JOB ID 27708

Market Research Sales Consultant

  • Consulting & Professional Services, Research
  • Sales, Business Development & Strategy, Account Manager (B2B)
  • Tokyo
  • ¥4,800,000~¥7,100,000

This global market research firm specializes in providing comprehensive data, analysis, and insights across various industries and consumer markets. Their reports help businesses understand market trends, competitive landscapes, and consumer behavior to support strategic decision-making. serve a wide range of clients, including corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies, delivering tailored research solutions to drive growth and innovation worldwide. They serve a wide range of clients, including corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies, delivering tailored research solutions to drive growth and innovation worldwide.

This job will drive new business development by selling market intelligence, consumer insights, and consulting solutions to Japanese companies. You will engage senior decision-makers, understand their business challenges, and demonstrate how data-driven insights can support strategic decision-making, identify growth opportunities, and create competitive advantage. The role suits a consultative sales professional with strong business development skills and the ability to build trusted relationships with executive stakeholders.

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Job Description

  • Responsibilities
    - Drive new business growth by identifying, prospecting, and securing opportunities with Japanese organizations seeking consumer, market, and industry insights to support strategic decision-making.
    - Develop and execute strategic sales plans to achieve and exceed individual revenue targets.
    - Build and manage a strong pipeline of qualified prospects through market research, networking, and proactive outreach.
    - Understand clients' business priorities and challenges, and recommend data, market intelligence, and consulting solutions that support business growth, innovation, market expansion, and competitive positioning.
    - Use a consultative sales approach to uncover client needs, provide strategic recommendations, and identify business opportunities.
    - Lead discussions with senior stakeholders to help them interpret consumer, market, and industry trends for informed decision-making.
    - Manage the full sales cycle, including prospecting, discovery meetings, solution presentations, proposal development, commercial negotiations, and contract closing.
    - Build long-term relationships with clients and key stakeholders while collaborating with internal teams to deliver a seamless customer experience.
    - Drive client engagement, identify opportunities for renewals and account growth, and support long-term customer success.
    - Maintain accurate sales forecasts and pipeline updates using CRM systems.

    * Develop new customers and conduct sales activities for Japanese companies, proposing
    solutions utilizing market, industry, and consumer insights * Formulate and execute
    sales strategies aimed at achieving or exceeding sales targets * Create and manage
    promising sales opportunities through market research, networking, and outbound sales * Understand clients' business challenges and priorities, and propose
    optimal solutions utilizing data, market intelligence, and consulting * Practice consultative sales to deeply explore customer needs and offer
    new perspectives and business opportunities * Lead negotiations with executives and decision-makers, Supporting
    strategic decision-making based on market, industry, and consumer trends * Responsible for
    the entire sales process from new acquisition to hearing, proposals, quotations and contract negotiations, and contract signing * Building trust with customers and key stakeholders, collaborating with internal relations departments to provide
    optimal customer experiences * Creating opportunities for contract renewals, upselling, and cross-selling, Promote
    the building of long-term customer relationships* By utilizing CRM systems to accurately manage sales deals and sales forecasts.
  • Requirements
    • Right to work in Japan
    • Minimum 3 years of proven success in a B2B commercial, business development, consultative sales, market research, data, consulting, or related environment.
    • Strong business acumen with an interest in growth strategy, consumer behavior, marketing, innovation, and competitive intelligence.
    • Ability to engage, influence, and build credibility with senior executives and C-level stakeholders
    • Ability to synthesize complex information and translate insights into compelling commercial conversations and business recommendations.
    • Excellent communication, presentation, relationship-building, and negotiation skills.
    • Self-motivated, resilient, and able to thrive in a target-driven and fast-paced environment.
    • Language skills: Native Japanese and fluent in English (TOEIC865 or more)
  • Location
    Tokyo
  • Work Style
    Remote working possible, Flex working possible
  • Salary
    ¥4,800,000~¥7,100,000
  • Attractive
    Points
    No relocation, Over 50% Mid-Career Hires, Overseas communication, Foreign capital company, Weekends and holidays off, Make use of languages

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