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Hacienda Heights, Ca, Us

Anaheim, Ca, Us

El Segundo , California, Us

Paramount, California, Us

Paramount, California, Us

• In charge of all aspects pertaining to the Seafood Department, from Sales, Purchasing, Profit Management, Inventory Management, Operations• Maximized prior experiences in introducing a Marketing Story behind Supply Chain Management to provide Sales Team with more ammunition to work with in Sales Efforts• Managed to hit Sales Targets every quarter from joining in February 2021 to December 2022• Cleaned up Accounts Receivable with Seafood Accounts in 6 months with simple efforts of weekly A/R review with Sales Team• Succeeded in building rapport with key accounts in adding low-supply products to product offerings• Was in charge of Quality Control for imports to manage and improve HACCP programs for the facility. And by providing proper paperwork and executing accurate corrective actions, was able to be released from 15 years of being on the FDA red list.• Responsible for overall staff and facility management in hiring, setting KPI and SMART goals for evaluations

Novato, California, Us

- Initiation and formulation of New Product Development ~ through analysis of Marketability (Market Demand); Production Capacity (Volume/Accuracy in Mass Production); Profitability; Uniqueness- Providing Sales on-going support as Product Engineer for projects with major clients- Providing internal product education to Sales Team for communication to customer to be centralized, consistent, refined and accurate- Creation and organization of Marketing Materials/Tools/Campaigns/Website for efficient and effective communication to customers- In charge of HubSpot CRM, creating and managing Sequences/Work Flows that is most suitable for communication with valued customers. Provided any assistance to any staff members with the platform as the company "HubSpot Guru", maximizing skills/know-how honed from experience with Salesforce + GoldMine.

Novato, California, Us

- Responsible for Purchasing (SCM, inventory management, profit management, QC to exceed food safety standards) working closely with overseas production partners in providing great quality at a reasonable price, always having RELIABLE INVENTORY and to have ON-TIME DELIVERY of QUALITY BRANDS made possible- In charge of Marketing: packaging to follow FDA/USDA guidelines while aesthetics being appealing to end-users, promotions (flyers, sales strategy, product focus, web) ensuring that ACCURATE SERVICE can be provided to our loyal customers - Previous experience in Food Sales and Public Relations is being maximized in above responsibilities in having good end-user knowledge and understanding the importance of marketability of products/services

Novato, California, Us

- In charge of new business development with national broadline foodservice distributors by working with end-users in expanding their sushi program, providing ideations to Asian concept deli and/or implementation of Japanese products in mainstream setting- Responsible for Sysco OpCo and PFG OpCo account management also working with end-users and acquiring more and more opportunities in gaining placement in more OpCo's throughout the U.S.- Work with Retail Service Deli category in proposing customized dish preparation ideations and/or optimum package presentation based on customers' deli theme

Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Jp

- Handled corporate calls for nation-wide grocery, mass-market, online retail and drugstore channels via distributors and/or direct accounts in Asian Dry Grocery and/or Confectionery category.- Provide sales forecasts for over-seas purchasing decisions for accurate inventory management- Pricing/profit management in accordance with involvement of logistics + marketing programs + brokers + etc.- Key Account Sales for Costco nation-wide- In charge of marketing planning and implementation (events, POS material, social media, web creation, etc.)

Garden Grove, California, Us

- In charge of nation-wide distributors and mainstream grocery accounts focused on corporate calls for Produce, Refrigerated Dairy and Asian Dry Grocery categories and food service- Handles sales planning, promotion planning, new account strategy, etc. and highly involved with new product planning- Liaison for International Business Development team at parent company (JPN) and American Sales Division- Key player in working on Corporate Website and other social media.

Conducted media monitoring for clients, created media lists for Press/Product Releases, translated Press/Product Releases (Japanese * English), supported event coordination, mediated clients and Web designers, etc.

Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, Jp

Taught English conversation lessons to business men and women.Handled trial lessons (FM lessons), conducting sample lessons and explaining lesson plan in order to reach client's goals.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English - Sla & Phonetics

General Education

Japanese, Math, Science, History And Geography

High School Diploma