Recruitment
Thank you for taking the time to visit TATENOKAWA, Inc.'s recruitment page.
Since its inauguration in 1832, TATENOKAWA, Inc. has been making authentic sake by hand, using traditional methods, using only the basics for almost 180 years.
And in 2010, in order to achieve a new 100 year vision, we established ourselves as one of the only breweries to switch to a completely Junmai Daiginjo-only production.
Additionally, in 2011, we formulated a vision for the company, management and HR.
We are in search of new comrades who will work and grow together with the company, to help us in our pursuit of a craftsmanship that is adored by many, to become a company that continues to flourish for another 100 years, moreover someone that may in the future go on to join the top brass of management. Please also read the staff interviews section.
A company is a place where employees can grow, a place of self-fulfilment.
We want employees who see the company in a good way, as a field or opportunity where they exhibit their strengths freely in order to fulfil their dreams.
We will only recruit people who share our 3 visions, who can be flexible and adapt towards the trends of the market, of the world; the customer's needs; the structure of the company; and who can operate in the field that is the company, to work without limits and achieve personal development.
Furthermore, here at TATENOKAWA, Inc., there are things that we consider to be more important than whether you can or cannot actually do the job.
- 1.A proper greeting
- 2.Punctuality
- 3.Following the rules
- 4.Organisation, orderliness, cleanliness, hygiene, discipline
- 5.Truthfullness
- 6.Modesty
They may seem like quite basic things but we have decided that we will only recruit people who can manage these 6 principles.
That is because we consider the company to be a place where one polishes their human nature.
Before you can make good sake the most important thing is to improve your human nature.
Even if it takes a bit of time, we believe that anyone who can manage the above 6 principles can make good sake and products that will be received well by the customer.
To ensure the company's survival, we have begun creating new markets and products that set us apart from other breweries, like for example our Japanese liqueur and Japanese style Makkori ranges.
This we will of course continue because that is TATENOKAWA, Inc.'s identity.
We will happily recruit anyone who can adhere to the above 3 visions and the principles that we consider important, and who possesses the passion to develop as a human being and express themselves at TATENOKAWA, Inc.
We await your application
TATENOKAWA, Inc.
CEO Sato Jumpei
We are in search of new comrades who will work and grow together with the company, moreover someone that may in the future go on to join the top brass of management. Please also read the staff interviews section.
Please see the job postion on this page.
Job Description
| Workplace | TATENOKAWA, Inc.（Head Office） 27 Aza Shimizuda, Yamadate, Sakata-Shi, Yamagata, Japan 999-6724 |
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| Employment Type | Full time employee | ||
| Business Operation | Manufacture of products containing alcohol（sake "TATENOKAWA"、shochu, liqueur "KODAKARA"、liqueur "HOMERUN MAKKORI"） | ||
| Department | Business Admin | Sales & Marketing | Production |
| Working Hours | 8am-5pm | 7:30am - 5pm | |
| Qualifications Required | 20-35 year's old / male or female / high school graduate * Age limit: in accordance with condition 1.3, paragraph 3, clause 1 of the Employment Measures Enforcement Act | ||
| Basic Salary | From 180,000 JPY | ||
| Holiday Entitlement | According to the company calendar、Sundays and days which the company designates as holidays（108 days / year） | ||
| Pay Rise | Once a year（December） *Correct as of 2013 | ||
| Bonuses | Twice a year（July & December） *Correct as of 2013 | ||
| Expenses | Extra | ||
| Pensions and Health Insurance | Employee insurance, cover for accidents at work, health insurance, pension, severance payment fund contributions, we have a severance payment system（subject to 5 years of continuous employment） | ||
| Wages Cut-Off | 25th of every month | ||
| Payday | End of each month（bank transfer） | ||
| Required Licenses | Driver's license | ||
| Holiday Entitlement System | 10 days / 6 mths of employment（after that, will be calculated according to contract） | ||
| Employment Contract? | Yes | ||
| Trial Period | 2 weeks | ||
Regretfully we are unable to return application documents, we thank you for your understanding.
Recruitment Process
1Entry Complete With Resume（Please Write Motivation for Applying） & Employment History
*Please attach a photo that was taken within 1 year ago
*Deadline for entry is the end of every month
2Screening Process
*Candidates who have successfully passed the screening process will be contacted by our head office at the beginning of the next month.
*In the case that you have not heard from us by the beginning of th e next month (Our company's 5th working day), it means you have not passed the screening process.
33 Interviews（Department Manager、EMD、CEO）
4Final Decision
*The recruitment date will be decided with the candidate in the interview.
*Furthermore、we may be able to make allowances for candidates that live far away: Kanto, Kansai areas etc
*Please bring appropriate stationary to the interview. A suit is required.
Where to send?
| Postal Address | TATENOKAWA, Inc.(head office) 27 Aza Shimizuda, Yamadate, Sakata-Shi, Yamagata, Japan 999-6724 |
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| Recuitment Officer | Sato Jumpei |
Screening Process
The deadline for entry is the end of every month. After that, we will screen all documents received.
*In the case that you have not heard from us by the beginning of th e next month (Our company's 5th working day), it means you have not passed the screening process. All applications may not necessarily be screened immediately and there may not be positions immediately available.
Furthermore, regretfully we are unable to return application documents, we thank you for your understanding.
Additionally, in the case of applications received through the 'Hello Work' recruitment website、it stipulates on the site that we would confirm applications within 5 days of receiving; however the screening process is only conducted once a month.
*Candidates who have successfully passed the screening process will be contacted by our head office at the beginning of the next month. (5th working day)
We are eagerly waiting for your application.
We interviewed our senior employees. This is an introduction of some of the employees from each department who are working hard at the front line.
- Production Dept Production Ito Mitsuyasu
- Production Department Production Abe Ryuya
- Sales & Marketing 2nd Division Takahashi Satoshi
- Sales & Marketing 1st Division Kikumoto Kayo
- Management Strategy Room Togami Masashi
Production Dept Production Ito Mitsuyasu
1.When did you join the company?
February 2012
2. Presently, what is your department and what kind of job do you do? Please tell us about your daily work in more detail.
I am in the Production Dept
Sake
・Fermentation (transporting the steamed rice to the koji room and fermentation tanks)
・Washing rice
・Preparation（Bottling preparation; preparing koshiki (rice vat)）
・Adding rice（to koshiki）
・Tidying up（Clean all tools used that day）
are just some of my main duties
I also bottle the sake and mix together the ingredients for the liqueurs before bottling them.
3. Give us an example of when you feel job satisfaction?
When I have created something that I think is delicious with everyone's hard work. when friends of the brewery, my friends and customers tell me that they feel the same way about it.
4. What are your future dreams and what do you hope to achieve?
I will go on to make delicious sake. I still lack experience and the skills to do that but I plan to study more.
5. Do you have a message for the high school and university students who are out there job hunting right now?
I think there must be many different options but what matters is to do something that you enjoy doing and can put your all into. Take hold of your dreams.
Production Department Production Abe Ryuya
1.When did you join the company?
June 2012
2. Presently, what is your department and what kind of job do you do? Please tell us about your daily work in more detail.
Sake fermentation, combining ingredients for liqueurs, and everything required up until the sake gets bottled.
3. Give us an example of when you feel job satisfaction?
It is really busy in the sake making season so I feel satisfaction when the sake which I helped to make with all my heart is bottled. I am making products that I hope will be enjoyed by everyone.
4. What are your future dreams and what do you hope to achieve?
I would love to make my own liqueur one day; Something to rival "KODAKARA" yoghhurt, that is just as popular.
5. Do you have a message for the high school and university students who are out there job hunting right now?
With a lack of available jobs I guess it must be quite a hairy period but don't panic just keep at it until you find a job that you want to do, that gives you satisfaction.
Sales & Marketing 2nd Division Takahashi Satoshi
1.When did you join the company?
December 2009
2. Presently, what is your department and what kind of job do you do? Please tell us about your daily work in more detail.
I am based in the 2nd Division of the Sales & Marketing Dept
My main duties are as follows:-
・Explaining the products and production schedule to our customers.
・Delivery to local customers
・Discussions related to product quality and the production schedule
・Discussions related to shipping; sales methods & schedule
・Communications to customers via SNS
・Participating in tasting events
I spend about the same amount of time at my desk as I do in the brewery and visiting customers.
3. Give us an example of when you feel job satisfaction?
When an end user gives us the seal of approval. When I can really feel that our products have made the world a happier place.
4. What are your future dreams and what do you hope to achieve?
Sake is on a par with wine. I hope to extract that potential on both a global and domestic level so that one day people will drink sake just like they drink Bourdeaux and Burgundy wine.
5. Do you have a message for the high school and university students who are out there job hunting right now?
I joined this company because I like sake. In sake you have a luxury item, traditional craftsmanship, agriculturally manufactured product, Japanese traditional culture, a connection with Japanese cuisine and many other different aspects rolled into one. When you find something amongst all that you really love, then you have an opportunity to make that it into a career.
Sales & Marketing 1st Division Kikumoto Kayo
1.When did you join the company?
July 2010
2. Presently, what is your department and what kind of job do you do? Please tell us about your daily work in more detail.
I am based in the 1st Division of the Sales & Marketing Dept and look after our customers across the country; Tokyo being my main area of activity.
My main duties are:-
１．Regular visits to our stockists across the country
２．Managing a booth at tasting events
３．Putting forward proposals to increase sales and levels of customer satisfaction.
４．Update of the HP, writing articles on the blog, editing the "TATENOKAWA" newspaper.
In the case of customer visiting and tasting events, I am almost always out of the office for most of the day. In the case of other sales activities, I mainly work from home, holding meetings where necessary with head office and the other Tokyo staff via Skype. I report back to the head office at the end of every day.
3. Give us an example of when you feel job satisfaction?
I feel happiest when a customer tells me that "they enjoyed our sake", that they "like our sake". That is when I feel glad that I joined the company.
4. What are your future dreams and what do you hope to achieve?
When I become the kind of sales person who it is fun to work with and who puts forwards proposals that help the customer. The ideal is to turn "TATENOKAWA", "KODAKARA" and "HOMERUN MAKKORI" into brands that everyone who has tried sake has tried or wants to try at least once
Sake is not an everyday essential item; it is however an item that can enrich life. There are all kinds of different sakes out there, but I want to make the sake that TATENOKAWA, Inc. makes into something that is never forgotten, in whatever form it takes: be that as a sake filled with memories, a special sake or an every day sake.
5. Do you have a message for the high school and university students who are out there job hunting right now?
TATENOKAWA, Inc. is a small organization but one that positions you very close to the CEO. If you tell him what you want to achieve, what you are thinking, there will always be a chance to make dreams a reality. Why not fulfil your dreams at TATENOKAWA, Inc.?
Management Strategy Room Togami Masashi
1.When did you join the company?
October 2010
2. Presently, what is your department and what kind of job do you do? Please tell us about your daily work in more detail.
I am based in the Management Strategy Room of the Sales & Marketing Dept
My main 2 duties are as follows:-。
・Marketing and PR both in and outside Japan
・TATENOKAWA, Inc. management strategy proposals and brand management
3. Give us an example of when you feel job satisfaction?
When we get some positive feedback about a TATENOKAWA, Inc. product or service from a customer. Above all, creation is this company's biggest strength so it is really interesting to be able to be the first to introduce new products and services into new areas, and by doing so create new markets.
Additionally, I am able to 120% utilise the experience I gained in my study year abroad and in the field of IT renovation and design, in the export side of the business, new product development to create new markets and increasing the value of the brand, so at the end of the day everything I do is worthwhile.
4. What are your future dreams and what do you hope to achieve?
To make TATENOKAWA, Inc. into a company that represents both Japan and the rest of the world, and a company with a globally recognised, high value brand.
5. Do you have a message for the high school and university students who are out there job hunting right now?
TATENOKAWA, Inc. offers different benefits to big companies. I believe that it has endless potential and offers a platform where you can achieve your dreams and express yourself. As a Japanese person, there is still so much more that can be done for the country. I look forward to working together with each and every one of you.
