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In the winter of 2011, Shunsuke Sato, who was in charge of promoting the business of the investee at an investment company, was invited to join the company by Yoshio Taki (currently a member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee) who was preparing for listing Euglena

"Euglena is preparing to go public, so can you help me?"

After engaging in research and development of anti-cancer drugs at graduate school, Sato joined a foreign-affiliated consulting company, and then worked mainly at bio-venture companies and investment companies, such as business promotion and advisory for pharmaceuticals and medical devices. .. Sato and Taki were colleagues at a company he had previously worked for, and Taki appreciated Sato's knowledge of the biotechnology field and business promotion.

"Euglena may be able to do business that contributes to the health of many people."

With that in mind, Sato Euglena Co., Ltd. in January 2012.

Sato, who joined the General Affairs and Personnel Department, is involved in general affairs-related work such as building an internal control system and relocating offices associated with listing, along with his boss Taki. Euglena was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers on December 20, 2012, about a year after Sato joined the company.

December 20, 2012 Photograph at the time of listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Market Mothers (the second person from the left in the back row is Sato)

Sato, who has completed the big mission of listing on Mothers, has been transferred from the General Affairs and Human Resources Department to the Marketing Department in order to promote the direct marketing business that was just launched in 2012. In the marketing department, he led the expansion of the direct sales business centered on EC sites, and Our core business.

Thanks to the activities of Sato and other members, Our, exceeded 10 billion yen in FY09 / 16.

"Would you like to spread the business promotion know-how gained at Euglena

In the early spring of 2017, after getting the direct sales business on track, Sato Euglena President Izumo and started reforming Chlorella Supply Co., Ltd., which joined the group company in December 2016.
Chlorella Supply is a long-established company that has been engaged in mail-order sales of chlorella-related products and processing of supplements for more than 20 years, but it had problems such as an aging customer base and an aging processing factory. As a result, Our the motivation of the members working in the field tended to be low.

"Aiming for a business that makes both customers and members working here happy"

Sato, who decided to do so, became a director of Chlorella Supply Co., Ltd. from October 2017. First, we interviewed all members, including part-time employees, to understand the current situation and reform their working consciousness. In addition, from the perspective of business selection and concentration, the company's equipment for the sterilization process for supplement raw materials was disposed of, and the product group and sales model were reviewed.

Then, in December 2017, he became the representative director of Chlorella Supply Co., Ltd. and started to renovate the supplement processing equipment.

「高齢化の中で、ユーグレナやクロレラなどのサプリメント加工の需要は拡大することが期待できます。そのため、サプリメント加工を将来のクロレラサプライ社の事業の柱に育てていくべく、加工設備を刷新するとともに、製造・品質管理の品質規格である日健栄協（公益財団法人日本健康・栄養食品協会）のGMP認証^※の早期取得を目指しました」

From May 2018, the operation of the processing equipment will be stopped and the renovation work will be started.
In October of the same year, subsidies from Shimane Prefecture and Izumo City were decided, and the renovation work proceeded smoothly. Then, in May 2019, it was recognized that the status of factory equipment maintenance and manufacturing / quality control system maintenance was at a certain level, and GMP certification of Nikken Eikyo, which is a third-party certification of manufacturing / quality control. Get. Started operation as a new factory.

"In addition to mail-order sales of chlorella-related products, which is an existing business, we will promote a high-quality supplement processing business that has acquired GMP certification, and promote a business that makes both customers and working members happy."

Sato is working with such thoughts in mind.

Photograph at the company-wide rally of Chlorella Supply in October 2018 (the fourth person from the right in the front row is Sato)

* Abbreviation for "Good Manufacturing Practice", a certification system for "Good Manufacturing Practices" established by the Japan Health and Nutrition Food Association.

Posted in May 2019