Manager Sales Representative

Junko Semmens

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Oregon City, OR 97045

Email: ************@*******.***

Education

Chuo University Hachioji, Tokyo

Bachelor of Arts – International Trading & Business

Minor – Business English & Conversation

Professional Experience

2007 – Present Axa Life Insurance Co., Ltd. Tokyo, Japan

Interpreter / Translator for Chief Technology Officer

Provided live interpretation and translation services for related materials in meetings

involving the CTO, CIO, General Managers, and their team members in instances including,

but not limited to: Weekly and Monthly meetings, Senior Leadership Management meetings,

Project Management Office meetings, Internal Budget Analyst training, Business and IT

monthly meetings, quarterly Organizational Change and Project Feasibility Study/Selection

meetings, and yearly Project Portfolio Meetings. Instances involving similar services

provided in circumstances with vendor companies include implementation of IT operating

models and modification of ITOM templates, feasibility studies on the ALOP (Accenture Life

Insurance Platform), Customer Information File project meetings executed by ALJ and

Accenture, Fit and Gap analysis on new platform development, and implementation of

Salesforce.com.

2005 – 2007 HDI-Japan Kanagawa, Japan

Interpreter / Translator – Event Manager – Executive Secretary

Provided translation and live interpretation services for internal purposes, external meetings

and events, as well as additional situations as necessary or at the request of the CEO. Event

Manager duties included, but were not limited to: arranging annual HDI-Japan International

Conferences, working directly with the CEO and foreign keynote speakers, translating

presentations and arranging HDI tours for the United States for allied companies. Duties

performed when acting in the capacity of Executive secretary included supporting the

Representative Director, scheduling meetings, making travel arrangements, creating expense

reports, updating the Outlook contact database, and booking external meeting venues. Other

duties included maintaining files and the corporate stakeholder database, scheduling,

maintaining office equipment, computer systems, network functionality, and ordering

necessary supplies. HR related duties included preparation of new employee documentation,

managing scheduling of staff performance reviews, and arranging local and global training.

2004 – 2005 Dole Japan, Ltd. Tokyo, Japan

Sales Representative

Merchandised bananas to major supermarkets in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Pitched

products to prospective clients. Negotiated with customers and closed deals. Travelled

internationally to banana producing countries for translating and inspecting facilities and

product quality. Organized Dole display area at annual “Foodex” cuisine exhibition in Tokyo.

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