Project Manager (based in Tokyo, Japan)

Experience: Senior Employment, Vietnamese expats or want to relocate to Japan

Type: Full-time

Domain: Pet Nutrition

Onsite: Tokyo, Japan

The Digital Project Manager –Trade Promotion Management (TPM) you will play a pivotal role in driving the successful deployment of new and enhanced trade promotion planning functions. This position is jointly responsible with our project business lead, for ensuring the project delivers measurable business performance improvements through the effective rollout of business processes and the digital applications.

As the Digital Project Manager –Trade Promotion Management you will oversee the end-to-end delivery of the Japan TPM project, ensuring alignment with defined scope, timelines, and budget. You will lead and coordinate cross - functional digital teams, fostering collaboration and accountability to achieve project milestones. This role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to translate complex business needs into actionable digital solutions.

This role will require someone who is fluent in both Japanese and English.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The key responsibilities of this role are:

• Digital delivery oversight: Lead the end-to-end delivery of Japan TPM system, and support adoption in the market.
• Cross-functional engagement: Partner across Business, Digital, and external application vendors to ensure the overall project plan is fully aligned and teams engaged.
• Progress reporting: Track and report project progress, milestones and deliverables to local and regional project stakeholders including regular updates to Steering Committee on project progress, risks, and outcomes.
• Project planning: Develop and maintain a detailed end-to-end project plan, incorporating input from business stakeholders and application vendors.
• Financial management: Oversee budgeting and financial tracking for all digital components of the project.
• Resource and stakeholder management: Drive project delivery by coordinating resources and engaging business stakeholders effectively.
• Change management support: Collaborate with business workstreams to lead and support change management activities.
• Stakeholder engagement: Build strong partnerships across global digital teams, vendors, Japan sales teams, and external partners to ensure clarity and alignment.
• Capability implementation: Support the rollout of new TPM capabilities, tracking milestones across all stages of the project lifecycle.
• Business value delivery: Ensure the project achieves its business case objectives, including reducing manual offline processes by digitising sales promotion planning.
• Risk and issue management: Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks and issues, escalating appropriately when required.

CONTEXT AND SCOPES

• The Digital Project Manager - Trade Promotion Management plays a pivotal role in ensuring the successful delivery of a high-impact transformation initiative. This role is responsible for planning, monitoring, and controlling all Digital elements of the project through to completion, while ensuring alignment with business strategic priorities.
• Key responsibilities strategic alignment, by supporting leadership in communicating, promoting, and embedding the project within the overall business vision.

1. This role partners closely with three critical workstreams, each led by a dedicated lead:

• Business Team: Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain and Change Management functions in Japan. • Digital Team: Technical, integration, and project delivery teams.

• Implementation Partner: External application vendor and implementation specialists.

2. Collaboration across these workstreams is essential to drive:

• Change management: Embedding new ways of working and ensuring adoption across the

organization.

• Business process transformation: Redesigning processes to leverage advanced system functionality.

• Application onboarding: Leading the transition of the solution into Global Services (GS) support structures.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related field
• Certification in Project Management: Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified
• Associate in Project Management (CAPM), PRINCE2, AgilePM or similar
• 3+ years of experience in a program / project management role
• Exposure to Sales / Trade Promotion Planning operations for a manufacturer
• (large FMCG preferred)
• Working knowledge of Trade Promotion Management software and how it interacts with
• downstream systems such as Demand Planning
• Exceptional skills in leadership, time management, facilitation, and organisation
• Experience in managing stakeholders
• Outstanding knowledge of change management principles
• Fluent in Japanese and basic English communication

BENEFITS

1. Compensation and benefit package

• Attractive salary and benefits
• Annual leave and 5 days of sick leave
• 13th-month salary and Annual Performance Bonus
• Premium healthcare packages
• Allowance for project team activities
• Extra benefits for long-term employees

2. Exciting career and development opportunities

• Large-scale products and projects with high reputation clients with related industries which is beneficial for your career plan.
• Clear roadmap for career advancement in both technical and leadership pathways
• A solid talented team behind you – great people who are passionate and proud of their work.

3. Friendly and English-speaking working environment

• Laptops provided.
• Well-equipped & modern office with fully stocked pantry
• Sponsored sports activities.
• Friendly environment, great working location, extra leave days, working from home.
• Flexible working hours - Monday - Friday.