Sales & Operations Execution Manager - Asia Pacific Operations

Tokyo, Japan

About the role

A successful candidate for this role will bring effective analytical and communication skills, driving solid decisions under continued uncertainty and change, while also driving continued improvement in our operations, processes, and tools. Own the end-to-end alignment of demand & supply planning process, to our product strategy and financial targets. Lead Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) forums to balance demand and supply risks and drive clarity and alignment across functional teams. Engage and build positive relationships with a wide set of stakeholders, from Supply Chain and Channel Management to Category, Sales, Finance and Logistics teams, driving clarity and alignment on business needs. Proactively identifying risks and opportunities and mitigating where possible. Continually develop and improve the processes and tools to keep pace with a changing business environment and evolving tools like AI. Build trust and credibility in managing existing relationships with internal teams while applying expertise to cross-functional and partner teams. Manages and balances escalations to and from stakeholders and determines necessity of requests from stakeholders to identify and escalate requests as needed, filtering non-applicable requests. Connects customer/partner opportunities with internal stakeholders (e.g., Finance, Sales, Marketing) and advocates for customers/partners to internal teams. Defines, develops, and implements demand plans, supply plans, risks and opportunities, and key performance indicator (KPI) tracking to communicate them to stakeholder groups. Collaborates with internal stakeholders to finalize project budgets and scope of work to meet financial and company goals (e.g., realization/margin targets), proactively ensuring adherence to change control processes. Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Data Analytics, Business Operations, Finance, or related field AND 8+ years experience in data science/analytics, engineering, industrial engineering, supply chain, operations, or project management with a supply chain or operations field. OR equivalent experience. Language fluency both in Japanese and English These

requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Information Technology, Business, Operations, Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years supply chain, inventory management or sales operations experience, preferably in planning (demand/supply), supplier relationship management, customer relationship management, and/or channel management experience. OR equivalent experience

About Swiftkey

SwiftKey is a technology company that aims to enhance interaction between keyboards and people. It upgrades smartphone keyboards to make typing faster, by utilizing artificial intelligence to learn from each user in order to autocorrect and predict their next word. The SwiftKey Keyboard for Android supports more than 80 languages. SwiftKey was founded by Ben Medlock and Jon Reynolds in 2008 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Other roles at Swiftkey

Interested?

Let me introduce you to the founders.

Skip the process

Refer someone

Know someone great for this role?

Share your link. If they get hired through Standout, you get $3,000.

Job details

Location

Tokyo, Japan

Company

NameSwiftkey
IndustryAndroid
Team Size2

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.