1. Could you introduce yourself and tell us about you? Your current / recent jobs and employers? Previous companies and jobs?
He came to Japan for studies back in 2015 and after that, started to work for XXXX where he became the Regional Sales Manager from being a Sales Consultant for a short period of time. Their company sells used cars in Japan to different countries and his coverage is mainly the African and Russian region; their clients find their products on their website, make an inquiry, and he’s the one who tries to close the deal with them, send the invoice, and so on. He also does business development in new countries and mainly work with B2B clients, with a bit of B2C as well; right now, he’s leading about 15 people in the team and making sure they reach the monthly sales goals and they perform the best. His day-to-day includes meetings with teammates, make reports to share with his supervisors, and also involved with marketing activities.
2. What skill(s) / experience would you self-describe as strongest or specialist in?
Strongest skill would be his ability to learn and adapt to new environment; when he started working in this field, he also didn’t know a thing but now he has the full understanding of how the business works from the start which gave him an edge on how he deals with clients, their needs, and work on providing a solution towards that.
His biggest achievement so far was bringing in an average of 50M JPY on a monthly basis to the company, on good months, it can sometimes go up to 90M JPY per month.
3. Do you have the lists of key criteria’s according to the clients’ requirements?
He has about 6 years of experience in doing sales and business development, mostly selling used cars to different countries in Europe and APAC. He can do meetings and communicate with locals in Japanese, he is proficient with both Kanji and Hiragana dialects.
