Head of Corporate Planning Office Candidate

The Head of the Corporate Planning Office will support management decision-making while taking hands-on responsibility for execution. The role leads the development of medium- and long-term management plans and drives business initiatives through implementation.

Key responsibilities include developing business and medium-term management plans with management, turning strategy into concrete actions, and working with factories and business departments to validate figures and implement improvements. The role designs and analyzes practical KPIs, manages budgets and actual results, investigates variances with operational teams, and leads corrective action. It also establishes systems for manufacturing cost calculation and cost management to improve profitability. The position shares responsibility for operating management meetings and board meetings, including organizing issues for better decision-making and creating mechanisms that move the organization forward.

Applicants must have experience in corporate planning, business planning or consulting, including involvement in implementation and management after planning. Basic knowledge of cost accounting and management accounting, or equivalent experience, is required. Experience managing profitability through project costs or effort management in IT or systems development is also considered. The role requires a hands-on orientation, execution ability, numerical analysis, willingness to visit operational sites, and the ability to coordinate stakeholders and align executives and operational teams around shared goals.

Preferred experience includes detailed cost calculation, cost management or cost planning in manufacturing, especially materials or chemicals; leading an ERP implementation project or business process reform; business-level English for overseas investor relations and future global expansion; and practical experience as a CFO or finance and accounting head at a startup. Knowledge of or a strong interest in GX and sustainability is also welcomed.

TBM develops and sells environmentally oriented materials and products and operates resource-circulation businesses, including LIMEX, carbon recycling and recycled materials. The position is based at the company’s headquarters in Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, and works across finance, business divisions and manufacturing operations.

Working hours are 9:00–18:00 including a 60-minute break, with a flextime system. Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays and the year-end/New Year period are holidays, with 120 annual holidays. One holiday workday per year may occur for TBM CAMP. The position is full-time, with a six-month probation period under the same conditions. Salary includes 45 hours of fixed overtime per month and is determined according to experience, skills and potential. Benefits include housing assistance subject to conditions, furniture relocation assistance, commuting allowance up to JPY 30,000, special leave at joining, a reduced-hours system, and award incentives.