Job Description

Your Future Company

Our success has been spotlighted on Today Show WSJ NY Times Wirecutter and the Strategist. Join us in spreading the joy of Japanese snacks globally with 5 different brands including Sugoi Mart the worlds favorite destination for Japanese anime kawaii lifestyle and snacks!

Your Mission

Help the world fall in love with Japan through Sugoi Mart.

As a Brand Manager you will be responsible for the growth of our products and campaigns. You will work closely with cross-functional and cross-border teams including marketing eCommerce sourcing logistics and creative to lead the development and implementation of product strategies and drive sales and customer satisfaction.

This role requires working at least 3 days a week from our Tokyo office in the Shinjuku neighborhood.

Your Responsibilities

• More Profit Less Loss - Own the product line P&L discounting merchandising product development and promotions.
• Set the Strategy - Develop and execute the product roadmap identifying new product and campaign opportunities and defining those requirements.
• Develop Fun Products - Lead cross-functional teams to develop and launch new products features and initiatives.
• Collab on G2M - Collaborate with marketing creative and eCommerce teams to develop and execute go-to-market plans for new products and features.
• Know Thy Customer - Analyze data and metrics to understand customer behavior and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Test Your Humility - Test. Test. Iterate. Test. Prove yourself right or wrong often. But let data and research guide the way for product changes to drive success.
• Help Our Happiness Guarantee - Work cross-functionally to ensure a seamless customer experience and resolve any product-related issues. Deliver customer happiness everyday.
• Navigate International Waters - Support and understand our Sourcing and Logistic constraints in Japan to keep everything flowing smoothly around the world.
• Own Your Domain - Monitor and report on the performance of products features and initiatives and make recommendations for optimization and iteration. Lead team meetings sharing results recommendations road maps and cross-functional best practices.
• Shape the Brand Drive merchandising catalog management and ongoing brand initiatives across site packaging and creative assets.
• Plan the Calendar Own the monthly campaign calendar along with the Marketing team.

Required Qualifications

• Design Thinker - Build winning strategies and products understanding the innovation process
• Selling Cross-cultural Products - Understand cross-cultural product management
• Knowledge of Japan - Knowledge of authentic Japanese products and culture as well as the latest trends that appeal to American consumers (Collectibles/Figurines Anime Gaming etc.)
• Effective Cross-cultural Communication - Ability to communicate and work effectively with Bokksus Japan team and our business partners (makers and vendors) in Japan
• Love Data - Strong analytical skills and experience with data-driven decision making
• Team player - Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to effectively lead cross-functional teams
• Tools Youll Use - Shopify Stocky Mode SimonData Figma Notion Slack Zoom Loom Asana Salesforce Shiphero
• Location - The candidate must already be based in Japan
• Detail-Oriented - If you make it to the video phase please also answer this question in your first video: Who is the Queen of JPOP

Preferred Qualifications

• A love for Japanese products people and culture
• 5 to 7 years of product development or management experience preferably in a cross-cultural business setting
• Proven track record of launching successful products and features
• Bachelors degree in a related field (e.g. business marketing) preferred MBA a plus

Your Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Paid PTO
• Commuter benefits
• Visa Sponsorship - Our immigration lawyer will work with your application!
• Company retreats happy hours dinners and other outings
• Monthly Bokksu subscription and unlimited in-office Japanese snacks!

Bokksu provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

Required Experience:

Manager

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