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I'm in a situation where one person left the company so I will work as his
replacement. I am new to the place so I want to tell the client through mail
and orally that "I will work instead of / in replacement of XYZ Person". I
have found something like "後任". But how do I use this word? Please guide me.
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Want to say something like "I will work here in the replacement of XYZ-さん"
後任 ("successor") refers to _a person_ (i.e., a noun). So the simplest usage of
this word is 私は彼の後任です, although this may look a little too blunt. Instead, you
can say something like
来月よりXYZさんの後任[として](https://japanesetest4you.com/flashcard/learn-
jlpt-n3-grammar-%E3%81%A8%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6-toshite/)勤務致します.

～の代わりに is a very handy set phrase meaning "in place of ～" or "instead of ～",
and you can say XYZさんの代わりに勤務致します. But this may imply your predecessor was
somehow problematic. If he suddenly left the company and everyone else was
annoyed, saying XYZさんの代わりに is natural. Otherwise, probably 後任として is the safer
choice.
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