Proposal Sales Consultant

This role is responsible for consultative sales to major companies in the pharmaceutical, food, and consumer-lifestyle sectors. The consultant identifies client needs and uses food and health data accumulated through the Oishi Kenko app, including dietary trends by patient segment, to identify healthcare value in client products and connect it to marketing initiatives.

Proposed initiatives may include in-store promotions, fan marketing through social media, online and offline events such as cooking classes, and digital marketing solutions including app development. The role requires the ability to plan and present proposals suited to each client’s needs, define how collaboration can contribute to consumers and society, and drive projects from concept through delivery.

The consultant works with internal directors, engineers, designers, and other specialists to address customer issues and is expected to provide leadership, coordinate stakeholders, and make decisions. The posting also emphasizes observing consumer behavior, listening carefully to users, learning about food, nutrition, and medicine, and tracking current marketing trends. Business model design and information analysis are named as useful skills.

The company operates food and health services including the Oishi Kenko meal-management app, the Kakaris dietary guidance solution for medical institutions, and solutions for health insurance associations. Its stated business context includes evidence and big data related to food and nutrition, joint research with medical universities, and collaboration with pharmaceutical, food, home-appliance, and other major companies. Examples of projects described in the posting include a hydration-support app, an ALS food-lifestyle project, a food-and-health information initiative, and a campaign addressing protein deficiency among older people.

The desired profile includes proposal and planning ability for major companies, creativity in developing and expressing ideas, leadership, business skills for careful and responsive client work, and flexibility in a changing venture environment. Interest in healthcare, nutrition, and food, as well as concern about medical costs and social-security issues, is also sought. Welcome experience includes consulting at a consulting firm, planning at an advertising agency, marketing at a food manufacturer, sales in the food, healthcare, or IT industries, and academic knowledge of food, nutrition, or medicine.

The position is full-time in Tokyo, and online interviews are available. The company states that it uses remote work and core-time flextime. The organization includes engineers, designers, registered dietitians, and other specialists. New employees receive onboarding that includes monthly one-on-one lunches with a mentor during the first six months and regular meetings with the CEO.