.
• Chair round-table discussions to solicit feedback and resolve conflicts.
• Develop group-wide management and regional collaboration initiatives.
• Execute measures hands-on or hands-off as needed and report to the Director.
• Develop and execute end-to-end project management activities from plans to deployment.
• Monitor, manage, and report on deliverables.
• Collaborate with matrixed teams to identify stakeholders and readiness needs.
• Lead project team members to deliver components and workstreams.
• Develop fact-based recommendations and drive implementation.
• Analyze metrics and advise on service and program improvements.
• Supervise management and staff development and foster a collaborative culture.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Change management

Business operations

Global collaboration

Communication

English proficiency

Bilingual Japanese

Job description

The objective of the Corporate Planning Division is to enhance the business infrastructure and accelerate the transformation project in order to accomplish the entire company goal in both the short term and the long term. While maintaining a big-picture perspective, every member in the Corporate Planning Division must be able to take actions to plan, execute, and lead measures on a hands-on basis as needed. It will also be expected to possess advanced interpersonal management skills to communicate and collaborate with various stakeholders and to use creativity to evolve the organization.

Essential Job Functions

• Lead (or support, depending on the situation) some of the initiatives to transform business management and administrative operations and drive continuous improvement.
• Define scope and requirements of projects: develop project plans, ensure effective functioning of projects, define resourcing required, and supervise implementation.
• Provide timely and accurate updates to all project-related documents and facilitate project meetings.
• Responsible for chairing various round table discussions to solicit feedback, resolve conflicts, and foster open communication to help with the execution of corporate planning initiatives.
• Participate as a core member in the development of group-wide management and regional collaboration initiatives.
• Execute the above measures on a hands-on and hands-off basis, depending on the situation.
• Report to Director of Corporate Planning Div.
• Develop and execute activities related to end-to-end project management, including project plans and estimates, scoping, and requirements through implementation and deployment.
• Proactively monitor, manage, and report on the execution of deliverables.
• Collaborate with a matrixed project team, division management, and branch management to identify impacted stakeholders and assess the change impact and readiness needs.
• Lead project team members (direct and indirect) to deliver on the different components/ workstreams, including quantitative and qualitative business models.
• Develop fact-based recommendations and drive implementation of recommended solutions.
• Analyzes key metrics and advises business stakeholders on ways to improve and optimize the services and programs.
• Responsible for the supervision of direct management reports as well as employees. Demonstrate a high degree of leadership, initiative, and integrity to cultivate and develop subordinate staff. Promote the training and development of support staff for employee improvement and advancement. Create an atmosphere where employees and management strive for the joint team goal.

Knowledge, Skills And Ability

• Knowledge and experience in management and business operations.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in the area of corporate planning and corporate management.
• Working knowledge of initiatives and an understanding of the impact on the organization
• Strong business process re-engineering skills to include change management experience and the ability to articulate processes at varying degrees of granularity to different audiences.
• Broad knowledge of technology-related initiatives and an understanding of the impact on the organization of such initiatives.
• Have a proven track record of serving the business or project in a management position.
• Global awareness and language skills to communicate effectively and efficiently with global teams and various stakeholders.
• Team-oriented approach with the ability to take initiative, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously to meet client expectations and deadlines across multiple projects.
• Strong ability to manage complex projects, and multiple stakeholders and articulate the dependencies and interrelationships.
• Ability to understand and liaise with top management direction.
• Ability to decisively execute business process transformations as needed and with a realistic viewpoint, without being constrained by existing systems and structures.
• Ability to provide leadership that positively motivates people in the company/organization.
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable in unpredictable situations.
• Ability to communicate with and influence all levels of staff toward change (to include executive management).
• Be widely trusted, direct, and truthful, with the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships and gain confidence.
• Ability to speak, write, and read English.
• Bilingual in Japanese/ English is a strong plus.

Benefits*: Wismettac offers competitive benefits, which include:

• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Life & accident insurance
• Pet Insurance
• 401(k) with company matching
• 19 days of paid time off
• Wellness program and EAP assistance
• and much more!
• Most benefits require employee contribution

Pre-employment Drug testing is required.

Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer.