About Woven By Toyota
Woven by Toyota is enabling Toyota's once-in-a-century transformation into a mobility company. Inspired by a legacy of innovating for the benefit of others, our mission is to challenge the current state of mobility through human-centric innovation — expanding what "mobility" means and how it serves society.

Our work centers on four pillars: AD/ADAS, our autonomous driving and advanced driver assist technologies; Arene, our software development platform for software-defined vehicles; Woven City, a test course for mobility; and Cloud & AI, the digital infrastructure powering our collaborative foundation. Business-critical functions empower these teams to execute, and together, we're working toward one bold goal: a world with zero accidents and enhanced well-being for all.

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TEAM
Arene 's mission is to empower Toyota and its partners to deliver next-generation vehicles with hardware-agnostic software that can be updated to support new features at any time.

The Global Execution Excellence team ensures that quality is built into the product from the very beginning and strives to constantly improve the way we develop. We value the principles of the Toyota Production System and believe that thoroughly applying its methodology enables us to produce safe software in the highest quality and in the most efficient way.

In Arene, we strive to attract and retain the best people, harnessing the full potential of diversity, provide targeted, high-quality training to support their development, and create a delivery-driven culture, based on transparency, continuous learning, mutual support, respect for each other and a high awareness of the importance of safety for our products.

The Arene Operations team is taking care of a wider range of topics from operations such as procurement, asset management, location management, garage operations to IT liaison and information security processes, as well as Arene-internal communications and coordination of people development programs.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
We are looking for a servant leader who is passionate about the Toyota values of people and process orientation and continuous improvement and who will run a team of highly motivated members to drive operations for the Arene Line of Business.

We value team-oriented people, who thrive in challenging and complex environments and who are not afraid to create programs from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Define team strategy, derive key results based on Arene objectives and lead their execution
• Act as leadership figure by engaging people and caring for them, ensuring people have what they need to be successful
• Collaborate with corporate functions to define and continuously improve business processes, such as procurement and contract management, asset management, location and office space management, garage operations, etc.
• Drive alignment across global offices and ensure that processes are applied systematically
• Manage collaboration with IT (EnTech) to ensure the Arene team has the right infrastructure for developing and providing world-class products and services
• Drive information security processes and confidentiality management for the Arene organization. Ensure continuous housekeeping for successful knowledge management.
• Manage Arene internal communications and people development programs, such as onboarding, mentoring or competency assessment programs to ensure the Arene members have the right competencies, access to information and support to perform
• Ensure that Arene leadership has the required visibility on the health of operations via well-designed, up-to-date dashboards

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Data Analysis, Information Technology or a related field
• Min. 5 years experience in people management
• Min. 5 years experience working in global organizations
• Min. 5 years of experience in project management
• Proven ability to build proposals from scratch and move a project forward to high quality completion
• Proven experience in process optimization
• Excellent communication skills in spoken and written Japanese and English
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to handle ambiguity

NICE TO HAVES

• Experience in Procurement or Finance
• Experience in managing workplace operations
• Experience as Information Security Officer
• Experience in establishing processes and managing safety in vehicle workshops
• Knowledge of the Toyota Production System and the Toyota Way

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Important Points
・All interviews will be arranged via Google Meet, unless otherwise stated.

・The same job descriptions are available in both English and Japanese; therefore, we kindly ask that you apply to only one version.

・We kindly request that you submit your resume in English, if possible. However, Japanese resumes are also acceptable. Please note that, depending on the English proficiency requirements of the role, we may request an English version of your resume later in the process.

What We Offer
・Competitive Salary - Based on experience

・Work Hours - Flexible working time

・Paid Holiday - 20 days per year (prorated)

・Sick Leave - 6 days per year (prorated)

・Holiday - Sat & Sun, Japanese National Holidays, and other days defined by our company

・Japanese Social Insurance - Health Insurance, Pension, Workers' Comp, and Unemployment Insurance, Long-term care insurance

・Housing Allowance

・Retirement Benefits

・Rental Cars Support

・In-house Training Program (software study/language study)

Our Commitment
・We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.

・Any information we receive from you will be used only in the hiring and onboarding process. Please see our privacy notice for more details.