Our Services: Practices

Consumer Practice

The Consumer Practice has the scope to cover a broad range of consumer businesses, such as manufacturers, retailers, distributors, service providers and MLM companies. Our clients are primarily foreign capital firms and range from start-ups to multinational industry leaders.

Not only are our clients looking for people with the right skill set and experience, but also for individuals who understand and can fit with each company’s unique corporate culture and heritage. Our senior executive level searches are tailor-made to take in to account all such individual needs.

Each Consumer Practice member concentrates on individual sub-specialties. This specialization allows them to develop in-depth market knowledge and a strong candidate network – key factors for success. Our Consumer Consultants are equipped with professional experience and practical expertise in their field, so as to understand your business needs and to ultimately provide exceptional client service.

In particular, the Consumer Practice specializes in the following sectors:

• Advertising
• Media & Entertainment
• Retail & Imported brands (Luxury, Fashion & Sporting)
• FMCG
• Food & Beverage

Our advertising consultants are unique in Japan in that they have advertising industry experience. They specialize in finding forward-thinking, enthusiastic and passionate advertising professionals for the top foreign and domestic advertising agencies, in particular in Account Management, Strategic Planning and Creative Direction.

In the Media sector, our consultants serve clients in internet, print media and the Big 6 Entertainment companies. They are well equipped to source executives in Production, Sales, Marketing, Licensing and Acquisition.

Our retail and branded goods experts work with leading companies encompassing lifestyle products such as apparel, accessories, luxury goods, sporting goods, as well as interiors. These consultants have an impressive track record of recruiting Presidents and General Managers through to Sales, Marketing, Merchandising and Operations Manager and Director level candidates.

The area of FMCG and Food & Beverage poses some unique challenges as many foreign capital companies don't have a large sales force in Japan. They mainly use partners to help move their product, thus making Trade Marketing a larger department than in most other industries. Many of our foreign F&B clients are focusing on the retail side, so the need for Training and Internal Marketing experts is also becoming more pronounced. Our FMCG and F&B consultants are skilled at sourcing talent in Sales, Marketing, Trade Marketing and Operations (Procurement, Supply Chain, Inventory & Logistics).

In the world’s second largest market and with some of the world’s most demanding consumers, we continue to see strong demand in all areas. Japan presents tremendous opportunities for consumer companies and our Consumer Practice is connected with the key players.