This role manages supply chain activities for Rakuten’s device sales business, including demand planning, purchasing coordination, inventory control, shipment scheduling, supplier communication, and sales-team support. Candidates should have experience in supply chain management, procurement, logistics, inventory planning, or a related commercial operation. Strong spreadsheet and data-analysis skills, attention to detail, problem-solving ability, and effective communication are important. Experience with mobile devices, consumer electronics, wholesale operations, or vendor management is advantageous. Business-level Japanese and English may be expected in Rakuten’s international environment. The successful candidate will be expected to improve operational efficiency, maintain accurate product availability, coordinate across departments, and respond quickly to changing sales demand.
Rakuten Group, Inc. is a major Japanese technology and internet company headquartered in Tokyo. Founded in 1997, it operates a broad ecosystem covering e-commerce, digital content, online advertising, fintech, banking, securities, travel, telecommunications, and mobile services. Rakuten’s business model connects customers and merchants through its membership and loyalty platform, including Rakuten Points. The company serves users in Japan and international markets and employs people from many nationalities. Its culture emphasizes innovation, customer focus, data-driven decision-making, and collaboration across businesses. In this role, the employee would support Rakuten’s device-related commercial operations, helping coordinate products, suppliers, inventory, and sales execution within the Group Sales Division.
Japan offers strong opportunities in technology, telecommunications, e-commerce, logistics, finance, manufacturing, and international business. Tokyo is the main employment center and provides extensive rail transport, diverse neighborhoods, restaurants, healthcare, and cultural attractions, though housing can be expensive. Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Sapporo generally offer lower living costs and different lifestyle advantages. Japanese workplace culture values punctuality, teamwork, reliability, and careful communication. Learning Japanese is highly beneficial, even when English is used at multinational companies. Most overseas employees need an employer-sponsored work visa, commonly an Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services visa; qualifications and job duties must meet immigration requirements. New arrivals should arrange housing, residence registration, health insurance, a bank account, and a phone contract. Japan has four seasons, excellent public transport, safe cities, and convenient services, but relocation requires adapting to language, workplace etiquette, and administrative procedures.
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