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Younggi Lee

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Sales Manager at Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.
📍 Buena Park, California, United States

Younggi is a Sales Manager at Ajinomoto Foods, focusing on specialty markets. With over eight years of experience at Sapporo USA in various sales capacities, including Key Account Manager, he has a deep background in the food and beverage sector. Colleagues have described him as being quick to learn.

He is actively involved in brand promotion through public engagement, such as sampling gyoza for thousands of fans at a UCLA football game and participating in food fairs. He enjoys seeing consumers connect with the products he represents.

He recently celebrated a "Day 1" milestone, marking an exciting new journey and integration of four unique company brands.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Sales Manager
Job Level
Middle
Location
Buena Park, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Younggi shows up

Thorough Evaluator
Quality Focused
Fast But Analytical

They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there

Priorities

Topics Younggi cares about

Promotional Events
He actively shares successes from large-scale sampling events, such as at a UCLA football game and the Uwajimaya Taste Fair, connecting products directly with consumers.
Japanese Food Products
His career at Ajinomoto and Sapporo demonstrates a professional focus on bringing authentic Japanese food and beverages, like gyoza and beer, to North American markets.
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Career

Work history

5-2023
Sales Manager
Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.
4-2020 - 5-2023
Key Account Manager
Sapporo USA
1-2017 - 4-2020
Regional Sales Manager
Sapporo USA
3-2012 - 12-2016
District Manager
Sapporo USA
1-2011 - 5-2011
General Manager
Bow Tape, LLC
In the press

Media appearances

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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Steadiness (S)

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