Key Responsibilities:

• Conducts reporting of trade promotions, including planning, financial modeling, and post-promotion effectiveness based on financial and volume benchmarks
• Develops sales forecasts and monthly sales reports which include analysis and insights into brand, category, and/or geographic trends
• Assist in developing sales materials (presentations, sales collateral, etc.) that support sales and marketing initiatives and contribute to revenue growth
• Working with sales managers on collaborative strategic and tactical activities such as understanding retailer needs and developing business solutions for new and existing customers
• Leveraging secondary and primary market research to develop strategic sales and marketing solutions
• The successful managing of assigned projects from start to completion in regards to deadlines and budget considerations.

• Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to translate data into meaningful information
• Team player
• Previous experience with packaged goods, retail industry (grocery, mass merchandisers, club stores) preferred

• At least 2 years of comparable work experience
• The ability to successfully manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• The ability to work independently as well work collaboratively with team members

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stand; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Responsibilities:

1. Develops and maintains positive working relationships with brokers and broker representatives insuring effective, professional representation of Nissin products and the Nissin Foods organization. Communicates with brokers regarding sales plans and sales volume objectives, as appropriate.
2. Prepares budgets and establishes sales targets to achieve corporate goals and annual sales volume objectives. Closely monitors results for profitability. Provides feedback to sales management.
3. Develops promotional strategies in cooperation with brokers and broker representatives. Plans and coordinates promotional activities. Analyzes results, makes adjustments or recommendations, as appropriate.
4. Reviews market strategies to identify new customers and new business opportunities. Develops and implements sales plans/programs designed to increase market share.
5. Attends to general administrative duties in support of regional sales efforts including, but not limited to, preparation and analysis of reports, conducting research on competition, and retail audits. Furnishes information to sales management, as required. Makes recommendations and adjustments, as appropriate.

Education/Experience: Bachelor?s degree in Business, Finance, or Marketing. Master?s preferable but not required. Minimum of one year?s sales management experience in a combination of retail, wholesale, and broker environments. Five years experience in grocery or buying experience from a major chair. Up to 50% travel.

Employee benefits include medical,dental, life insurance, vision, etc., plus $500 a month car allowance.

Posted: 2/1/07

Job Duties: The following duties are considered essential to the job. Qualified individuals must have the ability ? with or without reasonable accommodation ? to perform the following duties but not limited to:

1. Prepares FY Material Cost Budget
2. Prepares production cost reports.
3. Monitors productivity, calculating individual items such as labor, material and time costs. Includes reporting price/usage variance reports (material and labor), and overhead price/volume variances.
4. Examines records such as time and production sheets, payrolls, operation charts and schedules, to obtain data for calculations.
5. Prepares the production schedule, communicating daily with the Receiving and Production Departments.
6. Confers with the Accounting Department for overhead cost information.
7. Communicates with the Purchasing Department for raw material information and with Distribution for sales related information.
8. Keep records of Manufacturing proposals, Standard Formulations, and Interdepartmental Memos.
9. Communicates with Mexico Staff in Spanish.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience: Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Internet software; Excel Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stand; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Job Duties: The following duties are considered essential to the job. Qualified individuals must have the ability ? with or without reasonable accommodation ? to perform the following duties but not limited to:

Human Resources:

1. Composes and types Human Resources correspondence. Maintains HR memos and correspondence filed and logged for future reference.
2. Compiles and enters statistical reports, including those of a confidential nature inclusive of labor, benefits, wage analysis, evaluations of all corporate employees.
3. Processes various invoices from Temporary Staff Agencies, vendors, etc. for payment checking for accuracy.
4. Prepares all new hire paperwork and goes over it with all non-exempt employees. Requests from new employees all required legal documentation.
5. Prepares all termination paperwork and coordinates final check with payroll.
6. Maintains employee records, benefit files and terminated records.
7. Responsible for processing Personnel Action Notification Forms for all employees in the Corporate Offices.
8. Prepares monthly reports for use in the department and other departments within the organization. This includes distribution, posting, and filing information.
9. Keeps all human resources forms up to date and in compliance with all state and federal regulations.
10. Maintains I-9 documentation to ensure it is current. Follows up on any pending or renewal of visas and/or immigration cards.
11. Screening and scheduling interviews of applicants upon request or as needed.
12. Prepares appropriate counseling forms, as need per Attendance Policy.
13. Assists the HR Manager with EDD file reporting and EEOC regulations. This includes case research, copies, and appeal document preparation.
14. Answers any inquires from employees and supervisors regarding personnel related issues.

1. Responsible for KRONOS data (time keeping) and making edits for payroll processing. This includes distribution of time keeping records, paying holiday, vacation and sick pay benefits.
2. Responsible for maintenance of vacation and sick accruals for all corporate employees.

Qualifications to perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience: Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Human Resource systems; Internet software; Payroll systems; Excel Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Certificate in Human Resources

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stand; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

• Development in raw materials, packages, finished goods (noodles, soups, visual ingredients and packaging materials) and processes, relating to instant ramen.
• Development of processed products, other than instant ramen.
• Research of consumer awareness or trends, relating to the development of packaging designs (including legal issues). Execution of research on consumer taste trends.

• To assure the quality of the products, to provide the consumers with safe and high quality products.
• To assure all of products are complied with regulation., other than instant ramen.
• To assure all of raw materials and package are complied with regulation.
• Preparation of certificate for customer.

• Control of product quality
• Improvements of current processes if necessary.
• Selection and confirmation of current and new materials (including packaging materials).
• Formation of all necessary document such as Standard Formulation, Standard Process, Nutrition Fact, Ingredient Declaration, Allergy Statement, Allergen Program Clearing Guide and Others, and their management
• Execution of process management with respect to products, based on each regulation.
• Selection, introduction and improvements of equipment to improve efficiency and sustain stability, and for safety.

• Development, selection and negotiation of the prices for new materials. Selection, negotiation and revision of current materials and vendors to reduce the cost of the current materials.
• Pursuit of global purchasing through construction of International base purchasing networks.
• Pursuit of cost reduction from the point of view of efficiency improvement in production.

• Create purchase orders for Navision, purchase lab apparatus, office supplies and arrange for FedEX.

• Assisting in the development and maintenance of a positive working relationship with regional sales managers, brokers, and broker representatives.
• Ensuring effective, professional representation of Nissin products and the Nissin Foods organization.
• Preparation and analysis of reports, conducting competitive research, broker communication and follow-up.
• Ensure accuracy of case sales and trade promotions spending on internal planning report.
• Responsible for entering promotions in Vista system.
• Will involve some out of state and overnight travel.
• Furnish sales and spending reports to regional sales managers on a monthly basis and as required.
• Assist in analysis of promotions and reports to management.
• Follow up on sales orders with brokers and regional managers.
• Work with internal department on collection issues.
• Act as liaison between Nissin internal departments and regional managers/brokers.

• Mechanical troubleshooting and repair of all production machinery/equipment.
• Ensures that preventative maintenance of machinery/equipment has been performed.
• Performs hourly/daily visual inspection of the machinery/equipment for any malfunctions or abnormalities in order to make certain that total downtime is kept to a minimal.
• Verifies that machinery/equipment is equipped with appropriate safety covers/guards and all safety devices are operating properly Responsible for signing and review the safety opening and closing daily reports.
• Perform minor electrical troubleshooting and repair during production to minimize the down time and assure the best possible efficiency. (Target total down time below 2% and Efficiency target at 100%)
• Provides support and assistance to other mechanic/electricians as needed.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by dept supervisors.

• Responsible for completing work reports at the completion of each assignment.
• Provides specific training (buddy system) to regular full time and temporary personnel with regards to the mechanical/electrical operations of the processing and packaging machinery/equipment, including efficiently maintaining the production process in accordance to company specifications.

• Lifting up to 60 pounds
• Pushing/Pulling
• Walking/Standing for 8+ hours
• Climbing stairs

• Ability to work in a manufacturing environment with a variation of temperatures.
• Ability to work near moving mechanical machinery/equipment.
• Exposed to fumes or airborne particles and vibration.
• Ability to work in high, precarious places.

1. Audits deductions taken by clients and verifies the validity of these deductions by checking against the promotional contracts.
2. Meet the monthly quota for clearing deductions set by the supervisor.
3. Clear deductions in Vista by checking if the Broker has entered them against the correct Account, Pack Group, and Promotion.
4. Clear deductions in Vista by checking if there is enough accrual money.
5. If there are deficient funds to clear the deductions, need to research the reason(s) for the insufficient funds and also report this information to the supervisor immediately.
6. Clear all deductions following the Vista Deduction Reports.
7. Interacts with Regional Sales Managers, Brokers, and Clients to clear the deductions.
8. Request backup and mail copies of invoices to Brokers as needed.
9. Send Repay Letters for invalid deductions to Brokers and/or Clients, as well as, following up on the Repay Letters as needed.
10. Maintain the backup, deduction claim form, and repay drawers, filed by Market by Region.
11. Attend Reconciliation meetings to review the Open Deductions and any issues concerning the deductions.

1. Maintain an orderly filing system.
2. Answer telephones, and take messages.
3. Other tasks may be assigned as required.