Country Manager – Japan

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🇯🇵 Japan – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

👔 Manager

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Vice Golf

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2012

🛍️ eCommerce

🛒 Retail

⚽ Sports

💰 $14M Private Equity Round on 2022-05

eCommerce • Retail • Sports

Vice Golf is a consumer-focused golf brand and online retailer that sells golf balls, clubs, apparel, bags and accessories through its e-commerce store. The site features a broad product catalog (multiple golf-ball models, drivers, irons, putters, shoes, gloves and other gear), seasonal drops and customization options, plus information about testing and R&A/USGA conformance. Vice positions itself as premium, design-forward golf gear offered at competitive prices and markets directly to golfers via its web storefront and retail channels.

📋 Description

• Own the Japanese market commercially • Lead key negotiations and manage sales partners day to day, including GDO, major golf retail groups and premium specialty retail • Open and grow new channels from 2028, especially pro shops, driving ranges and indoor golf studios • Build the local foundation with the Munich team, including the Japanese entity, import and customs set-up, 3PL and warehouse with service and repair, customer care and e-commerce • Hire and lead the Japan team • Work closely with the Tokyo-based brand and community lead • Own the Japan P&L, planning and forecasting • Report to the COO • Protect brand price integrity, selective distribution and Japanese service standards • Turn Vice Golf’s Japan market entry into a Japanese business

🎯 Requirements

• Native Japanese speaker • Fluent business English • 10+ years in the Japanese golf industry or premium sporting goods • Strong commercial track record • Established relationships with major golf retailers, e-commerce platforms or specialty retail in Japan • Experience working for a foreign brand in Japan, ideally during a market entry or growth phase • Hands-on experience setting up structures, partners or teams • Comfortable working without a large organisation around you • Understanding of design-led brands and the new generation of Japanese golfers

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary plus a significant performance bonus linked to your results in Japan • 100% remote work within Japan • Flexible working hours • International team support from Munich on product, brand, supply chain and finance • Regular performance feedback • Close, direct exchange with the management team • Real ownership from day one and direct access to management

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