JAPAN based Ecommerce Category Manager BEAUTY

TITLE: JAPAN-based Category Manager

SALARY ¥12,000,000 (JPY)- ¥14,000,000 (JPY) + up to 15% bonus

SECTOR : E-Commerce in Beauty, Fashion Skincare

LOCATION Tokyo in Japan ( several job opening)

WORK STYLE: 3 days office based and 2 days are wfh

LANGUAGES: Bilingual English and Japanese

COMPANY

This is very exciting and fast moving B2C e-commerce environment with specific emphasis on beauty , fashion , skincare categories. The company blends entertainment, discovery, and instant buying for new skincare products in a way that the “old style” traditional e-commerce businesses usually do not. This organisation turns shopping from a task into a fun experience and can turn small niche brands into runaway successes in as little as just 24 hours if the online content is engaging and exciting. This opportunity offers genuine career progression as well as the chance to be part of something that is growing, fun and fast !

There are several roles available within this category

In this role you will help small brands sell better and more to their customers and is based in TOKYO in Japan.

The role has 4 key elements:

• GROWTH OF CATEGORY : Full P&L Responsibility within beauty and fashion .
• DEFINE: Analyse category /sub-category landscape, identify growth areas
• DEVELOP: develop & implement the category growth strategy
• MANAGE: daily key account management andoperations management of partners

DUTIES

You will be very familiar with the landscape of Japan’s fashion and beauty industry, consumer demand, and trends in digital transformation and mobile internet.

• Identify/screen/onboard high-quality brands and partners to the platform.
• management of partners: Responsible for the full-lifecycle operations of partners
• Develop and execute category performance improvement plans covering business model recommendations, influencer collaborations, partner training.
• Help drive brand growth
• Implement live-streaming and short-video e-commerce initiatives.
• Project management :support the development of the beauty and fashion industry ecosystem, including marketing campaigns, product launches, and B2B marketing initiatives
• You will be working to business growth targets ( sales)

REQUIREMENTS

• Fluent Japanese and English
• Solid E-commerce experience
• Degree educated
• Background in social media generated commerce, content marketing, and the influencer ecosystem.