Job openings

Merchandiser

Tokyo (Hybrid - 3 days)

JPY5.5 - 6.6M plus OTB

Reporting Line: Regional Sales Director

Job Responsibility (Full ownership - Independently sets and executes plans):

• 70% – Merchandising/planning
• 20% – Trade Marketing
• 10% – Product Training

Note: These responsibility allocations are indicative and may change as business needs evolve.

Job Description:

• Responsible for merchandising across all channels, i.e. B2B, B2C and EC (Dot.com)
• Conduct monthly order forecast and sell-in/sell-out analysis across all SKUs (=SIOP), with one-year and longer-term planning
• Competitor analysis and insights generation to make a difference
• Manage in-store VMD and all kinds of merchandising tools/materials, offline and online, incl. events, SNS and collateral
• Act as a local product expert, generate training materials, design tailoring programs, and independently conduct professional product training for internal staff and retailer partners.
• Business trips and site visits: min. 24 days a year (depending on the actual event schedule and B2B client requests)

Qualifications

• Experienced professional and native Japanese-speaking candidates; bachelor's degree or above, majored in Marketing, Business or equivalent
• Around 5-8 years of relevant working experience as a professional Merchandiser
• Fluent English (for HQ/Asia reporting and IT/system operation)
• IT/system literacy [https://dot.com/](https://dot.com/)
• Computer skills: Excel and PowerPoint are mandatory
• Able to work from the office at least 3 days a week

Traits:

• Entrepreneurship
• Passion for the BGB brand and products
• Good communicator
• Self-starter, fast learner

Working Context (External):

• Retailers \& e-tail flagship partners
• Trade marketing vendors
• Working Context (Internal):
• All functions in JP (Service \& Admin/Operation, Sales, CM)
• Asia Marketing and HQ Product Managers
• Asia SIOP (via CM)