Assistant Sales Manager #11147

Title: Assistant Sales Manager
Industry: Trading
Location: Schaumburg, IL
Salary: $75k-exempt (This position is temp-to-hire with a temporary period lasting for three months)
Report to: General Manager
Hours: 9 am to 5pm
Summary:
Reporting to the General Manager, Assistant Sales Manager will be responsible for selling products or services while providing excellent customer service as well as performing an important role in the overall customer experience by helping with sales and customer inquiries by email, phone and in-person meeting with customers including sales and technical discussions. These activities always must be implemented, cooperating with marketing manager dispatched from Japan office.
Responsibilities:
Develop relationships with current customers and drive sales outside of the customer’s original order, including additional products.
• Product/technology introduction to customers in Motorcycle and Power sports industries.
• Daily commercial negotiation and correspondence with customers by e-mail/phone based on the information from marketing manager. Involvement of Engineering and development work with customer’s R&D and engineering team.
• Handle all customer issues in a timely and professional manner
• Pursue new and advanced technology to catch up with customer’s newly developed products.
• Improve the result of customers’ evaluation regarding delivery/quality issues and collect the payments from customers timely to avoid the over-dues.
• Develop and keep good relationship with existing/potential customers/suppliers.
• Understand our products in detail technically and introduce to potential customers.
• Try to establish new business in vehicle industries together with marketing manager under the instruction of General Manager.
• Check customer’s request/demand.
• Travel 2-3 times a month in USA, once a year out of country
• Manages 2 Staffs in a team
Qualifications/Skills/Requirement:
• Bachelors Degree
• Prior sales experience in automotive or motorsports industry
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point
• Attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Cross-reference data accurately
• Excellent organizational skills
• Works well independently and with a team
• Valid US driver’s license and valid passport
• Works well independently and with a team
• Ability to lift 5-10 pounds

Benefit is provided 90 days after direct employement