Brand
Vacancy title
Global Strategy PMO Manager - Japan
Ref
20594
Function
General Management
City
Tokyo
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
05/10/2024
Description

 

Triumph is one of the world’s largest intimate apparel companies. It enjoys a presence in over 80 countries with the core brands Triumph® and sloggi®. Globally, the company serves 20,000 wholesale customers and sells its products in more than 2,300 controlled points of sale as well as via several own online shops. The Triumph Group is a member of the amfori Business Social Compliance Initiative (amfori BSCI).

 

 

Learn more about Triumph on:

www.triumph.com

www.facebook.com/Triumph/

www.instagram.com/Triumph/

www.linkedin.com/company/triumph-international/

 

 

We are looking for a talented individual to join our Japan office as a 

Global Strategy PMO Manager - Japan


The purpose of our Project Management Office is twofold: to manage Triumph’s investment in the business transformation program in order to achieve delivery of strategic objectives; and to provide a full PMO service-offering across the company’s project portfolio to support its delivery.

Your Responsibilities:

Responsible to coordinate and support the delivery of a sales growth strategy. The candidate will act as a facilitator between the various company divisions, Global and Regional, in order to track strategic project‘s development & completions.

    1. Facilitate the delivery of multiple, cross-functional projects across Triumph Japan to agreed goals, timelines, scope and budgets
    2. Support project leads in setting-up project/business plans, providing both a standard methodology and working tools
    3. Directly perform modelling and analytical activities (Excel) to estimate expectations in terms of financial and business impacts of ongoing projects
    4. Work in connection with the Financial Office & Business Controllers to track delivery of initiatives
    5. Facilitate communication towards Japan board members and top managers, supporting project leads in documents redaction (PowerPoint)
    6. Facilitate a timely delivery of monthly project status overview reports, organize and support transformation workshops and update calls
    7. Grant the overall perspective on the transformation effort while contributing to the actual delivery of projects (define prioritization and scoping with Head of Divisions, interdependencies)
    8. Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders, Global & Japan Management Board and transformation lead
    9. Act as an interface between global and regional functions to ensure constant alignment and facilitate decision making
    10. Facilitate the development of strategic projects that will bring profitable growth to Triumph Japan
    11. Support Japan management to discover blind spots and room for opportunities
    12. Align with Global PMO division on projects and communicate effectively on the progress of these projects           

Your ideal profile:

  • 5 years of solid experience related to project management, strategic alignement, organization and innovation support.
  • Experience in working with cross-functional teams and strong stakeholder management
  • Experience in a consulting firm or a strategic department ideally in a consumer goods environment
  • Bachelor’s Degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
  •   Proven success record in an international organization in Japan with similar role
  • Language skill: Fluent Japanese and fluent level of business English, spoken and written
  • IT proficiency:  Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Pivot, PowerPivot, DAX, etc.)
    Database knowledge
  • Demonstrated understanding of the design and development of reporting tools and dashboards.
  • Knowledge of statistics and experience using statistical packages for analyzing large datasets
  • Strong business acumen:
    • Strong ability to convert data into insights and deliver it as stories, utilizing pictures and narratives
    • Analytical and Critical, and Conceptual Thinking
    • Good numerical skills
  • Precise, organized, and persistent
  • Fast learner, agile, Go-getter, hands on & Can-do attitude
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Teamworking skills
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Self-motivated

We offer:

You will never walk alone

As a family owned business with more than 135 years of experience, Triumph embraces diversity throughout our global organization. Currently, our offices are present in over 40 countries across Europe and Asia having many international teams collaborate together every day. Guiding our corporate behaviors are respect and value for our employees, but also Collaboration as one of our key Corporate Competencies, being a core part of our every day working environment.

Make a Difference, together

The future belongs to our children. At Triumph, we want to be proud of our commitment to building a sustainable society and protecting the environment, and we work everyday to ensure our products are manufactured in an sustainable way. This is our vision: We want to be a company that is characterized by responsible leadership and consideration for future generations and that cares for the legacy that we leave behind to our children.

Putting People at the center

At Triumph we are committed to our employees, they represent the foundation for our success. This means that as a company, we are driven to offer great career opportunities in a dynamic fast-paced organization. Our HR function across the globe strives to support our employees in their development, through our Triumph Learning Academy

We continuously strive to recruit new talent, offering them one of the textile industry’s most international working environments, excellent conditions and great development opportunities in a company still owned and managed by the founding families. Our headquarters employs people from more than 30 nationalities and as a European company, we are present in many key markets in Europe, like Germany, Italy, France and growing in Eastern Europe. We are proud to have become one of the leading players in Asia very early on, in countries like Japan, China and Singapore, as well as being an employer that people aspire to work for. As a company serving women, we fundamentally believe in gender equality and diversity. Women make up more than 50% of our company’s workforce. In the last years, we have had a specific and successful drive to increase the number of women in management.

Triumph is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. 

If you are seeking a great opportunity to develop your career, please send us your CV in English by clicking on Apply.