General information
Organisation
About Vilmorin-Mikado
Vilmorin-Mikado is a Franco-Japanese seed producer that has specialized in creating, producing, and selling vegetable seeds for professionals since 1743. As a responsible partner in the vegetable food chain, Vilmorin-Mikado is committed to helping better nourish people everywhere. Our wide range of unique, original seeds is distributed on five continents in more than 100 countries. Vilmorin-Mikado has more than 1,000 employees and recorded sales of €230 million in 2022-2023, of which 15% was entirely devoted to research. World leader in carrots and witloof chicory, Vilmorin-Mikado is also a major player in salads, tomatoes, sweet peppers, kabocha squashes, daikon radishes and bunching onions. Nearly three centuries ago, Vilmorin-Mikado's founders began our Tree Seeds work, which actively contributes to rebuilding sustainable forests. www.vilmorinmikado.com - #VilmorinMikado
Vilmorin-Mikado is part of Limagrain, an agricultural cooperative and an international seed group owned by French farmers. Limagrain breeds, produces, and distributes field seeds, vegetable seeds and agri-food products. Focused on the genetic progress of plants, Limagrain is the fourth largest seed group worldwide. www.limagrain.com - #Limagrain
Reference
2024-10121
Position description
Employment Type
Regular Full Time
Contractual hours
Full-time
Function
SALES & MARKETING - MARKETING
Main Goal
To manage product development department
Job description
・Develop products and create opportunities for accessible markets,
・Bring selling points for sales teams and customers,
・Provide feedbacks to marketing and support to sales,
・Generate direct contacts with customers to create the demand.
・Market intelligence update
・Samples coordination (import, shipments …) with the LPP team
・Trial strategy, Trial plan
・Trials (DV1 & 2) coordination, implementation, follow-up and synthesis
・Feedback to Product Managers and CSP through monthly report
・Forecast for new products
・New product Launching Plan coordination
・Communication plan coordination
・Team management (weekly and monthly reports)
・Monitoring the market, carry out and update market research studies (segmentation, analysis of the
competition, tracking and identification of the dynamic forces that drive change).
・Challenging forecasts for new varieties.
・Collaborate with other departments (customer service, supply chain, crop specialist, sales team, global
development director, etc.).
・Manage promotional activities.
・Manage and lead a team of 6 direct reports.
Skills: what we expect of you
・Ability to promote, foster and maintain a professional relationship with all customers.
・Capacity to organize, plan and prioritize.
・Ability to analyze large amounts of data and to draw conclusions.
・Leadership, team spirit, management and delegation skills.
・Good negotiation and interpersonal skills.
・Knowledge of IT tools and internal applications.
・Willingness to travel extensively within Japan and occasional international travel.
・Fluent in English
Company
VILMORIN-MIKADO
Position localization
Job location
Asia, Japan
Location
千葉市緑区大野台１
Candidate criteria
Minimum level of education required
Bachelor's degree
Minimum level of experience required
5 years or more
Languages
- English (4 - Fluent)
- Japanese (4 - Fluent)
Requester
Position start date
01/11/2024
