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[Coupang] Retail Operations Planning Manager (Process Improvement and AI Utilisation)

Coupang

Industry
Internet
Location
Seoul, South Korea
Work mode
-
Job type
-
Annual salary
Not specified
Minimum experience
10+ years
Posted
11th October, 2026

Required skills

Retail OperationsProcess ImprovementArtificial IntelligenceAuditRoot Cause AnalysisProject ManagementE-CommerceAdjust PrioritiesGenerative AIData AnalysisSQL

About the role

Translated into English from Korean by Korum. The employer's original wording is on their site.

 

About us

Coupang exists to deliver customer delight. When customers say, "How did we live without Coupang?", we know we are fulfilling our mission. With the sole determination to make our customers' shopping, dining and daily life more convenient, Coupang is leading innovation across the multi-billion-dollar e-commerce industry. Coupang is one of the fastest-growing e-commerce companies, and has built a unique position in the domestic commerce industry and customer trust. 

Coupang considers itself a global large-scale listed company rooted in startup culture. This is what drives our growth, maintaining the agility of our founding days and continuously launching new services to expand our business. Every Coupang employee has the opportunity to embrace an entrepreneurial spirit and drive new innovations and initiatives. The boldness to dive into work without hesitation and achieve results is the essence of how Coupang works. At Coupang, you will witness yourself, your colleagues, your team and the whole company growing every day. 

Every Coupang employee is committed to Coupang's mission of building the future of commerce. We solve customers' problems, challenge conventional thinking and common assumptions, and push beyond what is considered possible. If you want an amazing work experience in an always-on, high-tech and hyper-connected world, join Coupang today.

 

* This recruitment is conducted as a joint hiring process for the Retail Selection Quality Audit and Retail Onboarding Planning organisations. Based on the final candidates' competencies, experience and interview results, they will be placed in the most suitable team.

Retail Onboarding Planning team introduction 

'The Retail Onboarding organisation is responsible for registering Rocket Delivery (Retail) products so that they can be introduced to customers accurately in the shortest time. We care for smooth product registration through communication with suppliers. By checking the information of products requested in this way, we contribute to securing the selection customers want by registering safely and quickly. In particular, the Retail Onboarding Planning team acts as the Onboarding control tower, responding quickly to issues arising in onboarding by category, and identifying issue trends through root cause analysis to drive fundamental solutions.

Selection Quality Audit team introduction

The Selection Quality Audit organisation audits targeting accuracy, selection quality, abuse and the like for retail products, enhancing customer experience. It also engages in various programmes/projects of Coupang's retail business, and through close collaboration with many related organisations, builds and optimises business processes and manages risks. Through this, it directly and indirectly contributes to GMV growth and reduction of Lost GMV in the retail business.

 

Responsibilities

  • Overall metric management and performance analysis for retail business programmes and project operations
  • Design of new operational processes, improvement of existing processes, and establishment and optimisation of operational standards such as SOPs and SLAs
  • Identification of AI- and data-driven operational efficiency initiatives and planning and execution of process innovation projects
  • Building and advancing the operational framework for product Onboarding and Quality Audit areas
  • Root Cause Analysis of operational issues, derivation of improvement measures, and identification of new operational metrics
  • Definition of business requirements and project leadership through collaboration with related departments
  • Customer-centric problem definition and improvement of business performance through data-driven insights

 

Qualifications Requirements

  • Over 10 years of experience in operations planning, process improvement, project management or AI management in e-commerce or online/offline retail environments
  • Experience defining problems based on data and deriving actionable improvement plans
  • Experience establishing KPIs, standardising processes and building operational frameworks
  • Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously and effectively adjust priorities
  • Strong communication skills to collaborate smoothly with diverse stakeholders
  • Able to solve problems and execute flexibly in a fast-changing environment

 

Preferred qualifications

  • Experience improving work processes using AI, generative AI or automation tools
  • Project experience in which operational innovation or process improvement results can be quantitatively explained
  • Experience using data analysis tools such as SQL and BI tools
  • Ability to communicate in business English
  • Experience in managing large-scale operational organisations or workforce

 

Selection process and guidelines notes

  • Selectionprocess
    • Document screening - Job fit interview - Core competency interview - Final acceptance
    • The selection process may vary by position and may change depending on schedule and circumstances.
    • Selection schedule and results will be notified individually to the email address registered in your application.
  • Referencematters
    • This notice may close early once recruitment is complete.
    • If there is false information in the application, the acceptance may be cancelled.
    • Employment protection targets (veterans, persons with disabilities, etc.) may receive preferential treatment in accordance with relevant laws.
    • Job title and scope of responsibilities may be changed taking into account the candidate's overall career and experience. If such a change is required, the candidate will be contacted at an appropriate time before the final acceptance notice.
    • If legally required qualifications for recruitment and job performance are not met, recruitment may be restricted.
    • Employment type is regular employment including a probationary period of 12 weeks. However, where necessary for business, the above probationary period may not apply or may be shortened or extended

Privacy policy 

  • The Coupang Group collects and processes your personal data in accordance with its privacy policy for job applicants (link below). https://www.coupang.jobs/kr/privacy-policy/

Document Return Policy 

  1. This notice is made pursuant to Article 11(6) of the Act on the Fair Hiring Procedures.
  2. We inform job seekers who applied for our recruitment but were not finally accepted that they may request the return of the recruitment documents submitted in accordance with the Act on the Fair Hiring Procedures. However, this does not apply where documents were submitted via our website or by email, or where the job seeker voluntarily submitted them without our request, and where recruitment documents are lost due to natural disasters or other reasons not attributable to us, they are deemed returned.
  3. Job seekers requesting the return of recruitment documents under paragraph 2 above should complete the request form for return of recruitment documents [Form No. 3 of the Enforcement Rules of the Act on the Fair Hiring Procedures] and submit it by email to ([contact details removed]); within 14 days from the date submission is confirmed, they will be sent by registered mail to the address specified. In this case, registered postage will be charged to the recipient, so please note this. 
  4. In preparation for return requests under paragraph 2 above, we will keep the original recruitment documents submitted by job seekers for 180 days from the date recruitment is confirmed, and if no return request is made by then, all recruitment documents will be destroyed without delay in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act.
  5. However, items 1 to 4 above apply only where the labour laws of the Republic of Korea apply. They do not apply in other cases.

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