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As the Workplace Events Planner, you will lead the planning, coordination and execution of high-touch workplace meetings, events, activations and employee engagement experiences for on-site events at your assigned location and any REW-led events. This role sits at the intersection of logistics, hospitality, workplace experience and strategic collaboration, ensuring that every event brings people together, supports business priorities and reflects a thoughtful, inclusive and on-brand experience. You will partner closely with the Workplace Events and Ops team, business stakeholders, executive assistants and business partners, IT/AV, Corporate Security, vendors, building management and front desk team to deliver seamless event experiences from initial intake through post-event recap. You will manage event planning, workflow coordination, stakeholder governance, guest experience, vendor delivery, budgets, event spaces, employee experience programming, inventory and continuous improvement across the workplace events program. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, calm under pressure and deeply service-minded. They can manage multiple events and stakeholders simultaneously, make sound real-time decisions, troubleshoot issues on the ground, mentor others and elevate workplace community through creative, practical and well-executed event experiences.
Support Procurement and Cost Efficiency (PaCE) day to day sourcing activities, manage stakeholder relationships, contract and supplier management, and data analysis. Execution of sourcing projects across a variety of categories areas delivered within allocated timeframes and ensuring all reporting tools are updated in line with specified timelines. Execution of some SoW's, contract renewals and amendments. Respond in a timely manner to stakeholder requests. Support building online events for supplier information, e-auctions and online tendering, ensuring RFx events are run effectively and seamlessly for both internal customers and suppliers. Analyze tender returns and collate information whilst meeting agreed delivery SLA’s and compliance. Provide insight on tender returns to simplify review process for internal customers. Develop and maintain procurement documentation as required. Perform Quality Checks on own work and for team members where requested. Provide suggestions and input as to how services could be improved or delivered more effectively and provide, assistance with service reporting as appropriate. Maintain regular and appropriate communications throughout the Sourcing process both internal and external. Prioritize workload to ensure delivery of projects within agreed SLA’s.
Business Overview The Marketing Division leads brand, creative,marketing, and membership as a cross-group organization with a mission to expand Rakuten Group's membership value and ecosystem of over 70 services. We believe that the mobile domain is a platform that plays a fundamental role in the ecosystem, and as the Marketing Division, we are further promoting collaboration with Rakuten Mobile. Department Overview Marketing Planning Department is an organization that leads the planning of Rakuten Mobile's plans and product strategies and their implementation. The Payment Designing Department serves as the "heart" of Rakuten Mobile’s business, overseeing all payment and credit operations. From a marketing strategy perspective, we design the entire "flow of money"—encompassing billing, payments, and risk control—to drive strategic initiatives that balance profitability with an exceptional user experience. Within this department, the Billing Planning Group supports the foundation of our business revenue by optimizing billing and payment processes through data-driven insights. Our core activities include: Proactive Risk Mitigation: Predicting user behavior to design and implement optimal preventive approaches. Advancing Collection Processes: Optimizing post-billing responses based on data analysis to build a framework for prompt and reliable recovery. Balancing Profit Maximization and User Convenience: Driving stable growth through data-backed strategies that ensure both business efficiency and customer satisfaction. Position: Why We Hire As our business scales rapidly, we are looking for new team members to help drive transformation from fresh perspectives. Prior experience in the telecommunications or payment industries is not required. We invite you to bring your expertise in consulting, planning, or data analysis and apply it to our team’s challenges. This role is ideal for those who thrive where strategy and execution intersect, and who are eager to deliver results through a hands-on approach. You will start by mastering our core operations, with the goal of growing into a leader who drives business growth through data-driven strategy and new business development. Position Details Planning and implementing data-driven improvement initiatives, and measuring their effectiveness Planning UI/UX improvements for websites and printed materials Defining requirements and managing progress as the business owner for development projects Promoting projects with the participation of stakeholders both within and outside the Rakuten Group Designing new operations and improving existing operations Coordinating and negotiating with partner companies Work Environment Payment Designing Section; 7 ppl Billing Planning Group; 3 ppl Credit Management Group; 3 ppl *Our team is currently composed primarily of members in their 20s and 30s.
The Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto is looking for a Housekeeping Supervisor. Candidates with passion for excellence, expertise in hospitality operations and proven leadership experience are invited to apply for a career with Four Seasons. As a member of the Rooms Division, the Housekeeping Supervisor works across disciplines to deliver an exceptional experience. The Floor Supervisor is responsible for ensuring all guest rooms meet the highest standards oversees both Room Attendants and Houseman working on the floors conducting detailed inspections of their work.
The Securities & Derivatives Senior Manager is a senior management level position responsible for accomplishing results through the management of a team or department in an effort to process orders and transactions originating from trading desks and branch offices in coordination with the Operations - Transaction Services team. The overall objective of this role is to ensure the seamless settlement of securities and derivatives transactions. Responsibilities include developing and implementing business initiatives, client solutions, or projects affiliated with securities and derivatives settlement, solving complex inquiries, conducting discovery and completing due diligence activities for client requests, providing detailed analysis of escalated issues when necessary and recommending actions for resolution, contributing to processing standards and expectations for securities and derivatives processing teams, developing and implementing business plans, policies, and procedures that offer solutions and cost saving opportunities, managing daily performance related to securities and derivatives post-settlement activities of operations processes, proposing solutions to implement settlement process improvements, client service enhancements, or overall technology enhancements, coordinating with internal and external clients to assess service quality and identify areas for improvement, acting as an advisor to new/junior staff, appropriately assessing risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervising the activity of others and creating accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards. Develop and seek opportunity for AI usage for work efficiency.
ispace, inc. is looking for a Business Development and Project Manager, who will be responsible for driving strategic business development initiatives and managing end-to-end project execution in the space sector. This role involves high-level client engagement, proposal development, contract negotiation, and coordination with internal stakeholders across global offices.
This is a Director position overseeing business development, government relations, and lobbying activities for the Japan business in space missions, including lunar exploration. Based on technical understanding, you will lead the promotion of the Japan business strategy, support proposals, negotiations, and decision-making for important projects while collaborating with management, technical departments, and government agencies both domestically and internationally. We expect you to contribute to the success of missions and business growth in Japan and globally through the establishment of strategic relationships with both government and private sectors.
This position involves the architectural design of transportation to the Moon and lunar surface development, as well as the creation of new business ventures. You will be responsible for some or all aspects of the architectural design for various projects, including future transportation to the Moon and lunar orbit, development of lunar infrastructure (power and communication), and services utilizing lunar orbit satellites. This includes lobbying and launching missions involving private companies and academia, not limited to space enterprises. Based in the Tokyo headquarters, this role focuses on mission design aimed at realizing hardware specifications that should be achieved in the future, rather than conceptual business plans, with the ultimate goal of bringing these into actual services. You will report directly to the Director of New Business Development and drive activities to realize these missions. Additionally, you will share responsibilities for ensuring the sustainability of these businesses, including improvements in spacecraft production, insurance strategies, and rocket strategies. You will be assigned tasks from the following duties based on discussions with you: New business development in lunar and lunar orbit: - Market research and corporate analysis - Business planning - Hardware architecture considerations - Public relations and lobbying to the government - Proposal planning to companies/government, project management, and regular reporting - Consortium formation - Preparation of bid proposals and order proposals - Project management after receiving orders (including negotiations with stakeholders) - Technical considerations for projects after receiving orders (mainly requirements specification formulation, compliance checks, vendor requirements specification creation) Support for improving existing businesses and supporting new businesses: - Insurance strategies - Rocket strategies (including communication with launch service providers) - Improvements in spacecraft production systems (mainly from the perspective of government and corporate collaboration).
This position is responsible for one of the most critical functions supporting our business growth, which is recruitment. You will closely collaborate with mid- to long-term management strategies, business strategies, and organizational strategies, driving the design of recruitment strategies, acquiring critical talent, and enhancing and internalizing the recruitment process in a seamless manner. This position is not just about recruitment operations; we expect you to define the truly necessary talent for management and business, attract them from the market, and welcome them as a 'TA Partner.' The initial job title is not fixed, and we will flexibly consider roles and positions within the recruitment team based on your experience and abilities.
ispace is looking for the Organization Performance & Development Specialist to join our growing team in Tokyo. We are a Japan-based company expanding globally in the space industry—an industry with few precedents and no established playbooks. The Organization Performance & Development Specialist is responsible for building an environment where employees can learn, grow, and perform at their best, with Learning & Development as the core focus, complemented by Employee Support and Performance Coaching from the perspectives of dialogue, relationships, and engagement. This role is not about simply operating training programs or HR systems. Working closely with business, organizational, and corporate strategies, you will take end-to-end ownership of: Defining the talent and skills truly required for business growth in a specialized field Designing and deploying how those capabilities are developed and embedded within the organization Creating an environment where learning and meaningful dialogue occur naturally.