Business Planning Staff, Printing Business Division

This role supports business planning and business administration in the printing business. The work coordinates processes from development and production through sales so that printing devices and solutions can reach markets smoothly. The position involves coordinating and negotiating with other departments and companies while advancing projects as part of a team.

Responsibilities are organized across four areas. Product planning includes preparing medium-term product plans and planning product specifications. Product commercialization includes managing schedules through new-product introduction, planning product lineups by market, and managing each product’s lifecycle from the start of production through the end of sales. Business planning includes weekly coordination of production quantities with manufacturing departments and comprehensive management of the supply chain from production through overseas export and delivery to sales companies. Sales promotion includes business-unit budget management, developing and promoting sales strategies by market, and managing business negotiations.

Candidates should have experience coordinating with other departments or companies, experience in a planning or administrative department, and experience serving as a leader or coordinator. At least three years of experience in one or a similar area is required, including cost, performance, investment, production or sales planning and management; medium- or long-term business planning; budget, profit-and-loss, expense or investment management; accounting, finance or tax-related work; order handling including proposal and contract preparation or management; coordination between production and sales; or project promotion. Experience coordinating with internal or external parties, serving as a coordinator, or overseas assignment or study-abroad experience is welcomed.

The team works on projects involving printing products and cloud-based digital services across commercial printing, general office and consumer markets. The business supports workflows connecting paper and digital processes and aims to build digital-service products and digital businesses globally.

The position is a regular employee role at Canon’s headquarters in Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo. Standard working hours are 8:30–17:00, although some offices use 8:00–16:30. Overtime pay is provided separately except when hired as a managerial supervisor. Annual salary is 5.3–8.7 million yen, with treatment determined based on experience and ability. Salary increases are once a year and bonuses are paid twice a year. The position provides a five-day workweek in principle on Saturdays and Sundays, public holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, a May holiday period, and summer leave, with 125 annual holidays. Benefits include transportation expenses, social insurance, a retirement allowance, corporate pension, savings programs, employee shareholding, mutual aid, education programs, childcare-related reduced working hours, and recreation and sports facilities.