(Junior) Outside Sales Representative, fulltime

Fluent in Chinese and English, Amsterdam area, International

About the organization:

Our client is a leading European company in the food industry, with a strong focus on Japanese cuisine. With over a century of experience in this market, they have successfully built an extensive global business network, delivering healthy and high-quality Asian food across Asia, the USA, Australia, and Europe.

They are currently seeking a Chinese-speaking Sales Representative. In this role, you will introduce the company’s products to a wide range of clients, including hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, distributors, wholesalers, retailers, and more. You will be responsible for maintaining strong, long-term relationships with existing clients, while actively developing new business opportunities. In addition, you will proactively seek out new customers and promote the company's products and services.

Are you outgoing and proactive? Do you enjoy visiting clients and have an analytical mindset? Are you passionate about Japanese food and enthusiastic about selling it? Do you enjoy working in sales and want to grow your career in this field? If so, please apply for this challengeable position!

Job description:

• Outside sales. Make appointments with the customers, visit them, introduce the new products and prepare proposals and quotes.
• Introducing and selling Asian/Japanese food products to restaurants, catering companies, hotels, wholesalers and other food industry retailers.
• Proactively search new business opportunities with existing customers and acquire new customers.
• Presentations to customers (new items, services, sales performance reviews)
• Maintain and establish customer and vendor relations.
• Monitor customer invoices and credits.
• Build market/industry knowledge. Constant research and update of information regarding trends, products and competitors.
• Represent the company at trade fairs.

Requirements:

• Fluent in Chinese and English
• Dutch and/or Japanese language skills are a plus
• Driving license B required
• Work permit holder in the Netherlands
• Able to commute to the office at Amsterdam area
• 1-2 years of working experience in sales (B2B) is useful
• Customer service oriented, strong attention to detail
• Team player, flexible, proactive, able to make contact easily, owning strong communication skills
• Familiar with Japanese food culture, preferred
• Experience in MS office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

Work conditions:

• The salary is based on the candidate’s experience
• Company’s car, laptop and telephone
• 8% holiday allowance
• Bonuses
• Pension scheme

If you are interested in this role, please send your CV to [email protected] (Ms. Yumiko Miyajima) or please call for more information to +31.6.14690830.