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