About the Role
This position reports directly to the President and is responsible for collecting and analyzing performance, market, competitor, product, and supply chain data necessary for management decision-making. The role collaborates with various departments including Finance, Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Operations to visualize and document analysis results, supporting timely and accurate decision-making by the President and management.
Responsibilities
- Collect and consolidate business data from Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, and Operations.
- Organize basic data such as sales, gross profit, sales volume, product performance, forecasts, inventory, stockouts, and supply status.
- Clarify discrepancies in figures and assumptions between departments by consulting with stakeholders and present findings clearly for the President.
- Analyze basic factors including sales, gross profit, volume, price, mix, and inventory.
- Reconcile differences between plans, forecasts, and actuals, and identify key drivers of change.
- Conduct simple analyses by product, department, customer, and region as needed.
- Support the collection and organization of market trends, competitor information, pricing trends, product trends, and customer/distributor information.
- Combine internal data, external reports, distributor information, and input from sales and marketing to support market understanding.
- Perform basic analysis and documentation of market share and competitor positioning under the direction of superiors.
- Create and update PowerPoint presentations, Excel analysis tables, and management meeting materials for the President.
- Organize figures and analysis results for easy understanding by the President and management.
- Prepare, translate, and summarize documents in Japanese and English as needed.
- Support data collection and material preparation for AOP, Forecast, and Monthly/Quarterly Business Reviews.
- Collaborate with Finance and Commercial departments to organize assumptions and discrepancies for plans, forecasts, and actuals.
- Organize post-meeting actions, discussion points, and outstanding issues, and support follow-up.
- Coordinate smoothly with stakeholders in Finance, Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Operations.
- Promptly collect necessary information from relevant departments in response to requests from the President.
- Contribute to faster management decision-making through cross-departmental information organization and documentation.
Requirements
- Experience in corporate planning, business planning, sales planning, marketing planning, commercial excellence, FP&A, consulting, or data analysis.
- P2想定: Approximately 2-4 years of relevant experience.
- P3想定: Over 4 years of relevant experience.
- Experience in data organization and analysis using Excel.
- Experience in creating management-level presentations using PowerPoint.
- Experience collaborating with multiple departments to organize and consolidate information.
- Native level Japanese language proficiency.
- Business level English language proficiency.
Skills
- Excel: Functions, Pivot Tables, basic data analysis
- PowerPoint: Creating clear presentations, summarizing key points
- Logical thinking ability
- Strong numerical aptitude
- Information organization skills
- Communication skills to elicit necessary information from relevant departments
Location
- 15F, Sumitomo Fudosan Korakuen Building, 1-4-1 Koishikawa, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0002, Japan
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 2-4 years (P2)
- 4+ years (P3)
Benefits
- Salary increase once a year
- Bonus once a year (varies by performance)
- Commuting allowance (according to company regulations)
- Retirement plan
- Employee savings plan
- Welfare program (Benefit Station)
- Social insurance (Employment, Workers' Compensation, Health, Employees' Pension)
About the Company
- Medline Japan LLC is the Japanese subsidiary of Medline Inc.
- We manufacture and sell medical devices and supplies, including surgical prep kits, non-woven products such as gowns and drapes, operating room related products, surgical and examination gloves, personal protective equipment, respiratory therapy products, and vascular catheter related products, for medical institutions.
- Our domestic facilities include our Tokyo headquarters, branches and sales offices in major cities, a surgical prep kit factory, a logistics center, and a sterilization center.
- Medline is the largest provider of medical-surgical products and supply chain solutions serving all points of care.
- Through its broad product portfolio, resilient supply chain and leading clinical solutions, Medline helps healthcare providers improve their clinical, financial and operational outcomes.
- Headquartered in Northfield, Illinois, the company employs more than 43,000 people worldwide and operates in more than 100 countries and territories.
- Visit www.medline.com to learn more about how Medline makes healthcare run better.
