Pornind de la moștenirea noastră impresionantă de peste 150 de ani, suntem deschizători de drumuri pentru îmbunătățirea vietii, în fiecare zi. Astăzi și pentru generațiile viitoare. Prin mărcile și tehnologiile noastre inovatoare și sustenabile, cu ajutorul echipelor noastre din întreaga lume. Henkel deține poziții de lider atât în domeniul industrial, cât și în cel al bunurilor de consum. Portofoliul nostru include produse de îngrijire a părului bine-cunoscute, produse de igienă personală și a locuinței, detergent de rufe, precum și adezivi, etanșanți și soluții funcționale pentru suprafețe.
Channel manager
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About this Position
This role is responsible for steering and driving the execution of the regional sales and channel excellence roadmap in Japan. You will translate global and regional frameworks into local action, ensuring strong channel discipline, sustainable growth, and strategic alignment across stakeholders.
As a key contributor to sales excellence, you will lead channel strategy development, accelerate digital growth, and drive continuous improvement across distribution and agent performance.
What you´ll do
- Channel Strategy & Execution Excellence: Drive regional implementation of channel frameworks, policies, and growthstrategies. Identify underexploited channel opportunities and ensure disciplined execution aligned with channel development targets. Continuously evaluate and optimize existing and potential channel partners.
- Sales Excellence & Strategic Projects: Lead and support strategic sales excellence initiatives (e.g., ACE and other regional programs). Critically review the effectiveness of product launches, promotions, and commercial activities to ensure continuous improvement in targeting and execution.
- Digital & eCommerce Acceleration: Drive the implementation of global and regional eCommerce strategies in Japan, integrating digital platforms with traditional sales channels to maximize reach and revenue impact.
- Market & Pricing Alignment: Work closely with the pricing team to ensure regional price alignment and competitiveness. Maintain a strong understanding of market developments, competitor dynamics, and product knowledge to inform commercial decisions.
- Stakeholder & Distribution Management: Align with global and regional sales/channel excellence teams on roll-outs and shared distributor strategies. Sponsor or manage key distribution accounts as required and collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective execution.
- Team Leadership & Market Engagement: Lead and develop a team of four members, providing direction, coaching, and performance oversight. Travel regularly within the market to maintain close engagement with agents and customers and strengthen business partnerships.
What makes you a good fit
Must have
- Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred
- Native Japanese, fluent in English for global communication
- 7–10 years of experience in channel management, sales excellence, or business development
- Strong strategic, analytical, and structured thinking capabilities
- Experience driving regional initiatives within a multinational environment preferred
- Leadership potential with team management experience
Nice to have
- Experience in a global company
- Chinese language skills (beneficial for regional collaboration)
- Exposure to consumer business and e-commerce channels
- Multi-category pricing and go-to-market experience
Some perks of joining Henkel
- Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid work model, and work from anywhere policy for up to 30 days per year
- Diverse national and international growth opportunities
- Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
- Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
- Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
- Retirement Pension Plan (Corporate DC and CB composition)
- Sick Leave
- Group Term Life Insurance
- Supplementary Workers' Accident Insurance
At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.
JOB ID: 26091830
Job Locations: Japan, Kanagawa-Ken, Yokohama
Contact information for application-related questions: recruitment.jp@henkel.com
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Sunt interesat de mai multe joburi. Pot aplica pentru mai multe posturi în același timp?
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Can employees move between business areas and/or to a different country?
Yes, in fact it is an expectation within Henkel that our talent is flexible and mobile. This helps to support the company on a broad, global level.
Our “Triple Two” philosophy promotes this expectation, by allowing you to work in at least two different roles, in two different business areas and two different countries. The reason behind this philosophy is that we believe working in different roles, business units and functions is good for your personal development and improves your understanding of Henkel as a global company.
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