シニアマーチャント/ Senior Merchant
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
About the job
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
FULL_TIMEJob Reference: YXI8UE-BC599679
Date posted: 23 June 2026
Consultant: Michael DeLuca
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