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October 28, 2025

Delivery Driver/ Storeman – Staff Position

Open Role Recruitment – Harnet Japan

Company Information


Company Name:
Harnet Japan (株式会社ハーネット・ジャパン)


HQ Location:
(HQ) Minami-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Work Location:
Based at our Shinagawa-ku area Distribution Centre + in field deliveries

Business:
Import and sales of livestock products, agricultural products, and processed foods

(specializing in Australian beef, lamb, cheese, and American bacon and pickles)

Company established: 1998

Employees: 12

We are a foreign-owned specialty meat trading company, with a friendly team and

strong focus on work-life balance. Our team ranges from people in their 20s to 60+s.

What You Need For Success

Proactive and Can-do Attitude.

Initiative.

Good Health.

Ability to lift boxes of meat in and out of delivery van and cool storage etc.

Ability to take ownership of a process or task from start to finish.

Service Oriented Mindset.

Cooperation and Teamwork.

Flexibility and ability to adapt to customer order changes or additions as they may arise, on-the-day or real-time.

Accuracy on product identification and subsequent computer data entry.

A Safe Driving & Clean Work Environment attitude.

We have a HQ Office in Hiroo, and a Distribution Centre in Shinagawa.

Position

Storeman / Delivery Driver (Regular Route Delivery Locations)

Employment Type


IMMEDIATE START
Temporary 3-month assignment.

Potential opportunity to progress to Full-time, permanent position

Future opportunity:
Role may expand or succeed into a sales-oriented position.

Job Description

Manage and undertake a range of daily and monthly tasks to ensure the ongoing

smooth and efficient operation of the Harnet Distribution Centre, including for the

timely delivery of customer orders and the processing of associated communications,

documentation, and data.

Delivery of Meat Goods and Associated Orders to Restaurants, Hotels and Food

Service Businesses around Tokyo as required (Daily)

Coordination of Inbound and outbound stock movement / Pick-ups & Deliveries

(Daily)

Picking & Packing Orders (Daily)

Stock Control / Inventory Management / Computer Data Entry (Daily / Monthly)

Coordination with 3 rd Party suppliers & customers (couriers, import companies,

warehouses, restaurants and other food service businesses etc) (Daily / Monthly)

Purchasing of general supplies for Distribution Centre such as alcohol spray,

cardboard boxes and other supplies etc (Ad-hoc)

Maintaining a clean work environment.

Delivery operations using company vans in central Tokyo and surrounding areas (mainly to restaurants, hotels, and retail stores)
Pick-ups of product from Haneda Airport (Customs), and/or related 3 rd Party locations, such as partner cold stores and warehouses
Warehouse work (receiving / despatching goods, processing & sorting orders, inventory control & stock management)
Issuing delivery notices / invoices
Confirming accuracy of information for processing
Basic PC input work
General logistics support & help with operations at the Distribution Centre

• Customer interaction as required
• Other tasks as assigned
• If you have experience handling or processing meat items, or a butcher license, this

will be well regarded and provide additional work interest and opportunity to expand tasks

Please note:

The role involves handling heavy items (up to around 25kg in a single box), and frequent loading/unloading of our delivery vans, and associated cool rooms, so physical strength is required.

Most boxes are less than 20kg, however on occasion some boxes may be in the 25-27kg range. Content is meat products.
The role requires driving in and around Tokyo on a daily basis

Qualifications

Valid work visa for Japan (sponsorship is not currently available)
Valid regular (Japan) driver's license (truck license not required)
Experience driving on Tokyo city roads and highways in Japan

Language

(Japanese) Strong Daily Conversation / Intermediate Japanese language skills

required

reading delivery instructions & addresses, basic communication amongst team and end clients. Emails, texts, data entry systems

English is not required, however it is definitely a plus for comfortably working in an international environment (the company president is Australian), and many meetings are conducted in ENG.

Basic PC skills (Word, Excel, simple data entry)
No age or education restrictions
Physically fit
Phone & PC provided for work purposes

Salary & Benefits

Monthly salary: 250,000 – 280,000 yen (commensurate with experience)
Full commuting allowance paid
Overtime paid separately

(it is not envisioned that there will be much OT)(Weekend work is not required)

Bonuses may be paid depending on company performance
Salary reviewed once per year (FT Staff)

Working Hours

Monday – Friday

9:00 AM to 6:00 PM (1-hour break)

Average overtime:
approximately 10-15 hours per month (negotiable)

Holidays & Leave

Two days off per week (Sunday and one other day)
National holidays
Summer vacation
Year-end/New Year holidays
Paid leave according to legal standards

Annual holidays: 120 days

Social Insurance (After qualifying period)

Health insurance
Employee pension
Employment insurance
Worker's compensation insurance

Retirement System

Retirement age: 60 (general guide)

Reemployment possible up to age 65

Location of Work

Distribution Center (DC) / 4-5 minute walk from Shinbamba Station (Keikyu Line)

Selection Process

Document screening (photo-attached resume required)
One in-person interview (generally held together with 2-3 potential colleagues)
No written test, but reading in Japanese may be tested

Other Information

PC and company iPhone provided
Foreigners who can speak strong conversational Japanese are welcome to apply, however

there will be some need to read Japanese text.

No transfers or relocations
Separate designated smoking areas at the workplace

• If you have experience handling or processing meat items, or a butcher license, this

will be well regarded and provide additional work interest and opportunity to expand

tasks

For Applicants with career aspirations. For the right candidate this role has potential to grow

into a sales or route sales position, or to increase responsibilities at our Distribution Centre.

Contact

With a Brief Work History profile and several sentences about why you would like to work

with our Team at Harnet.

The above information is provided in good faith and produced to the best of our knowledge.

Any oversight, error or omission contained is purely unintentional.

The above is not an offer of contract nor direct agreement to provide work to any applicant.

Applicants will be screened for suitability and may be invited to interview.

We may not be able to respond to all applicants who apply.

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