Contract Business Planning Assistant (Japanese-English Bilingual)

Job Title: Contract Business Planning Assistant

Work Location: SEWS - Farmington Hills, Michigan (On-site position)

This is a contract, hourly-paid position requiring approximately 20 hours of work per week. 

Basic Purpose: 

The contract associate will perform cost registration duties. Responsibilities currently performed by full-time employees will be transferred to the contractor to increase the efficiency and value of these operations. 

Job Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Estimate the wire harness costs and provide support on this process.

• Confirm the costs of parts whose unit prices are unknown to the Procurement Department. 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or a suitable field. 
• 1-3 years of business accounting/finance experience. 
• Excellent skills in the use of personal computers (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.) 
• Advanced level Excel skills strongly preferred. 
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills. 
• Business level Japanese skills required (reading, speaking and writing). 

About Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc. 

Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc. (SEWS) is part of the Sumitomo family of companies, a 400 year old brand with a reputation for quality and reliability.  With the support of facilities throughout North America, SEWS has been delivering innovative solutions to automakers for over 30 years, and is a leading supplier of electrical distribution systems, components and electronics.  SEWS is committed to technical development worldwide and with a global network of resources, is able to deliver a truly competitive advantage to each of our customers.  

To learn more about us, please visit www.sewsus.com.  

Follow Us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sumitomo-electric-wiring-systems

About the Sumitomo Electric Group 

Since the founding of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. in 1897 with copper wire production, we have developed many new technologies and products through innovative R&D activities based on Sumitomo Electric manufacturing technologies for electric wires and power cables.  With more than 350 subsidiaries worldwide, we continue to introduce a wide variety of products that fulfill the expectations of society, in five business fields: Automotive, Information & Communications, Electronics, Environment & Energy, and Industrial Materials.  We are a Fortune global 500 company.   

To learn more about Sumitomo Electric Group, please visit http://global-sei.com.  

Follow Us on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/sumitomo-electric

An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V