Commercial Deployment Expert (Japanese speaker)

MAKE HISTORY WITH US! At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business and building our future on one clear purpose – to deliver a smoke-free future. With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions. We need hardworking, innovative, and driven people to help achieve our challenging ambition. You can be at the center of this exciting period in our company’s history by joining our team. Part of this global transformation, in last quarter of 2021 we have added a new international business unit managed from Turkey during the pandemic period. Our commercial international business unit (Philip Morris Business Solutions) started to serve 24 countries in the Middle East and Africa and six business units in duty free across more than 150 countries. You will be working as a member of our Integrated Business Services (PMBS – Philip Morris Business Solutions) Team. PMBS at PMI is a trusted operational part of the business today. PMBS executes non-market services in the field of Commercial, Legal, Tax, Finance and many more disciplines. It enables the markets to focus on business growth, whilst PMBS partners on perfect execution, innovation (automation, data, processes, etc) and global scaling of the relevant business processes. WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? Do you have strong social skills, are you customer oriented and do you want to work for a Top Employer with international career opportunities? If so, then please keep on reading. We are looking for a Commercial Deployment Expert who will work in our PMBS Hub in Rockwell, Makati and be responsible for coordination and central deployment of all portfolio execution, retail format & visual merchandising projects, POSM and visibility solutions. This can be achieved through: • Excellent project management • Constant alignment with Operation Center Portfolio, Marketing, Channel Development, Operations, Customer Development and B2C • Maintaining good relationships with all parties, with high interpersonal skills Read further if you want to learn what the main responsibilities of the role are: • Portfolio Execution Support: Report post-launch evolution, support and coordinate with other functions in minimizing obsoletes, get clarity on the portfolio, get necessary approvals from various teams • Offline/Online Content Deployment: Request final brief from HQ Marketing team, review translations, brief local agency, keep track of budget • Retail Infrastructure Deployment: Prepare full project scope plans, keep track of all infrastructure projects, evaluate performance • Visual Merchandising Deployment: Define and communicate the merchandising guidelines, liaise with local supplier for product highlight, record production timings, plan and coordinate shipping and installation What YOU need to have: • University degree in Management, Marketing, Business, Engineering or any related field • With some exposure on related tasks mentioned above, such as but not limited to, basic understanding of commercial concepts • High digital savviness and curiosity towards digital platforms • Ability to combine multi sourced data to drive business strategy • Strong entrepreneurship mindset and strategic thinking • Solid customer service and detail orientation • Well organized and with good knowledge of record keeping practices • Resourceful, self-sufficient and independent • Ability to manage multiple projects in a multicultural environment with strong communication and collaborative skills • Fluency in English and Japanese both written and spoken is a must • Fluency in either Mandarin or Korean will be a plus At Philip Morris International, we see equal pay for equal work between woman and men as the baseline standard for equality. Our good intentions do match our practices as we achieved the Global Equal Salary Certification. Moreover, we invest in creating a diverse workforce & a culture based on personal and career development, both on local as well as international level. #LIjobs