Job Description
Posting Start Date:  2/3/26
Offer ID:  1671
Unit:  Vilmorin-Mikado
Job Title:  Product development technician
Job Location:  Toke
Contract type:  Permanent
Job Description: 

Function

開発普及 トウモロコシ担当

Sweetcorn LPP

Main Goal

自社の担当品目の日本における開発普及戦略を企画立案・リードする。

Local Business Plan
Decision making on go/no go for new variety.
Ensure smooth launching of new variety.
Be the source of local market information for species.

Job description

研究部門から提案される商品の候補を社外にて試験し、商品化の可否を判定する。                                                                
商品化の計画を立案する。                                                                
営業担当と国内産地を訪問し、市場情報の収集、新商品の販売サポートなどを行う。                                                                
海外に拠点のある姉妹会社を訪問し、打ち合わせを行う。

Local Business Plan
Continue to update and improve local business plan for specie in charge.
Decision making on go/no go for new variety.
Conduct development trials according to the status of variety.
Ensure smooth launching of new variety.
Communicate with internal/external
Be the source of local market information for species.
Visit customers with Sales to have updated market information.

What we expect of you

トウモロコシに関連するビジネス経験を有する方                                                        
日本語、母国語並みのレベルを有する方                                                        
定期的な国内出張、年に1回程度の海外出張が可能な方                                                                                                                     

コミュニケーションや交渉が得意な方(社内外における調整が多いため)                                                                                                                                                                                               
歓迎スキル                                                        
英語、ビジネスレベル    

High priority
Experienced in Sweetcorn business (regardless fresh or processing and growing or selling)
Naitve level in Japanese
Frequent domestic travel, oversea travel once a year
Person who likes to go outside and meet people, discuss and sometimes negotiation.

Medium priority
Business level in English

Skills

Communication
Computer Skills
Job Knowledge
Leadership
Self Development
Teamwork

Your benefits and working environment

■想定年収:    年収 ~ 円程度(前職考慮、賞与2ヶ月含む、人事評価により昇給・昇格有り。)                                                                
■就業時間:    9:00~17:40 ※休憩時間60分 12:00~13:00。                                                                
■時間外労働:    残業月10時間以内(但し、繁忙期は20時間程度)                                                                
■休日休暇:    土日祝日休み、夏季休暇(3日間)、年末年始休暇(12/29~1/4)。                                                                
■社会保険:    雇用保険、労災保険、健康保険、厚生年金等。                                                                
■福利厚生:    住宅手当、通勤交通費、退職金制度、定年および再雇用制度有り。                                                                
■その他    外資系、農業分野、種苗会社。

Recruitment process

面接は2~3回実施します。

Information at a Glance

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.

Limagrain is a global company with deep local roots. Our parent company is an agricultural cooperative based in the Limagne-Val d’Allier plain, in the heart of Central France’s Auvergne region, while we are an international seed and agri-food group with some 9,600 employees working in 53 countries. As the 4th largest seed company in the world, we achieved sales of 2.522 billion euros in 2023-2024, with additional sales of 729 million euros from activities carried out in collaboration with our strategic partners.