Assistant Manager, Marketing & Sales

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support internal and external marketing, communications, and public relations strategies.
• Collaborate with Senior Management to enhance the company’s identity, culture, and visibility.
• Manage the production of high-quality print, electronic, web, and digital materials aligned with communication goals.
• Direct media relations, handling outreach, and responses to media inquiries.
• Build strong media connections and manage media coverage.
• Develop and evaluate marketing, communications, and public relation programs.
• Promote outreach efforts and organize thought leadership and networking events.
• Foster relationships with key stakeholders and monitor customer satisfaction.
• Lead internal communications for Senior Management, including messaging for town halls and social media.
• Support corporate social responsibility activities.
• Proficient in using Customer Relationship Management systems (Salesforce) for alignment, tracking, and analysis.
• Skilled in utilizing sales enablement technologies, from content management systems to sales enablement platforms, ensuring the team has actionable insights.
• Proficient in interpreting quantitative and qualitative data to refine the sales enablement strategy through actionable sales statistics.
• Capable of understanding and crafting efficient sales processes to impact the sales cycle positively.

PROFESSIONAL QUALITIES

• Degree in Marketing, Communications or related fields or equivalent job experience.
• 3-5 years’ experience in marketing and sales operations in the logistics industry.
• Experience in writing press releases, presentations and negotiating with media.
• Experience in sales enablement platforms, CRM and visualization tools e.g. Salesforce, Tableau, Teams, Power Point, etc.
• An analytical mind to translate quantitative and qualitative data into outbound sales strategies.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Self-motivated, energetic, resourceful, highly organized and influential leader and a team player.
• Excellent verbal & written skills and outstanding interpersonal skills are crucial to this role.
• Skilled in communication with Japanese expatriates and Japan headquarters.