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People First
Aug 09, 2026
Full time
Ref : 23494 The Skills You'll Need : JLPT N1, N2, French Your New Salary : £ Location : London Permanent/ Full-time This is 5 days Office based job. Visa: Provide UK work visa for a right candidate who meets all their criteria French and Japanese speaking Sales Administrator / Account Management - What You'll be Doing: Management of major accounts in UK/EU region and specialist of the European distribution Sales calls to Retailers, Distributors in the EU and others. Responsible for the day-to-day business operation such as product development, conducts sales analysis, ad planning, sales forecasting Opening new accounts, while maintaining relationships with buyers of major retail chains Proposing and negotiating terms and conditions, and acquiring product licenses from publishers and other clients Making and renewing contracts, Drawing up and signing business related contracts. Acquires licensing agreements (Sales activities to hardware and software makers) Working closely with publishers & media to maximise marketing opportunities across the respective regions Translation of manual, packaging, company website and other business-related documents to and from Japanese/English/FRENCH. Market research to identify concurrency and understand the trends of the market. Liaise daily with the Japan HQ and the US branch in Japanese French and Japanese speaking Sales Administrator / Account Management - The Skills You'll Need to Succeed: Mother tongue level French is essential Business level of Japanese (N2 or higher) Strong interest in the video/ gaming industry Previous experience of office work, ideally sales related Able to do business trip to Europe Please follow us on Linkedin: company/people-first-team-japan We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation. People First is committed to increasing diversity, and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status or whether or not they have a disability. People First (Recruitment) Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent and fixed term contract recruitment and as an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Please note that by applying for this job you accept our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy which can be found on our website.
People First
Aug 07, 2026
Full time
The Skills You'll Need: Food Technology, HACCP, BRC, Quality Assurance Your New Salary: £38-40k Location: Gatwick area Duration: Permanent Job status : Hybrid: 3 days a week in office, 2 days WFH Working hours : 37.5 h per week/ Monday - Friday, 9am - 5.30pm Who you'll be working for: A multinational global dairy producer. Food Technologist - What you'll be doing: Support the Technical Account Manager (TAM) in ensuring customers' needs and expectations are met, in building strong relationships with them, providing excellent customer service and driving the customers' technical agenda to improve performance. Provide technical support to other functions within the company to retain current business and to gain new business, whilst ensuring food safety & quality is not compromised. Responsible for the day-to-day management of the allocated customer technical accounts: Manage Own Label (OL) NPD - From agreed listing to launch & post launch Monitor the quality of the products ensuring they meet the specifications and QAS at all times Manage customers' technical requirements: ensure updates & changes are tracked, interpreted, summarised and passed on to TAM for implementation Customers' ethical / CSR requirements: updates, changes & requests passed on to colleagues responsible for these topics. Build strong and proactive relationships with customers; meeting expectations, requirements, requests and tasks by the deadlines set Manage customers' technical websites Complete technical customers' specifications with all the relevant attachments required, ensuring they are up-to-date at all times. Complete & send all documents / reports required by customers (QAS, KPIs, CoC, CoA, 3rd party certificates & reports, panels, scorecards, allergens questionnaires, supplier questionnaires) Organise customers' audits & visits as per plan, attend (physically or remotely) and close the reports on time, with the support of the TAM if required Prepare and attend (physically or remotely) any routine customer meetings, follow up on the agreed actions until closed off Support TAM / Customer Technical Lead (CTL) - Head of Group technical projects & customer experience (HGC) for any tasks as and when required Build strong & proactive relationships with company factories & divisions, co-manufacturers and depots ensuring the customer needs & expectations are met Manage branded NPD information and documentation: complete Internal specifications, NPD check-list, PIF, rework documentation Check and comment on artworks and assets, to ensure they are legal in the UK and in line with specifications With the support of the CTL - HGC (where applicable), attend the NPD project meetings and ensure the products comply with food quality, safety and legal expectations. For allocated customer technical accounts, manage customer complaints: log, investigate, respond to the customer, assign costs and responsibilities, close off in a timely manner Support the TAMs / CTLs - HGC (where applicable) for product withdrawals & recalls, as and when required Hold and release products from depot as and when required Support the TAM with issues raised by depots (temperatures, wrong SKUs, labelling) for OL and brands allocated as and when required Manage samples Complete organoleptic assessments on a variety of dairy products, mainly cheese, butter & cream Work in partnership with Business Units ensuring technical topics are embedded in any day-to-day work Gather 3rd party certificates & reports for all factories and distribute as necessary Take an active role in business cross-functional projects Raise awareness of issues related to food safety, legal and quality risks on products to TAM Support the business and participate with CSR related topics as and when required Organise, prepare and lead the trained panel Manage consumers calls and log complaints Food Technologist - The Skills You'll Need to Succeed: Food science degree or equivalent Demonstrated knowledge and experience in Food Safety (HACCP) & BRC Experience with UK retailers and food services specifications systems Experience in providing excellent customer service Demonstrated ability to interact effectively with people at different levels Ability to challenge others in a respectful way Strong levels of analytical & curiosity & ability to cross-check information Good at planning and organizing workload to meet deadlines Ability to work as part of a team and to work on own initiative Attention to detail Good verbal and written communication skills Ability to deliver pro- active and reactive support Proficiency using key software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams) Be able to travel in the UK & EU as and when required Clean driving license (1 year +) We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation. People First is committed to increasing diversity, and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, year of birth, relationship status or whether or not they have a disability. People First (Recruitment) Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent and fixed term contract recruitment and as an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Please note that by applying for this job you accept our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy which can be found on our website.