Amy Murray, specializes in Japan and how to build effective relationships with key Japanese partners (customers, supplier, contractors and co-workers). She is fluent in Japanese and has 14 years experience in Global marketing, sales and cross-cultural training. Her degree is in Economics and International Business.
Ms. Murray worked for The Procter & Gamble Company for 14 years in Global Customer Business Development, working 100 plus days a year in Japan and other Asian countries. Her Murray's Asian work experiences were in both Human Resource / Organizational Effectiveness and Line Business Activities (sales partnering, marketing and negotiations). Having responsibility in both of these areas provided her with a unique perspective on competing successfully in Japan/Asia.
Ms. Murray's work in Japan included relocating to Japan as a member of a management team created to integrate a cosmetics company after acquisition. Her responsibilities included developing innovative ways to bring upper management and global customers together to enhance and strengthen key partnerships, as well as developing and implementing key US programs in Japan. An important focus was how these could best be implemented considering Japanese business practices and cultural norms. She additionally worked on employee relocation and hiring of US educated Asian students.
Ms. Murray has also worked in China with Procter & Gamble on introducing Max Factor cosmetics into the market place. She has trained WalMart make-up artists on current Chinese trends and styles in cosmetics and human resource opportunities.
Ms. Murray is an Adjunct Professor of Marketing at Xavier University with a focus on International marketing, and is a founding Board member of The Japan America Society of Cincinnati. She has been speaking Japanese since the age of 16, when she was an exchange student in Kyoto, Japan for one year. Her cross-cultural training experience includes working with Jimmy Dean Foods (Sara Lee Corporation), Progressive Grocery, The Fine Arts Fund and The United Way.
