Position Summary

A Japanese entertainment company seeks a Japanese bilingual Operations Coordinator to manage purchasing of sellable goods, components, and office supplies. Responsibilities include tracking purchases from planning to delivery, ensuring adequate stock levels, cost-effectiveness, and adherence to company standards.

Responsibilities

• Procurement: Oversee manufacturing and delivery of physical items for sale, ensuring timely delivery to vendors to meet release dates.
• Planning: Assist in project planning by acquiring quotes, manufacturing schedules, and logistics schedules to meet delivery deadlines.
• Manufacturing: Support internal project planning meetings, oversee submission of design files to vendors, and assist during the proofing process.
• Purchasing: Perform necessary tasks to ensure goods for resale are ordered, manufactured, and delivered on time, using purchase orders or vendor web portals.
• Logistics: Maintain an on-time delivery schedule, investigate logistic issues, work with warehouses for delivery, assembly, and shipment, and track inventory accurately.
• Inventory Management: Track the status of purchasing/manufacturing orders in the ERP system and identify/fix discrepancies in warehouse inventory.
• Sales Order Processing: Enter customer orders into the ERP system, communicate order status with customers, and review open orders for timely fulfillment.
  
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business administration, or economics
• Japanese language proficiency (speak, read, and write)
• One year of experience in item procurement and ERP usage
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, and Google Workspace
• Experience writing business emails
• Basic project management experience
  
  
  

BASE SALARY USD52,000-70,000 (DOE)

LOCATION Santa Ana, CA

WORK STYLE Hybrid (3 times/week in the office)

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