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Explore hand-picked jobs in Japan for English speakers across tech, education, marketing, and more.
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Explore hand-picked jobs in Japan for English speakers across tech, education, marketing, and more.
Vetted companies only. Apply from overseas.
BoschHelp shape how Bosch Rexroth Japan connects its technologies with customers and its growth ambitions through marketing. Bosch Rexroth Japan is going through an important transformation, with Japan receiving significant strategic attention and support from our global business units. Marketing has an important role to play in this development. We are looking for a hands-on Marketing Group Leader who can lead and develop our local team while building a more strategic, measurable and commercially connected marketing approach. You will work closely with business unit managers, Sales leaders and other stakeholders across Japan, while being strongly connected to our global business unit marketing teams. This provides significant international exposure as well as access to global expertise, resources and support. Key Responsibilities Lead & develop the team: Lead our Marketing team, develop capabilities and establish clear priorities and effective ways of working. Shape the marketing approach: Translate business priorities into a focused marketing plan with clear target audiences, channels, objectives and KPIs. Connect Marketing to Sales: Work closely with business unit and Sales leaders to ensure Marketing contributes to customer engagement, lead generation and growth. Lead marketing activities hands-on: Personally own and execute key projects, such as trade fairs, exhibitions, campaigns or other strategic marketing initiatives. Strengthen digital marketing: Further develop our use of digital channels, CRM, lead automation and performance data. Connect Japan & Global: Leverage global marketing expertise, tools and content and translate them effectively to the Japanese market. The Team You will lead two Marketing employees, one based in Yokohama and one in Tsuchiura, supported by a full-time Marketing intern. We actively encourage the continued use and development of interns within the team. This is a small team with broad responsibility, so we are looking for someone who enjoys combining leadership and strategy with hands-on execution. The position is based in Yokohama with hybrid working available. Travel to Tsuchiura and other locations in Japan is expected when required for events, customer or partner activities, and other business needs.
- Business-level Japanese and English. - Strong marketing experience, preferably in a B2B environment. - Proven leadership experience - through people management, project leadership or significant cross-functional responsibility. - Strong business orientation and the ability to connect Marketing with commercial priorities. - Hands-on mentality and willingness to personally lead and execute marketing activities. - Structured, proactive and solution-oriented working style. - Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- Experience in industrial or technology markets, digital marketing, CRM, lead generation, marketing automation or working closely with Sales would be an advantage. - We ideally seek someone with proven people-leadership experience, but are also open to high-potential marketing professionals who have demonstrated strong leadership capabilities and are ready to take the next step.
- Good access to public transportation, company bike leasing, choice between a free ticket for core zone, a subsidized Klimaticket, or an employee parking space. - Free motorcycle parking. - Flexitime and modern working time models ranging from part-time to job sharing, home office and incorporated window days off. - Extensive range of training courses offered by the Bosch Learning Company, coaching and mentoring, educational leave and a structured and supportive familiarisation programme. - Free bicycle parking in the courtyard, secure bicycle parking space. - Social counselling and intermediary service for care services. - Intermediary service for childcare services. - Healthy and tasty meals at subsidised prices in our company restaurant and cafeteria, free coffee in our coffee kitchens.
