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カスタマーマーケティングシニアマネージャー/ Customer Marketing Senior Manager

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A global luxury consumer company is looking for a Customer Marketing Senior Manager. The selected candidate will lead customer marketing strategy in Japan, translate brand plans into channel-specific activation, strengthen sales and marketing alignment, manage agencies and budgets, and develop team capabilities while protecting luxury brand equity.

Responsibilities:

  • Translate annual brand plans into channel-specific activation strategies, customer plans, and investment priorities across On-Trade and Off-Trade
  • Develop activation programmes, toolkits, and customer proposals using shopper insights, field feedback, and performance learnings
  • Build category, channel, and shopper expertise to generate insights and compelling selling stories for priority key accounts
  • Partner with the Commercial Excellence Director and cross-functional teams to develop customer partnerships, joint business plans, and high-impact initiatives
  • Track activation and sales performance through KPIs, ROI, and market feedback and recommend actions to improve commercial impact
  • Lead cross-functional planning across Marketing, Sales, Finance, Supply Chain, and Consumer Insight to align priorities and support effective execution
  • Lead brand visibility initiatives across key accounts, priority channels, and trade events with Marketing and external agencies
  • Set and maintain in-store visibility, activation compliance, and luxury execution standards, including Perfect Store guidelines, tools, and training
  • Partner with Brand, Finance, Procurement, and Operations to manage budgets, optimise spend, and improve return on activation investment
  • Drive continuous improvement by evaluating performance, identifying successful approaches, and embedding learnings into repeatable tools and processes

Requirements:

  • More than 5 years of experience in customer marketing, trade marketing, category management, or commercial excellence within premium consumer industries
  • Experience in brand marketing, product marketing, commercial planning, or category management, particularly within luxury
  • Strong project management experience
  • Proven success leading cross-functional activation programmes and managing external agencies or vendors
  • Strong commercial acumen, including KPI management, ROI evaluation, and protection of premium brand positioning in trade
  • Strong data and performance literacy, including KPI dashboards and ROI analysis tools
  • Strong affinity for luxury, lifestyle, hospitality, and premium consumer experiences
  • Native level Japanese; business level English

About the Company:

This company operates in the luxury and premium consumer industry, with a focus on brand desirability, customer marketing, and premium consumer experiences. The organisation works across Japan and APAC, connecting global brand strategies with local market execution.

Keywords:

カスタマーマーケティング, トレードマーケティング, カテゴリーマネジメント, 商業戦略, ブランドマーケティング, プレミアム消費財, ラグジュアリーマーケティング, 営業企画, 求人, 外資系

Job Ref: V8158O

Contract Type: Perm

Specialism: Sales

Focus: Consumer

Industry: FMCG

Salary: ¥11,000,000 - ¥13,000,000 per annum

Workplace Type: On-site

Experience Level: Mid Management

Language: Japanese - Native

Second Language: English - Business level

Location: Tokyo

Job Reference: V8158O-C7D41486

Date posted: 8 September 2026

Consultant: Mook Ishimura