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How to become a Sales Administration Clerk

Also called: Sales assistant, Order processing clerk

Supports sales work by preparing documents and quotes on sales staff's instructions, dealing with clients and doing administrative work.

Main tasks

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How to become one

No particular education or qualification is required to start. After joining, people usually receive on-the-job training to get used to the company's systems and learn the work. Once you can handle your assigned work on your own fully and properly, you are seen as a capable sales administration clerk. Business manners are important. You need to respond to customers' enquiries sincerely and make quick, sound decisions. You also need communication skills to listen to and understand exactly what the other party wants. You also need computer skills to handle paperwork such as quotes, invoices, delivery notes and contracts smoothly, and the ability to manage and coordinate schedules for product delivery dates and contract performance. At foreign-owned companies or companies that do business globally, you may need to speak English or another foreign language and read contracts and documents in it.

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How do I become a Sales Administration Clerk?

No particular education or qualification is required to start. After joining, people usually receive on-the-job training to get used to the company's systems and learn the work. Once you can handle your assigned work on your own fully and properly, you are seen as a capable sales administration clerk. Business manners are important. You need to respond to customers' enquiries sincerely and make quick, sound decisions. You also need communication skills to listen to and understand exactly what the other party wants. You also need computer skills to handle paperwork such as quotes, invoices, delivery notes and contracts smoothly, and the ability to manage and coordinate schedules for product delivery dates and contract performance. At foreign-owned companies or companies that do business globally, you may need to speak English or another foreign language and read contracts and documents in it.

How much does a Sales Administration Clerk earn in Japan?

Average annual income in the private sector, bonus included, is ¥5,251,400 (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare). The figure is for the wage survey group Sales clerks, which covers several jobs.

Do you need a degree to become a Sales Administration Clerk?

Not always. In this job's census occupation group, 49% of workers are university graduates.

Will AI change the work of a Sales Administration Clerk?

Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

独立行政法人労働政策研究・研修機構（JILPT）作成 職業情報データベース 解説系ダウンロードデータ（IPD_DL_description_7_01.xlsx）ver.7.01 職業情報提供サイト（job tag）より2026年10月4日にダウンロード（https://shigoto.mhlw.go.jp/User/download）を加工して作成

独立行政法人労働政策研究・研修機構（JILPT）作成 職業情報データベース 簡易版数値系ダウンロードデータ（IPD_DL_numeric_7_00.xlsx）ver.7.00 職業情報提供サイト（job tag）より2026年10月4日にダウンロード（https://shigoto.mhlw.go.jp/User/download）を加工して作成

Sources: JILPT Occupational Information Database download data via job tag (解説系 ver.7.01 and 簡易版数値系 ver.7.00, downloaded 4 October 2026), processed by Peernovo; MHLW, Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025; Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2020 Population Census; MEXT, School Basic Survey 2025; MHLW, Employment Referrals for General Workers (Hello Work statistics). Figures processed by Peernovo. English job names, translations and the matching of jobs to statistical groups, schools and degree fields by Peernovo.

Updated 4 October 2026