Marketing Assistant

Location: Torrance, CA

Shift: Monday to Friday; 9am - 5:30pm

Compensation: $25-30/h (DoE) + benefits

Main responsibilities are:

I. MARKETING STRATEGY/PRODUCT PROMOTION

Ø Marketing Strategy and Sales Support

• Assists Marketing Manager in the development of both long-term and short-term marketing strategy.

• Researches, collects, and analyzes data on customer and industrial preferences, needs and buying habits to identify potential markets as well as factors affecting products demand.

• Gathers data on competitors and analyze their prices, sales and method of marketing and distribution.

Ø Product Promotion

• Works closely with the Sales Team to develop, prioritize and implement tactical project plans, including promotional items/programs that help build sales to conduct product promotions.

• Reviews the result of promotional activities and makes improvements.

• Prepares presentation materials to the clients.

• Arranges sample items for clients.

• Ensures that all promotions are in accordance with the Company strategy.

• Responsible for handling the inquiries regarding raw materials of the products as well as regulation requirement with manufacture.

• Handles and gathers necessary information regarding customer complaints related to the quality of the products inquired by the sales personnel; communicates and shares information with the manager for the resolution to ensure customer satisfaction; reports the findings to the sales personnel.

II. Quality Control

• Audit support for overseas supplier factories as an U.S. importer, including reporting and documentation for FDA.

• Collaborates with FDA auditors and headquarters to assist in meeting their requirements.

• Supports updating facility registrations & submitting new registrations.

• Conducts research on legal regulations pertaining to the usage of products within the designated sales area.

• Coordinates and processes applications and registrations of import certificates required for importing products into the United States, in accordance with USDA regulations.