Job Description
Position/ Role: Assistant Manager
Position/ Role Type: Data & Analytics domain; techno-functional
Job objectives:
Based on the business demands: support his/her manager to deliver within the defined standards, reference architecture, deadlines, and quality requirements.
Support the ongoing running of applications, including pipeline management and issue resolution.
Develop Tech expertise in Japan in order to support the local Data strategy
implementation
Responsibilities
- Acts as a proactive business partner, support business relationships working closely with the SPOC (Single Point of Contact) for data in Japan
- Participates in the definition and prioritization of business requirements
- Coordinates and integrates the different contents and deliverables to ensure the overall consistency and coherence of the designed solution
- Support the implementation strategy of the program and supervises the change management activities includingtraining, user support and communication
- Tracks projects risks and decides on corrective measures and/ or any trade-offs needed to achieve objectives and minimize delays and costs
- Liaises with regional IT partner to effectively manage the allocated internal/ external resources including third parties’ activities (incl. vendor partners)
- Support and improve the ongoing running of applications, with efficientvendor management.
- Ensures the development of expertise and know how in his/ her field of Responsibility
Qualifications
Preferred educational qualifications: Bachelor/Masters’ degree in Computer Science OR related technical degree OR equivalent experience
Job location: Tokyo, Japan
Geography: Japan
Required work experience: 5-6 years of demonstrable experience managing build and delivery of large, complex data& analytics projects
Preferred profile/ skills:
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills
- Strong interpersonal skills, with an ability to thrive in a multi-cultural team
- Experience in digital or ecommerce data is highly preferred
- Able to quickly understand the data & analytics requirements and KPIs in digital and e-commerce
- Working knowledge of data, BI & Analytics technologies (data warehouses, marts, big data platforms, reporting and visualizations) is a must
- Working knowledge of documenting business requirements; and leveraging agile delivery frameworks to deliver on requirements incrementally
- Strong communication skills in English and Japanese, both verbal and written is a must.
- Strong skillset and understanding in PaaS (Google Cloud Platform is the platform of choice)
- Proven experience in managing vendor partner relationships and delivery in an offshore delivery/ services model
- Ability to adapt, and think ‘out of the box’
- Google Cloud Platform/ Scrum/ PMI certifications will be a plus
- Hands-on experience
About the Company
Leading the world in beauty and pioneering the world of beauty tech; we are 86K employees across 150 countries on five continents.
Our 36 international brands are divided into four unique Divisions: Luxe, Consumer Products, Dermatological Beauty, and Professional Products. Our 36 international brands include Kiehl’s, Lancôme, Giorgio Armani Beauty, Yves Saint Laurent Beauté, Ralph Lauren, Clarisonic, Maybelline New York, Essie, Kérastase, IT Cosmetics, Prada Beauty, Biotherm, Shu Uemura, Viktor&Rolf, Maison Martin Margiela, Urban Decay, Redken, Vichy, La Roche-Posay, Diesel, Garnier, L’Oréal Paris, and more.
For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted itself solely to one business: beauty. We want to bring beauty to all people. Our goal is to win over another one billion consumers around the world by innovating and creating cosmetic and skincare products that meet the infinite diversity of their beauty needs and desires.
That’s about us… now what about you? You are driven and up for a challenge! You’re passionate about putting your best foot forward, but you’re not afraid to fail either. You love to learn, grow and make an impact on the world. You can be an intern, or at a senior level position, we’re always looking for new people to join our teams.