Data Management Specialist-Account Innovation Office

Job Description:

Business Overview

Rakuten is one of Japan's largest e-commerce platforms, owning "one of the largest media platforms in Japan with the largest number of visitors", "approximately 100 million Rakuten IDs and big data such as purchasing behaviour history linked to them" and "a distribution network of over 50,000 shops".

Department Overview

Account Innovation Office serves as a strategic partner for major brands, fully leveraging various assets owned by the Rakuten Group to broadly support everything from increasing brand awareness to expanding sales, both on Rakuten Ichiba and in offline domains.

The mission of the Data Strategy & Marketing Section is to promote the utilization of big data and support business problem-solving through data within the Account Innovation Office. The division provides support to multiple teams, including client teams that work directly with major brands and category strategy teams that plan campaigns and service initiatives for each product category.

This section has several positions within the department, such as "data analysis", "maintenance/operation of data mart" and "construction of data analysis/tracking environment using BI tools etc.", so you can develop a wide range of skills through your work. In addition, the close proximity to the business team enables you to deepen not only your skills but also your understanding of the business at the same time. New challenges are also encouraged in order to improve your ability to respond to the ever-increasing needs for data utilization, so you can create new roles and tasks in addition to your existing work.

Position:

Why We Hire

Recruitment for additional staff in business expansion

Position Details

Management and other departments within Account Innovation are the main service providers. Specifically, the main five main tasks are.

1. Data analysis

We help solve business problems and support business decision-making by providing the results of data analysis from various perspectives.

2. Market research

In collaboration with Rakuten Insight, a research company within the Rakuten Group, and external research companies, I am responsible for the entire process of planning, conducting and reporting on research.

3. Data extraction

In response to one-off data extraction requests, we use SQL to acquire and provide the necessary aggregate data from the database.

4. Data analysis environment construction

Using BI tools and Excel, we provide an environment for acquiring/analysing data that management and individual departments should follow at regular intervals.

5. Data mart development

We create and operate data marts necessary for data analysis.

Work Environment

The Data Strategy & Marketing Section has 22 members.

A high proportion of mid-career employees are from a variety of backgrounds, including manufacturers / research firms / outsourcing firms / major electronics retailers / logistics companies / securities firms.

Mandatory Qualifications:

Experience in any of the following is essential

- Experience in planning data-based strategies/measures

- Experience in data analysis

- Experience in data aggregation using SQL

- Experience in data visualisation using BI tools (Locker Studio, Tableau, etc.)

- Experience in designing and implementing analysis platforms

The required qualifications

- Those who want to develop their career based on data / those who like to decipher meaning from data

- Able to proactively explore skills

- Able to work with a sense of ownership

- Able to work as part of a team in cooperation with team members

Desired Qualifications:

- SQL/Python

- Experience in building BI tools

- Basic knowledge of statistics

- Experience of demonstrating analytical/problem-solving skills in a business environment

- Project management experience

- Knowledge/experience of manufacturer business and EC

Others Information:

Additional information on Location

Rakuten Crimson House

1-14-1 Tamagawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

Additional information on English Qualification

TOEIC Score exceeding 800 (or similar level of English ability or a University Degree earned in an English-speaking country)

Proof of eligibility is required by the timing of the offer letter.

If no evidence is available to prove the qualifications denoted above, taking an IP test, organized by our company, during selection process is required.

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Languages:

English (Overall - 4 - Fluent), Japanese (Overall - 4 - Fluent)