Sales Assistant Manager (Raw Material)

Job Position: Sales Assistant Manager (Raw Material) - Trading Company

Work location: Bangkok

Company overview:

Our client is a well-known trading company, including domestic transactions, imports and exports, and foreign transactions of steel products, steel raw materials, materials and equipment, real estate, etc.

• Visit customers and suppliers to maintain existing business relationships and explore new opportunities, particularly in the raw materials sector for domestic and export markets

• Negotiate and coordinate meetings with customers and suppliers to address various issues, including pricing, delivery, and quality

• Develop new business opportunities, especially in emerging fields such as biomass fuel and carbon neutrality

• Identify and establish connections with potential new customers

• Prepare sales and market reports, as well as business plans, for supervisors and customers

• Communicate with the Japanese head office and international customers

• Gather and analyze data, as well as study product specifications, to meet customer requirements

• Organize and support business trips for customers visiting Thailand

• Assist Japanese colleagues in communicating with Thai customers through interpretation

• Sales experience in a trading company, preferably in raw materials or business development

• Knowledge and experience in international trade, including import and export operations

• Company has drivers (No need to drive)

• Proactive and confident in engaging with new customers

• Strong communication skills

• Willingness to travel for business, including overnight or weekend trips if required

• Able to use MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

• Bachelor’s Degree or a Master’s Degree in any related fields

• English: Business communication level both of speaking and writing

• Japanese: Speaking and writing are preferable, but not mandatory