Sales Executive - Japan

Location: Japan

Travel: Customer meetings and key industry events

Compensation: Strong performance-linked package

Build relationships, create opportunities and make a visible commercial impact.

Join a growing global ingredients business with the opportunity to play an important role in developing its presence in Japan. You'll have the autonomy to open new accounts, build valuable customer relationships and convert opportunities into revenue, with your success directly contributing to continued international growth.

Package / Benefits

  • Strong performance-linked package designed to recognise commercial success

  • Real commercial autonomy to shape your approach, pursue high-value opportunities and directly influence growth in Japan

  • A broad, globally backed ingredient portfolio giving you more opportunities to open doors across high-growth nutrition markets

  • International resources, expertise and market intelligence to accelerate commercial success

Why This Business

Join an established global supplier of ingredient solutions across nutraceuticals, dietary supplements, food & beverage, sports nutrition and wider functional nutrition markets.

The business combines global capabilities with an entrepreneurial, customer-focused culture built around transparency and market intelligence. Continued investment in its people and capabilities creates an environment where commercially minded individuals have the backing to pursue opportunities and make an impact.

You'll join a business that values strong customer relationships and gives its commercial team the freedom to identify opportunities, understand market needs and turn them into sustainable growth.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Drive new customer acquisition in Japan, developing opportunities from initial engagement through to revenue.

  • Build trusted relationships with manufacturers and decision-makers across R&D, purchasing and senior management.

  • Create new commercial opportunities across a broad portfolio of commodity, branded and premix ingredients.

  • Strengthen the business's presence through strategic customer meetings, presentations, trade shows and industry events.

What You'll Bring

  • Relevant B2B sales experience within nutraceutical, dietary supplement, food & beverage or related ingredient markets.

  • Proven new-business success, with the ability to develop customer relationships and convert opportunities into revenue.

  • Strong market awareness and commercial judgement, with the ability to identify where the strongest opportunities exist.

  • Self-direction and customer influence, with the ability to operate effectively across local customers and international teams.

Who This Suits

You're a commercially driven sales professional who sees opportunity and knows how to turn it into business. You bring the market insight, customer focus and new-business capability to build meaningful relationships and deliver growth.

You're looking for the freedom to shape your market, backed by a global ingredients business with the portfolio and resources to support your success. This is an opportunity to build a strong commercial presence in Japan and see the direct impact of your results.

Apply now for a confidential conversation with Walker Lovell.