Business strategy member - Energy Division

Job DescriptionBusiness OverviewRakuten is Japan's largest marketplace and Internet ecosystem, offering a wide range of more than 70 services, including e-commerce, travel, banking, fintech, food delivery, golf, insurance, instant messaging, and mobile networking. Rakuten offers more than 140 services worldwide, of which Communications & Energy Company is the division that operates the cell phone business and other telecommunications and electric energy-related businesses.Please see below for a list of Communications & Energy Company's services*.https://corp.rakuten.co.jp/about/company/communications_energy.htmlDepartment OverviewAs a retail electricity provider of the Rakuten Group, Rakuten Electricity provides "Rakuten Denki," an electricity service for general households, and "Rakuten Gas," a city gas service. Rakuten Electricity is expanding its services to become the No. 1 new electric power company by providing a safe, convenient, and affordable experience close to its users.The service features a simple design with a basic charge of zero yen and a single metered charge based on the amount of electricity used, instead of the complicated and difficult electricity rate plans of the past. The service allows customers to receive Rakuten points based on their electricity bills and to pay their electricity bills with the points.Furthermore, the digitization of the energy field is expected to continue in the future, including the digitization of electricity meters, the development of mobile communication technology, and the spread of IoT and AI. With the spread of distributed power resources such as solar power generation, storage batteries, and electric vehicles, virtual power plants (VPPs) can be used to control and optimize power supply and demand, bundle power sources generated by each household, and mutually trade power. I can also imagine a future where this is done. Against this backdrop, we aim to establish a new power platform by leveraging Rakuten Group's IT technology and big data.PositionWhy We HireDue to internal transfer.From 2023, we will select the service development of the business and focus on the points where Rakuten Group's strength of personalized x online can be demonstrated, and the business scale is several tens of billions of yen with stable revenue growth in 2023 and 2024.Position Details You will be responsible for strengthening the foundation and formulating and implementing growth strategies for the Rakuten Group's next big challenge in the energy field.in particular Analyze the annual business status such as PL and the status of each KPI and regularly report to management Implementation of problem solving and short- and long-term policy formulation Collaborate with each organization within the business to collect information, consider and plan, analyze, create materials, build consensus, and ultimately provide accurate reporting to management. Plan medium- to long-term strategies and budgets, and lead company-wide policy decisions and management of implementation status. Challenging/AttractiveRakuten Energy's business scale is still in the tens of billions of yen.You will be able to be involved in major decision-making that will affect the coming years in the Rakuten Group's future important domain of energy.In addition, you will be able to acquire the ability to present and explain information necessary for decision-making for top management.Naturally, you will be able to develop your own important decision-making and management skills at a high level.Work EnvironmentManagement Strategy DivisionNumber of people: 3 peopleComposition: Men and women in their 30s and 40sAll are mid-career hires.People with no experience in the energy industry are also active.Mandatory Qualifications Over 3 years of experience in advanced analysis using numbers and business promotion Experience in business planning and service analysis using Excel and Power PointDesired Qualifications Consulting firm experience or business company strategy/management planning experience Power industry experience Those who can complete the process from problem detection to execution Experience communicating with managementOthers InformationAdditional information on SecondmentAfter joining Rakuten Group, Inc. you will be transferred to Rakuten Mobile, Inc.#business #strategyplanning #communicationsandenergy #RakutenEnergyLanguagesJapanese (Overall - 4 - Fluent)