Strategic Planner - Account Innovation Office (C&M)

Job Description:

Business Overview

Rakuten is one of Japan's largest e-commerce platforms, boasting "a media platform with the highest number of visitors in the country," "big data including purchasing behavior history linked to approximately 100 million Rakuten IDs," and "a distribution network of over 50,000 stores."

Department Overview

Account Innovation Office, as a strategic partner for major brands, fully utilizes various assets owned by the Rakuten Group to broadly support everything from increasing brand awareness to expanding sales for major brands, including both Rakuten Ichiba and offline areas.

The Strategic Planning Division leverages Rakuten's big data, assets, and know-how to act as a strategic partner for major brands. They are responsible for all processes, from strategy formulation and planning to execution and effectiveness verification, in order to solve clients' challenges.

Position:

Why We Hire

Recruitment for Business Expansion

Position Details

Strategic Planner will form a client team together with the sales team and engage in the business expansion of major brands. This position involves setting common goals and executing the PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle comprehensively, from pre-analysis of issues/opportunities to proposing measures, reviewing post-implementation, and considering next actions, while collaborating with clients from various industries.

Main Responsibilities

- Formulating strategies and plans to solve the challenges of major brands

- Coordinating with relevant departments for the implementation of plans

- Creating analysis reports after the completion of plans and preparing subsequent proposals based on findings

- Conducting multifaceted big data analysis

- Streamlining business processes

- Accumulating and sharing new case studies

Work Environment

Strategic Planning Section currently has 16 members.

A high proportion of the members have joined mid-career from manufacturers, advertising agencies, research firms, and other companies, and each is leveraging their previous experience to excel in their roles.

Mandatory Qualifications:

Experience in any of the following:

- Marketing, sales planning, or corporate sales experience at a manufacturer

- Planner experience at an advertising agency

- Researcher or planner experience at a research firm

- Experience in marketing strategy formulation at a consulting firm

PC Skills:

Excel/PowerPoint

Desired Qualifications:

- Ability to analyze issues using data and propose necessary actions

- Experience in consulting or operating e-commerce sites

- SQL skills

Others Information:

Additional information on Location

Rakuten Crimson House

1-14-1 Tamagawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

Additional information on English Qualification

TOEIC Score exceeding 800 (or similar level of English ability or a University Degree earned in an English-speaking country)

Proof of eligibility is required by the timing of the offer letter.

If no evidence is available to prove the qualifications denoted above, taking an IP test, organized by our company, during selection process is required.

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Languages:

English (Overall - 4 - Fluent), Japanese (Overall - 4 - Fluent)