Interpreter

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A leading international manufacturing corporation is seeking a highly skilled Bilingual Executive Coordinator & Translator. This role acts as a critical bridge between Japanese and American operations, providing high-level interpretation, translation, and administrative support. The ideal candidate will manage corporate translation needs, coordinate international import logistics, and provide comprehensive relocation and lifestyle support to expatriate employees.

Position Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Location: Confidential (Manufacturing Environment), Red Wing MN

Confidentiality: Strict NDA required; company name withheld for private search.

Basic Function

• Language Support:
  Deliver precise English-to-Japanese and Japanese-to-English translation and interpretation.
• Expatriate Care:
  Provide comprehensive lifestyle and administrative support to Japanese employees within and outside of work hours.
• Administrative Operations:
  Manage purchase order requisitions, perform general office tasks, and serve as the secondary backup for payroll processing.

Specific Responsibilities
Interpretation & Translation (65%)

• Written Translation:
  Translate emails, memos, handbooks, job descriptions, presentations, corporate forms, and training materials.
• Verbal Interpretation:
  Provide simultaneous and consecutive interpretation for board meetings, teleconferences, ceremonies, customer visits, and government audits.
• Expatriate Relocation:
  Guide Japanese employees through the onboarding process, including securing housing, social security numbers, driver's licenses, bank accounts, and utilities.
• Family Liaison:
  Act as the primary point of contact for expatriate families coordinating with landlords, doctors, schools, banks, and utility providers.
• On-Call Assistance:
  Answer and make urgent phone calls for Japanese employees and families as needed, including occasional weekends.
• Travel Management:
  Coordinate corporate travel arrangements and accompany executives on domestic or international business trips as required.
• Annual Board Support:
  Interpret for the annual Board of Directors meeting (typically February), translate all executive decks, and travel out of state if necessary.
• International Delegation:
  Accompany American engineering teams to the parent plant in Japan as an interpreter once per year (approximately 1 week).

Purchasing & Procurement (15%)

• PO Management:
  Submit purchase order requisitions through the internal Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, secure approval numbers from the purchasing department, and issue final POs to overseas vendors.

Import Coordination & Logistics (15%)

• Freight Management:
  Collaborate with freight forwarders, customs brokers, and logistics providers to submit clearance documentation and expedite shipments.
• Tracking:
  Monitor international cargo status daily until final delivery at the domestic facility.
• Compliance & Records:
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