Sales Associate

Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc; Santa Fe Springs (CA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc is seeking a Sales Associate to grow customer accounts, drive sales, and support business success. You will travel to customer facilities, develop relationships, and sell Wismettac products within the assigned territory. Strong communication and team collaboration are essential.

Education: High School Degree/GED with 1–2 years in Asian food sales preferred; valid driver’s license required. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Oracle ERP is beneficial.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of sales experience in Asian food industry preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Have a valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Travel to customers and sites to provide information and support for business.
• Establish and develop business relationships with customers in the assigned territory.
• Sell Wismettac products to all customers in the territory and grow business.
• Communicate plans to customers and manage resources to support sales volume.
• Submit sales activity and other reports as needed.

Skills

Sales experience

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Microsoft Office

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

Oracle ERP

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Passionate about food and building relationships? Join our team as a Sales Associate and play a key role in growing customer accounts, driving sales, and supporting business success. You'll collaborate with customers and internal teams while developing a rewarding career in a fast-paced and growing industry.

Essential Job Functions:

• Travel to customers and potential customer’s facilities providing them with information and support as required to secure and maintain business.
• Establish, maintain, and develop business, social and civic relationships with customers in the assigned territory to maximum profitability.
• Responsible for selling Wismettac products to all customers in the assigned territory.
• Grow business by anticipating customer needs, determining appropriate solutions to business problems, and providing an overall high level of customer service.
• Communicate plans to customers and effectively manage resources to support sales volume.
• Communicate new product and service opportunities, information or feedback gathering through field activity to appropriate company staff.
• Cooperate with accounting department to assure the collection of account receivable due.
• Assist in establishing sales objectives for territory in cooperation with (Assistant) Sales Manager.
• Cooperate with assigned Operation and Logistic staff to achieve territory sales goals.
• Provide timely reporting of activities in the field to assist in business and product planning.
• Submits sales activity reports and other reports as needed.
• Attend quarterly inventory count.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Japanese/ English bilingual required.

Education/ Experience/ Training

High School Degree / GED; 1-2 years of sales experience in the Asian food industry is desired; Familiarity with Wismettac products and services; Basic computer skills, including familiarity with word processing software; Excellent oral and written communication skills; Have a valid drivers license.

Knowledge/ Skills/ Ability:

• Knowledge of Microsoft applications (i.e. Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint)
• Communicate effectively and work cooperatively with the sales staff, management, and clients
• Strong communication and conversation skills
• Ability to be cooperative and able to work as part of a team
• Ability to verify, draft, and update database quickly and accurately
• Ability to travel to customer’s location
• Ability to learn Oracle ERP software
• Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under various time constraints
• Ability to perform his or her job responsibilities as the workload fluctuates; multitask and keep projects progressing simultaneously
• Ability to be outgoing, courteous, genuine, and approachable
• Ability to be self-confident and mature, with a positive attitude and approach to work