Mitsu Saito

Commander
DISC Type : D

Regional Director for Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming at Export-Import Bank of the United States

Greater Seattle Area, United States

Overview

Mitsu Saito is the Regional Director for the U. S. Export-Import Bank, focusing on trade finance and business development for small to mid-sized companies across seven states, including Washington and Oregon. A Certified Global Credit Executive with deep experience in logistics at firms like Yusen Logistics, colleagues praise him as a collaborative, knowledgeable, and outstanding leader.

There is no publicly available information regarding Mitsus personal life or hobbies.

He successfully built an entire export department from the ground up while serving as a manager at Yusen Logistics.

Personality Overview

Risk-Taker

Very Quick

Decisive

They put a lot of effort into ensuring personal success.  They do not care very much about building rapport or relationships. They prefer to move quickly, and expect the same from others.

Topics They Care About

Export Finance
His role at EXIM is dedicated to providing trade finance counseling and tools to help U. S. businesses increase international sales and mitigate non-payment risk.
Global Logistics
He possesses extensive career experience in logistics, including managing container marketing strategy and building an export department from scratch at Yusen Logistics.
CleanTech Exports
He has recently been a featured speaker at events like the CleanTech Innovation Showcase, focusing on U. S. government support for clean technology exporters.

Media Appearances

Mitsu has no verified media appearances

Work History

9-2023
Regional Director for Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming at Export-Import Bank of the United States
1-2019 - 9-2023
Manager of Container Marketing & Strategy at Westwood Shipping Lines
9-2013 - 10-2018
Export Manager at Yusen Logistics
9-2012 - 9-2013
Export Supervisor at Yusen Logistics
3-2011 - 7-2012
Vendor Coordinator | Transportation Specialist at Zulily

Education

Bachelor of Science (BS) from Central Washington University
Associate of Arts (AA) from Green River College

More Information

Social Presence :

Prographics :

Exp : 21 Location : Greater Seattle Area, United States Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Regional Director for Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming at Export-Import Bank of the United States
URL has been copied!

Insights For Selling To Mitsu

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Hold your ground without indulging in one-upmanship
  • Get to the point quickly instead of spending time doing small talk
  • Be respectful but crisp

DONT's

  • Don't try too hard to forge relationships with them
  • Avoid being too verbose
  • Do not hesitate from asking counter questions, just avoid challenging their authority

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Mitsu is

  • Conviction around the impact matters the most to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Mitsu

  • If they decide not to use your product, they will say no clearly.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Mitsu move?

  • If convinced, they can reach decisions quite fast.
  • Can Mitsu take some risk or not?

  • They do not shy away from taking risks, but can be quite binary about them.

You And Mitsu

Personality Compatibility


More Profiles

Discover additional public profiles from our index.

Search more profiles

Looking for someone else? Search here for anyone.

Or visit Humantic AI to know more.