Roles of Japan Strategy & Planning Manager: This position will support Japan Strategy, Planning & Operation leader and work with Japan Senior Leadership Team closely. Japan Strategy, Planning, and Operations team responsible for driving both topline growth and profitability improvement through connecting strategic visions and day-to-day business management. The team's role has six pillars. This position will mainly focus on GTM Model Evolution, Market and Business Intelligence and Company-wide project management supported with Strategy, Planning & Operation manager. Growth Strategy: l Articulate and evolve Country-level strategies continuously to achieve market-beating topline growth in a profitable manner l Align all organizations in Cisco Japan under the umbrella of Country-level strategies l Incubate strategic initiatives such as new partnership and alliances GTM Model Evolution: l Lead market segmentation to design sales coverage model targeted to the needs of specific customer segments l Play PMO role in cross-functional initiatives targeted to drive company-wide transformation toward recurring business model l Manage multi-year transition of the changes Resource Planning and Mobilization: l Allocate resources across Cisco Japan based on the strategic priorities and growth prospects in changing market environment l Design and execute organizational structure changes l Set goals and incentives to all sales agents to drive desired outcome l Drive sales training and skill development efforts to enable both short-term growth and long-term transformation l Lead productivity improvement initiatives Management Review Cadence: l Organize regular business reviews as the key Plan-Do-Check-Action cycle to supervise businesses across Cisco Japan, solve problems in a timely manner, and enable progresses l Provide update to the Worldwide and APJC leadership Market and Business Intelligence: l Collect, analyze, and share key insights to enable informed decisions at all levels l Monitor alarming signs on business performance, market share, and competitors to trigger alerts and call to actions in a timely manner Company-wide project management: l CSet up and facilitate meetings and check the progress of each task for projects involving various departments within the company l Appropriately assess project status and share the status and request support from Cisco Japan/Global leadership teams when necessary Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.