Assistant to operations manager

Here is a brief overview of the job requirements:

- Expertise with business applications (especially excel) , databases and hardware
- Comfortable working and supporting a Mac, and Windows environment in English and Japanese

- Good knowledge of scripting language - will be mostly Javascript
- Good SQL knowledge
- Very good excel macro knowledge

- Complex problem solver
- Process oriented
- Self starter
- Strong communication skills
- Japanese required
- Previous project management experience an advantage

Analyze user requirements and produce functional specifications and
project plans for the re-development of several key business applications
Assist with the selection of software solutions and support the testing and implementation of the redeveloped systems.

Job wil start as a 50/50 split with basic operational work being done and learned in order to convert the work to a better system- so the other half is the tech part of creating the specs to match the work and then helping convert a ton of excel macros to a new system which relies on servoy and MySQL- the first part will be working with mostly Japanese operations people and the second part will involve being part of a 4 man tech team of long term gaijin - i.e. in English.

Position is currently being done as a 4 day job and can be full or part time to suit needs of both sides.

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