Career Story
Seiya Ino
Seiya joined the firm in 2017 after graduating from Kyoto University with an undergraduate degree in economics and working for a general trading company. He has been engaged in projects such as DX strategies, global strategies, developing new businesses in industries such as energy, telecommunications, and insurance.
Why BayCurrent?
I was thinking about working in the consulting industry as I was interested in new business development.
I was particularly attracted to BayCurrent because of its “One Pool" system, which allows me to be involved in many industries.
Career Vision
In addition to contributing to clients in projects, I would like to contribute to society by getting more deeply involved in the hiring and training of new and young employees and growing BayCurrent more holistically.
Experience
| 2018 | Consultant | ・Joined Baycurrent from a general trading company ・Despite difficulties, improved consulting skills with the support of others |
| 2019 | Senior Consultant |
・Overall lead on Digital Transformation projects in the energy industry ・Engaged in sales proposal activities and grew significantly from stretching myself |
| 2020 | Manager | ・Deepened expertise in change management ・Put in charge of an internal change management project by the client firm and increased BayCurrent’s presence |
| 2021 | ・Utilized language skills to lead global projects ・Helped increase BayCurrent's presence at the client and successfully developed sales opportunities |
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| 2022 | Senior Manager | ・Involved in recruiting and training consultants to contribute to the growth of BayCurrent as a whole |
Changing careers from a general trading company out of curiosity
I was involved in overseas chemical sales for five years at my previous position in a general trading company. While there, I was able to put myself in a global environment and conduct large-scale business in the range of several billion yen to tens of billions of yen. I also attended many drinking sessions with my wonderful colleagues and clients, so I had a lot of fun in my general trading company days. However, I've always been a very curious person, and I also felt that I was working a bit aimlessly and wanted to do more related to new business development and use my intelligence to work more efficiently. So, I moved to BayCurrent Consulting in 2017.
Working hard together with clients to the finish line
When I was a student, consulting seemed very cold and dry to me. I have often heard about consulting firms that tend to develop strategies and then refuse to take responsibility for how things go after their strategy proposals, but BayCurrent gives clients hands-on, courteous support even after strategy development. I think that kind of human warmth is the attractiveness of BayCurrent. All the colleagues I work with are truly warm people, and it feels easy to exchange opinions or chat frankly with each other regardless of company positions.
Bringing back knowledge and experience while aiming for further growth
Having been a part of many projects, I've been asked to train new and young employees in addition to my role as a consultant. When I first joined the company, I felt very lost in the work environment because it required more efficiency and deeper insights than I had expected, and I struggled for a while. However, I always got courteous advice from respectable senior employees, and I'm now able to take on management roles in projects. I'm still developing, of course, but I want to focus more on training new and young employees so I can help many people grow as consultants even just a bit faster, and contribute to BayCurrent's growth and further contributions to clients.
