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Samantha Lassaux

Business development & strategy | Japan

€150/day
Tokyo, JP
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Samantha

💼 Japan Expert – Strategy & Business Development 🇯🇵
Supporting French companies and self-employed individuals in their Japan strategy

Bicultural professional specializing in Franco-Japanese relations, I help companies understand Japan.

With solid field experience in Japan, over 10 years in local companies as the only foreigner on the team, I offer tailor-made support for:

  • Understanding the work environment in Japan
  • Identifying the right partners (B2B, distributors, suppliers)
  • Adapting the offer to local cultural and economic specificities
  • Negotiating effectively with Japanese interlocutors
  • Training your teams in cultural codes to avoid missteps

🎯 I am passionate about Japan and I can help make it less opaque. Japanese corporate culture is not so different when you know the codes; let me prove it to you!
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Japanese

    Fluent

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • COMPASS GROUP FRANCE
    Training and Capability manager
    RESTAURANTS AND FOOD SERVICE
    October 2024 - Today (1 year and 8 months)
    Tokyo, Japan
    Main missions: Localization of strategies on 6 international accounts, launch of a major global account, organization of 5 official tastings and site visits
    → Management of urgent projects, coordination between Japanese and international teams, multitasking in a multicultural environment
    → Customer engagement and development of proposals for tailor-made executive events (through planning financial client management visits), strategic pricing and value proposition design, customization of service offerings for global clients, advice on the Japanese market to British headquarters.
    Training Intercultural management Japanese Sales Project management
  • American Express GBT
    Account/Project Manager
    ENTERTAINMENT AND LEISURE
    August 2023 - September 2024 (1 year and 1 month)
    Tokyo, Japan
    Main missions: management of 3 client accounts, delivery of 14 projects and budget management of over 60 million yen. Coordination of priorities across multiple projects and increased upsells by +35% compared to initial budgets
    → Urgent project: 30+ international flights booked within 2 weeks (September 2023), delivered without incident or loss. SOP and GANTT implemented for 5 similar projects planned in 2024
    → Event of 500 guests, organized in Kobe over 3 days → 8 new minor account managements, DMAIC analysis, customer service
  • Salesforce
    Project Assistant
    SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
    November 2022 - July 2023 (8 months)
    Tokyo, Japan
    Main missions: ensuring the smooth operation/reception of 200+ daily visitors to the Tokyo Tower
    → Daily management of the Japanese supplier team at reception, improvement of existing systems and introduction of initiatives inspired by global practices adapted to the local market
    → Technical meetings for reception security and international coordination with Salesforce towers

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Education

  • International Business Master & Apprenticeship
    AM University
    2014
    International Business Master & Apprentissage
  • Master in International Trade
    Meiji University
    2011
    Master en commerce international

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