Ref: 23402 Job Title: Japanese speaking Buyer The Skills You''ll Need: procurement, food buyer, import, Japanese Your New Salary: 35-40K depends on experience 2 days office (likely increase to 3 days), 2-3 days work from home Permanent Start: ASAP Japanese speaking Buyer - What You''ll be Doing: To liaise with Sales Departments to obtain sales forecast and customer feedback, in order to manage demand, plan and place the orders to avoid any shortage and overstock. To liaise with manufacturers and check the shipping/delivery schedule of incoming containers/deliveries. To get the best quotation and terms from suppliers if required to find new items. To manage and develop supplier relationships, ensuring that all suppliers are developed to achieve target levels of business. To liaise closely with the Technical Department to ensure that all new products, ingredients and manufacturers conform to current legal requirements and food safety standards. To liaise with suppliers to collect accurate and up to date item data for storing in SAP system, in accordance with the Purchase department procedures. Japanese speaking Buyer - The Skills You''ll Need to Succeed: Business-level Japanese language proficiency is essential (JLPT N1-2) as the target suppliers are primarily Japanese food manufacturers and food trading companies and involve import operations from Japan Prefer to have the food industry experience Please follow us on Linkedin: people-first-team-japan We would be grateful i