"NEW" E-commerce Director yoox.com Japan"FASHION" : CareerCross - 2015

Job Information

Hiring Company Name

YOOX KK

Job ID

559095 

Company Type

Large Company, International Company  

Job Type

Full-time  

Location

Tokyo – 23 Wards, Minato-ku

 

Train Description

Ginza Line, Omote Sando Station  

Salary

Negotiable, based on experience  

Date Refreshed

April 9th, 2015 08:50

 

General Requirements

Minimum Experience Level

Over 6 years

 

Career Level

Executive

 

Minimum English Level

Business Level (Amount Used: English usage about 50%)

 

Minimum Japanese Level

Fluent

 

Minimum Education Level

Bachelor’s Degree

 

Visa Status

Japanese national or permission to work in Japan required

 

Job Description

The e-commerce Director yoox.com in Japan will be responsible to further accelerate the growth of yoox.com in the Japanese market, in coordination with the Country Manager through overseeing all customer touch points in Japan from both a retail and marketing perspective. You’ll harness your creativity, business and marketing acumen to accomplish your goal: spread the word about yoox.com to an increasing audience and ultimately convert them into loyal customers. 

 

Main responsibilities

The candidate will be in charge of the following responsibilities:

• develop and execute comprehensive business plan merging marketing and sales strategies to drive growth and market share in the Japanese market


• devise creative ways of promoting yoox.com through co-marketing, branding partnerships, guerrilla and viral marketing


• manage and develop the Web Marketing team and optimization of budgets – maximizing ROI on any activity undertaken


• ideate and localize CRM strategies and oversee their execution integrating Social, Communication and Customer Care teams


• manage a retail and merchandising team responsible for merchandising, pricing and execution of an effective marketing/commercial calendar


• proactively work with both local and HQ teams to share best practices and efficiently use common resources

Required Skills

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of experience in Marketing and Retail, preferably in the fashion or lifestyle, multi-brand sector. He or she has:

• a strong e-commerce experience mainly focused on Retail Marketing


• a proven track record of successfully growing a business


• the ability to work independently in a complex, multicultural and changing environment


• outstanding interpersonal and communication skills


• the leadership skills needed for a dynamic team


• a network of existing contacts in the fashion, media and luxury sectors


• the ability to combine big picture thinking with detail orientation

Company Description

YOOX Group is the global Internet retailing partner for leading fashion & design brands. It has established itself amongst the market leaders with the multi-brand online stores yoox.com, thecorner.com and shoescribe.com, as well as with numerous mono-brand online stores, all of which are “Powered by YOOX Group.” The Group is also a partner of Kering, with which it has created a joint venture dedicated to the management of the mono-brand online stores of several of the Kering Group’s luxury brands. The Group has offices and operations in Europe, the United States, Japan, China and Hong Kong and delivers to more than 100 countries worldwide. Listed on the Milan stock exchange, the Group posted consolidated net revenues of Euro 524 million in 2014. For further information: www.yooxgroup.com.