Leads BOOKTRAIL’s bookstore business, overseeing sales and operations teams of 15–20 people while driving adoption, major-chain negotiations, store support, and service improvements.
PubteX is a publishing-technology company founded by Marubeni group companies and publishers Kodansha, Shogakukan and Shueisha. It uses publishing data and title-specific AI models to recommend print runs and distribution volumes, helping publishers and distributors reduce returns and improve supply-chain efficiency.
Its IoT business sells RFID tags and provides SaaS and devices to publishers and bookstores. Its BOOKTRAIL system tracks each tagged book’s location, movement and inventory, supporting receiving, stocktaking, shelf management and theft prevention. In July 2026, PubteX and its three publisher shareholders announced plans to expand RFID tagging beyond comics into additional book categories.
- Salary range
- ¥5M – ¥16.1M
- Median
- ¥7M – ¥10M
- Remote or hybrid
- 59%
- Most requested
- Google Cloud 4
- Python 3
- AWS 2
- Azure 2
- Docker 2
- Generative AI / LLM 2
- Japanese posting, level unstated 17
- Common areas
- Project management 5
- Business development 4
- Consulting & strategy 4
- Sales 3
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open positions at PubteX
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Uses publisher and bookstore logistics and sales data to develop book-demand forecasts, recommendations, and inventory and delivery optimization. The role spans generative-AI data enrichment through model deployment and operation in products.
Develops supply-chain services for publishers and booksellers, mapping operations and improving production, replenishment, logistics planning, and service implementation.
Supports governance and management for PubteX’s AI supply-chain division, monitoring priority themes, budgets and risks while preparing reports and proposals for executives and stakeholders.
Supports bookstore adoption of automated replenishment and ordering services, translating workflows into requirements, coordinating setup, monitoring use, and proposing data-based improvements.
Propose and deliver RFID-based IoT solutions for publishers, bookstores, warehouses and related businesses, identifying issues, running demos and PoCs, and coordinating deployments and partners.
Drive field sales of AI and data technology solutions for publishers, bookstores, and distributors, from customer development and proposals through contracting and implementation coordination.
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As a member of the IoT Solutions Division, you will be responsible for planning and supporting the implementation of RFID systems for bookstores across Japan.
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