Business Planning Assistant; Japanese-English Bilingual
Listed on 2026-10-05
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Engineering
Electrical Engineering
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.
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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.
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