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シニアマーチャント/ Senior Merchant

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An international trading organisation is looking for a Senior Merchant, Confectionery Ingredients. The selected candidate will drive profitable growth for dairy and confectionery ingredient products through sourcing, sales planning, risk control, and supplier management.

Responsibilities:

  • Source dairy and confectionery ingredients that meet customer specifications and business strategies
  • Manage daily trading operations, including contracts, shipments, inventories, credit, forex, and food safety risks
  • Develop new business with new products, customers, and suppliers to increase profitability
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, suppliers, and vendors
  • Create business plans covering sales forecasts, target volumes, pricing, revenue, and profitability
  • Ensure supplier compliance with food safety policies and guidelines

Requirements:

  • Excellent presentation, marketing and negotiation skills
  • Strong CRM (client relationship management) skills
  • Understanding of food industry practices (such as risk management / products / trade flow / regulations / food safety)
  • Fluent level English

Preferred requirements:

  • Experience in cocoa/dairy premix business, processing trade or triangular trade
  • Prior experience in developing and creating new business
  • Knowledge in accounting
  • Skilled in tariff quota including TPP/EPA with related countries

About the Company:

An international trading organisation that primarily deals in the purchasing and distribution of agricultural commodities, this ever-expanding company is a large multinational enterprise that operates across the globe.

Keywords:

食品商社, 食品原料, 原料営業, 商社営業, マーチャント, 事業開発, 求人, 外資系

Job Ref: YXI8UE

Contract Type: Perm

Specialism: Procurement & Supply Chain

Focus: Procurement

Industry: Manufacturing and Production

Salary: Up to ¥12,000,000 per annum

Workplace Type: On-site

Experience Level: Associate

Language: English - Native

Second Language: Japanese - Professional working

Location: Tokyo

Job Reference: YXI8UE-BC599679

Date posted: 23 June 2026

Consultant: Michael DeLuca