Essential duties & responsibilities: (detailed description)

• Leadership and Collaboration:
  • Develop and execute the Japan data analytics strategy in alignment with global and regional stakeholders
  • Establish and oversee governance processes for master data and enterprise reporting
  • Build and lead a high-performing Data & Analytics team to identify, define, and resolve business problems through data driven insights
  • Implement and operationalize the governance process for self-service reporting
  • Foster a data-driven culture through user community building, training/certification program creation & execution, and best practice sharing across the organization
• Business Insights and Reporting:
  • Provide business insights to aid decision-making with stakeholders across Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Supply Chain.
  • Clean up and maintain visibility with data and report (e.g. data/report catalog)
  • Operationalize business-critical report ownership of Data & Analytics team, while fostering self-service where required
• Process Documentation and Improvement:
  • Document and articulate as-is and to-be Data & Analytics processes to ensure clarity and alignment across stakeholders
  • Create data analytics processes and governance to operationalize enterprise report creation and self-service reporting, designed with sustainability.
  • Ensure that all processes are well-documented and effectively communicated to relevant stakeholders
• Data Management and Analytics Foundation:
  • Establish a strong data management and analytics foundation, including data governance, data quality, and data integration
  • Implement best practices for data management and analytics to ensure data integrity and reliability
  • Develop advanced analytics capabilities to enable deeper and more advanced data driven decision making

Education & special trainings:

• Minimum of 13 years of professional experience, 7 years of experience in data management, analytics, or a related field.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, data science, or related field will be a plus
• Proven experience in leading cross-functional teams and managing complex projects.
• Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, and data integration best practices.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.
• Japanese: primary fluency/bilingual proficiency, English: full professional proficiency
• Proficiency in data analytics tools and technologies, such as SQL, Python, R, and data visualization tools such as Power BI

Qualifications & experience:

• Proven leadership skills with the ability to bring various functions together to define and resolve problems.
• Strong documentation skills to articulate as-is and to-be processes, ensuring clarity and alignment across stakeholders.
• Perseverance and resilience to navigate through challenges and drive projects to successful completion.
• Experience and passion for building data management and analytics foundations, including governance and process improvements.
• Expertise in advanced analytics capabilities to support business growth and decision-making.
• Experience with hosting internal training/certification programs of BI report

Physical & mental requirements:

• N/A