International Communication Facilitator – Japanese-English

Industry:

Company: American Air Filter Company, Inc.

AAF International offers the most comprehensive clean air solutions available across the globe. Selling under the American Air Filter® and the AAF International® brand names, AAF International has been an industry pioneer since 1921 with manufacturing operations in 22 countries and over 6000 employees globally. Our products are the industry benchmarks for quality and performance. Our applications include commercial, industrial and residential solutions from the filters used in your home to the most critical cleanroom and power generation applications.

We are a member of the Daikin Group, the world’s largest air conditioning provider with $30 billion in revenue and over 98,000 employees worldwide. Founded in 1924, Daikin has grown into a diversified industrial manufacturing company offering solutions in clean, air, air conditioning, refrigeration, chemicals, oil hydraulics, defense systems and electronics.

Our culture of continuous improvement, safety and world class operations is driven by our people-centered management philosophy. This philosophy is built around mutual selection: that while AAF seeks top talent people to join and deliver on our team, we also want each team member to receive job satisfaction, growth & development, and continued happiness in being a long-term member of the AAF family. This is fueled by our belief in treating our people, our supply partners, our customers and our environment with the trust and respect we each require, and our passion to give back to our community for our success.

Read more about our philosophy at: http://www.daikin.com/about/corporate/philosophy/index.html

AAF International is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veteran.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, veteran status, uniform servicemember status, age, disability or any other legally recognized protected personal characteristics.

Position Objective:

The International Communication Facilitator facilitates internal and external communication between Japanese and English speaking executives and provides effective and articulate oral and written communication between Daikin Japan and local/global executives in all business areas including Planning, Finance, Operations, HR, and R&D to ensure clear understanding and communication occurs between the parties.

Key Accountabilities:

• Interpret communication, oral and written, for Japanese employees dispatched from Daikin’s Japanese headquarter and for the COO and other local executives when communicating with Japanese headquarters, for visitors from Japan, etc.
• In addition to the main duties of interpreting for internal meetings (including meetings with Japan), related to Manufacturing, Sales, R&D, and management, other duties are expected to include interpreting support for visitors, accompanying executives (including the COO and Japanese expats) on business trips, and translating internal documents..
• Written communication translation for internal/external e-mails, documents, presentations and letters- incoming and outgoing.
• Provide other support for event/operations specialists.
• Domestic travel.
• Due to time differences with other countries, there are cases where early morning or late night support is required.
• In principle, required to come to the office to work (exceptions apply, including early morning and late night meetings).

Requirements

Position Requirements:

1. Bachelor’s degree from four-year accredited university;
2. 10+ years of international administrative experience;
3. 10+ years of translation or interpretation experience (simultaneous skill is plus);
4. Experience as an interpreter for a Japanese company in the US is preferred;
5. Fluency in Japanese and English;
6. Excellent proofreading skills with the ability to identify grammar, spelling and punctuation errors;
7. Good knowledge of content editing tools;
8. Familiarity with translation software;
9. Time-management skills;
10. MicroSoft Office Suite;
11. Understanding of industry specific business terminology, accounting and operations in order to accurately interpret critical information and messaging;
12. Long, often unscheduled hours to accommodate international time zone differences;
13. 10% travel. Prepared to manage frequent changes during the travel, often with short notice.