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](http://www.sewsus.com/).

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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](http://global-sei.com/).

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