New Business Development / Agent Sales - Marketing Division
At a glance
Mid-level General Marketing role at Rakuten. Tokyo · full-time.
Pay not stated General Marketing salary
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What you'll do
- Build the new agency-planning operation and develop ties with the people involved before pursuing new business
- Set up alliances with language schools and visa-support firms to bring in foreign-resident customers
- Work with insurance agencies on partnerships aimed at increasing customer contracts among older adults
- Find problems affecting society, partners, and users, then design services or initiatives to address them
- Run proof-of-concept tests, assess the results, and plan and operate wider rollouts
What you bring
- You have worked in sales or business consulting
- You have professional experience using both Japanese and English
Who this fits
This role suits someone ready to apply sales or marketing experience to new business development and build initiatives from planning through testing and expansion. Japanese fluency and intermediate English are listed language levels for the role. The position is based in Tokyo.
From the employer
Job Description:
Business Overview
The Marketing Division leads the brand, creative, marketing, and membership initiatives across the Rakuten Group, which offers over 70 services. Our mission is to enhance membership value and expand the ecosystem of the Rakuten Group.
Department Overview
Marketing Planning Department is an organization that leads the planning of Rakuten Mobile's plans and product strategies and their implementation.
The mission of the Business Incubation Section is to plan and develop new services and businesses for the next several years, and to establish unique contract acquisition methods through collaboration with external parties.
Why We Hire
This is an opportunity to be involved in “launching new projects” at Rakuten Mobile, a company that has been revolutionizing the Japanese telecommunications industry.
While the three major carriers are launching powerful marketing initiatives, Rakuten needs to incubate new projects that other companies cannot imitate, and we are looking for a wide range of people who can lead the way.
We are looking for people who want to take on challenges that will have an impact on society by fully utilizing their past experience in marketing and sales.
Those who can plan logically based on data, and promote with passion after the start of operations.
Those who want to anticipate needs and plan services, products, and measures that do not exist yet.
Position Details
You will be responsible for growing the “Agency Planning”, which has just been launched.After familiarizing yourself with the business and building relationships with related parties, you will take on the challenge of developing new business.
Agency Planning
- Alliance with language schools and VISA support companies to increase the number of contracts with foreign residents in Japan
- Alliance with insurance agencies to increase the number of contracts with senior citizens.
- Planning new agency projects
New business development
- Identify issues facing society, partner companies, and users.
- Planning of services and measures that lead to solutions to issues
- Execution and verification of PoC
- Planning and operation of expansion plans
Mandatory Qualifications:
- Experience in sales or practical experience in business consulting
- Business experience in both Japanese and English
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience in business development
- Experience in planning proposals, solution proposals, and consulting sales - Experience in project management
- Experience in negotiating and coordinating with diverse stakeholders
- Team building skills Ability to adapt flexibly to changing situations
- Skills in PowerPoint and Excel
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Languages:
English (Overall - 2 - Intermediate), Japanese (Overall - 4 - Fluent)
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