Strategic Marketing Sr. Specialist

Cargill cargill.com Open · verified Sep 16, 2026

Tokyo Senior General Marketing

Senior General Marketing role at Cargill. Tokyo.

Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

You'll combine channel and category information to shape growth plans for sales proposals in Japan and Korea
You'll investigate market conditions, consumer trends, competition and economic data for focused food categories
You'll improve category-insight work by applying research tools and analytical methods
You'll work with sales, technical, product development, product line and supply chain colleagues on customer strategy
You'll resolve complicated issues independently and raise only the most difficult cases

What you bring

You have a related bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
You bring at least five years in food-industry strategic marketing or relevant consulting
You connect complex data, build a complete view and tailor stories for commercial decisions
You are fluent in Japanese and English and highly skilled at PowerPoint presentations
You collaborate well and are open to using AI and learning new technology

Who this fits

This role suits someone who can turn varied market and category information into practical guidance for B2B commercial teams. You'll work from Tokyo on customer and category strategy spanning Japan and Korea, mainly across convenience and indulgence food categories. The job calls for independent handling of complex work, with Japanese and English fluency required.

From the employer

Job Purpose and Impact

Strategic Marketing Sr. Specialist will apply full knowledge to develop a deep understanding of the customer, consumer trend and the market dynamics within the focused category, mainly for B2B channel to support strategic commercial decisions.

The focused categories include :

Convenience Category - processed food, sauces and condiments, etc.
Indulgence Category – confectioneries, ice cream, bakery etc.

In this role, you will research, analyze and validate complex and varied data sources, including macro economics, business environment, statistics and comepetition in the category.

Key Accountabilities

Triangulate channel and category data and intelligence from various sources, apply analysis and analytics, to develop category growth strategy to support sales proposals to customers in Japan and Korea
Apply full knowledge of insights tools and methodologies to continuously improve category insights processes and activities
Partner with customer core team members internally, across different roles such as Sales, Technical, Process-Product-Development, Product Line, Supply chain to support developing customer strategy
Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff
Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Minimum of five years in strategic marketing in food industry or a consultant experience for a relevant industry
Strong ability to make connections across disparate and complex data and insights, see the full picture and use tailored story telling techniques to influence and enable insights based decision making across diverse commercial teams.
Fluent in Japanese and English
Excellent skills on PowerPoint making presentations
Willing to collaborate with others

Preferred Qualifications

Proficiency in using AI, and a willingness to actively adopt & learn new technologies