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Consulting Sales, Account Innovation Office, Marketplace Business (C&M) at Rakuten

Consulting Sales, Account Innovation Office, Marketplace Business (C&M)

Rakuten · JP

1 weeks ago

Consulting Sales, Account Innovation Office, Marketplace Business (C&M)

Rakuten · JP

13 days ago
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About the Role

The Account Innovation Office (AIO) is a consulting organization that helps manufacturers and brands address their marketing challenges by combining Rakuten Group’s e-commerce, media, data, and customer assets. We identify customer challenges, develop data-driven marketing proposals, and work alongside our clients to measure and improve outcomes.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with clients from the "upstream" stage of their business challenges
  • Leverage and combine Rakuten’s diverse assets
  • Visualize the entire journey from "awareness to purchase"
  • Engage in data-driven marketing
  • Build a career that spans sales, marketing, and business development
  • Propose and execute "data-driven marketing" strategies for manufacturers and brands, leveraging the vast customer and purchase data held by the Rakuten Group.
  • Act as a strategic partner-integral to the client’s business growth-by leading the entire process: from the formulation and execution of marketing strategies to performance evaluation and continuous improvement.
  • Identify the business challenges faced by manufacturers and develop targeted strategies based on Rakuten ID and purchase data.
  • Propose and implement comprehensive solutions-utilizing media (both within and outside the Rakuten ecosystem), advertising, live commerce, and market research-to support the entire customer journey, from initial awareness to final purchase.
  • Quantitatively analyze the results of implemented initiatives, derive insights into customer behavior, and propose subsequent improvements.
  • Collaborate with specialized internal teams-such as data analytics, advertising, and creative production-to ensure the smooth execution of projects.
  • Participate in the planning and development of new marketing methodologies and service packages, driven by client feedback.
  • Design optimal solutions tailored to each client’s specific needs-ranging from expanding brand awareness and driving purchases to fostering customer loyalty-ultimately playing a pivotal role in fueling the growth of the brands you support.

Requirements

  • At least three years of experience in corporate sales, account planning, or marketing support at an advertising agency
  • At least three years of experience in marketing, sales planning, e-commerce, or brand management at a manufacturer
  • At least three years of experience in e-commerce strategy, operations support, or sales promotion at an e-commerce consulting company
  • At least three years of experience in B2B solution sales or similar client-facing roles
  • Ability to identify client challenges, involve internal and external stakeholders, and turn proposals into tangible outcomes.
  • Experience at a consulting firm or e-commerce consulting company
  • Experience delivering results early in one’s career while working across multiple industries, clients, or business challenges
  • Experience forming hypotheses and influencing clients or internal stakeholders in situations without established precedents or clear answers
  • A track record of persevering through challenging client issues or complex internal coordination
  • Experience combining knowledge from different industries, functions, or areas of expertise to create new proposals or processes
  • Experience using generative AI to transform business processes, sales activities, or value delivered to customers
  • Experience improving marketing initiatives based on data analysis and customer insights
  • Experience launching new services, sales packages, or business processes

Skills

  • Data-driven marketing
  • Marketing strategy development
  • Integrated marketing proposal execution
  • Data-driven performance evaluation and optimization
  • Internal project management
  • New solution planning and development
  • Generative AI utilization

Location

  • Rakuten Crimson House, 1-14-1 Tamagawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Work Type

  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • Mid-level
  • Senior-level

Education Level

  • University Degree earned in an English-speaking country

Benefits

  • https://corp.rakuten.co.jp/careers/benefit/

About the Company

  • The Account Innovation Office (AIO) is a consulting organization that helps manufacturers and brands address their marketing challenges by combining Rakuten Group’s e-commerce, media, data, and customer assets.
  • The Rakuten ecosystem, centered around Rakuten Ichiba, offers a wide range of touchpoints through which consumers discover, understand, and purchase products and brands.
  • Approximately 230 employees across the Marketplace Business division
  • Approximately 50 employees in the Consulting Sales organization
  • A young, energetic organization with many employees in their 20s and a flat communication style
  • Approximately 50% new graduates and 50% mid-career hires