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SUMMARY:

Provide high-level project support by analyzing various company reports and managing various projects, to improve profit, productivity and efficiency.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following:

• Prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously, and follow through on issues in a timely manner
• Coordinate and oversee special projects, while improving profitability and ensuring project execution according to plan
• Research, and assembly of various forms of data for management
• Research and identify reasons using information from multiple sources
• Responsible for calendar management, requiring interaction with both internal and external personnel to coordinate a variety of conference calls and meetings
• Effectively communicate with a variety of internal and external stakeholders using multiple tools to ensure effective visual communication
• Interacts with various internal departments
• Attends various meetings to gain customer, product and market knowledge
• Provides administrative support to President and President’s Office
• Serves as Translator in Japanese/English with a variety of written and verbal correspondence, and in business meetings and presentations
• Perform similar level or nature of duties as assigned

 Qualifications:

Required Education and Experience:

• Two (2) or more years’ experience in project management
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Knowledge of:

• Japanese and English languages, both verbally and business writing
• Marketing principles
• Data analysis

Skill in:

• Applying basic mathematical problem-solving techniques
• Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook

Ability to:

• Prepare reports using a variety of methods from multiple sources of data
•  Review data and ensuring accuracy and timeliness and relevancy
• Identify causation of variances
• Multi-task under strict deadlines while having multiple priorities at one time
• Exhibit positive attitude and openness to learning
• Effectively communicate and work in a cross-cultural environment
• Demonstrate high-level of organization and planning
• Exercise independent motivation
• Apply strategic planning foresight

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 Activities will involve frequent sitting, using a computer, analyzing huge amounts of data, communicating verbally and in writing. Occasionally incumbent must be able to lift product, office equipment or supplies less than 20 pounds. 

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The environment is generally office with low to moderate noise but may encounter infrequent loud noise during visits to the plant.