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Senior Manager, Sustainability and Social Impact - London, United Kingdom - Rakuten Kobo Inc.
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Senior Manager, Sustainability and Social Impact
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Rakuten International oversees 7 businesses with over 4,000 employees globally. The brand is recognized for its leadership and innovation in e-commerce, digital content, advertising, entertainment and communications, bringing the joy of discovery and access to more than 1 billion members across the world. Our teams deliver on the company's mission to delight merchants and customers through innovation, optimism, and teamwork.
In Europe, Rakuten has been active for more than a decade and is constantly growing its footprint. The network of business units consists of more than 14 services, available in almost every European country.
Job Description: Senior Manager, Sustainability and Social Impact
As the Senior Manager of Sustainability and Social Impact you will play a pivotal role in building the Sustainability and ESG capabilities and capacities across Rakuten International. This role will be responsible for managing our global strategic initiatives related to sustainability and social impact, with a near-term focus on the development, data collection and disclosure reporting of Rakuten Interantional's performance with regards to sustainability / ESG.
The role will report directly to the Director of Sustainability and Social Impact and will work closely with team members within the Legal, Compliance, Finance, Procurement, Audit, HR, and Communications departments.
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Five Principles for Success
Our worldwide practices describe specific behaviors that make Rakuten unique and united across the world. We expect Rakuten employees to model these 5 Shugi Principles of Success. Always improve, Always Advance - Only be satisfied with complete success - Kaizen Passionately Professional - Take an uncompromising approach to your work and be determined to be the best Hypothesize - Practice - Validate – Shikumika - Use the Rakuten Cycle to succeed in unknown territory Maximize Customer Satisfaction - The greatest satisfaction for our teams is seeing their customers smile Speed Speed Speed - Always be conscious of time - take charge, set clear goals, and engage your team Rakuten provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Rakuten considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws. Five Principles for Success
Our worldwide practices describe specific behaviors that make Rakuten unique and united across the world. We expect Rakuten employees to model these 5 Shugi Principles of Success.
Passionately Professional - Take an uncompromising approach to your work and be determined to be the best
H ypothesize - Practice - Validate – Shikumika - Use the Rakuten Cycle to succeed in unknown territory
Maximize Customer Satisfaction - The greatest satisfaction for our teams is seeing their customers smile
Speed Speed Speed - Always be conscious of time - take charge, set clear goals, and engage your team
About Us
In Europe, Rakuten has been active for more than a decade and is constantly growing its footprint. The network of business units consists of more than 14 services, available in almost every European country. With Rakuten Europe's headquarter in Luxembourg and offices in London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona and other major European cities, Rakuten is more than just a company, it's a vision of a true Ecosystem.
Letting alone in Luxembourg, we have four entities of the Rakuten Group. Rakuten Europe Bank S.A. , being one of them, started operating as a bank in 2016. Prior to that it was known as Rakuten Payment Services S.A. a Payment Institution intermediating payments between the consumers and the merchants on the Rakuten's European e-commerce platforms. Rakuten Europe Bank S.A. is situated in the very heart of the city of Luxembourg and is offering a range of innovative banking products. In Luxembourg, we have a great team with people from all over Europe and beyond – more than 25 countries
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