Demand Planning Staff

Location Tokyo
Discipline Supply Chain & Procurement
Job type Permanent
Salary Negotiatable
Reference 48385

An international group that manufactures and sells cosmetics and products that enrich the soul, using abundant natural and organic ingredients.

Position Overview and Mission

Demand Planning team is the center of business planning in the company, required collaborative work mainly with Marketing, Sales, Finance and Leadership team in Japan and also with central supply planning (deployment) team

 

Job Responsibility

  1. Forecasting (60%)

    ・Help to create reports, presentations to manage forecasting

  2. Collaboration and communication with related departments (20%)

    ・Collaboration and communication within Demand planning team

    ・Collaboration and communication with related departments including Logistics, Sales, Marketing, and Finance

  3. Other support (10%)

    ・Forecasting of training materials, samples and testers every month

    ・Forecast of wrapping and boxes

  4. Supply planning (10%)

    ・Support supply planning

 

Requirements

English level: High Business ~ Fluent

  • Able to participate in meetings and engage in debates in English

  • Able to prepare materials in English and deliver presentations independently

  • Able to communicate daily with the team members and the report line

  • Able to handle professional communication via email in English

 

Must

  • Good English skills, oral and written

  • Business use of Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint)

  • Business level Japanese(At least N1 level)

  • Financial understanding / Data Analysis

 

Nice to have

  • Demand Planning experience

  • Experience in Cosmetics, Fashion/Apparel industries, and/or own brand retail stores

 

Competencies

  • Good communication and collaboration

  • Action-oriented

  • Results-driven

  • Can work autonomously

  • Team Player / Strong relationship builder

  • Planner / Well organized

  • Resilient

  • Continuous improvement