Office Management Trainee - Norwalk, United States - MW Polar Foods

Description

MW Polar is currently looking to fulfill an Office Management Trainee position.

You will be working with various departments within our organization to learn about international trade, import process, quality control, logistics/inventory planning, distribution and all other aspects of our business.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Coordinate with crossfunctional teams to perform product development and cost negotiation with manufacturer, optimize supply chain process to control cost and inventory level.
• Support sales & marketing team in developing business plans to achieve company revenue goals.
• Stay uptodate with product knowledge, business environment, and market trend to identify new business opportunities.
• Understand and maintain product specifications and assure quality consistency for the product lines assigned.
• Analyze quotations from vendors, negotiate cost, estimate landing cost, and establish sales pricing strategy.
• Plan new shipments with vendors to maintain healthy inventory level and meet sales demands.
• Monitor purchase orders and maintain business communication with vendors, monitor and optimize the order delivery process.
• Communicate with clients for in daily order processing, propose sales/promotion plan, and present new products.
• Process sales orders from clients, communicate with warehouse and 3rd party carrier to arrange delivery of orders.
• Coordinate with accounting team to ensure accuracy of outgoing payment to vendors and receive payment from clients in time.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor's degree required, Minimum 3.0 GPA is preferred
• Fluent in English (both verbally and written). Bilingual in Spanish and/or Mandarin is a plus
• Strong followup and time management skills with great attention to details
• Ability to relate and communicate across all levels in the organization
• Ability to prioritize job functions to meet deadlines and ensure smooth workflow, and multitask.
• Excellent computer skill is a must, with a very strong command of Microsoft Excel (vlookup, pivot table, etc).
• This position requires an individual who is selfmotivated and detailoriented with an inquisitive nature and the desire to solve problems
• A strong work ethic with a positive "cando" attitude and one who takes pride in the quality of their work
• Excellent interpersonal skills with sales motivation

Benefits:

• 100% Polarpaid Medical Insurance for the employee with employee's choice of HMO or PPO coverage (worth $3,000+ per year)
• 401(K)

Program:
Company matches 100% up to 5% of employee's salary after meeting qualification

• Paid Vacation Time: Fulltime employees are currently entitled to 10 working days (or 80 hours) of vacation time and after 1st year of active service. 15 working days of vacation time after 3rd year of active service, 1 additional day of vacation each year after 3rd year and capped at 20 vacation days per 12 months
• Paid Sick Leave: Fulltime employees are currently entitled to 5 working days (or 40 hours) of paid sick leave per year
• Continuing Education and Tuition program available after 12 months of service with immediate supervisor recommendation
• Holiday Pay: 7 days per year (on top of paid vacation time and paid sick leave)

Pay:
$45, $68,000.00 per year


Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k)

matching

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Language:

• Mandarin (preferred)
• Spanish (preferred)

Work Location:
In person