Senior Planner, Demand Planning

Your Dreams, Our Future.

 

Join the dynamic and diverse team at Shiseido Americas, a subsidiary of the world-renowned Shiseido Company Limited. Be a part of a portfolio of prestige beauty brands which includes Clé de Peau Beauté, Drunk Elephant, Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare, NARS, SHISEIDO and several prestige fragrance brands including Issey Miyake, Narciso Rodriguez and Tory Burch. At Shiseido Americas we value and celebrate human diversity, with a rich tapestry of employees from all backgrounds and experiences.

 

Headquartered in New York City with US offices and facilities located in New Jersey, Ohio, Texas and Florida, Shiseido Americas employs over 2,000 individuals in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Shiseido Americas is a hub of talent and innovation. Be inspired by the array of skills, knowledge, and integrity of your colleagues, and join our driving force as Shiseido continues its pursuit of beauty innovations for a better world.

 

At Shiseido Americas, we focus on our people. We strive to foster a collaborative workplace culture where creative thinking, inclusivity and unique diverse perspectives are celebrated in order to drive success for both our employees and the company as a whole. By prioritizing our team and promoting an open-minded environment, we push the boundaries of what's possible and bring new ideas to life.

 

WHERE YOU WILL WORK: 

Our TEAM encourages a culture of continuous learning and improvement, with a focus on driving innovation and achieving operational excellence. We offer a dynamic and stimulating work culture, as employees are part of a greater team and purpose that collaborates with different departments, brands and business units.

 

JOB SUMMARY

The Senior Planner, US Demand Planning – NARS will be responsible for ensuring US demand for core and innovation products (both permanent and limited life) are aligned to US financial targets, product benchmarks, historical trends, and strategic brand priority.  Lead monthly Demand Review meetings to ensure the US commercial organization and head of S&OP are aligned and can sign off on a region level demand prior to demand submission. 

 

As this role is highly collaborative across both commercial and supply chain functions, will work closely in tight communications with the following teams, via ad-hoc and weekly/ monthly project and status reviews

• Brand Global Marketing
• US Finance
• Operations and S&OP cross-functional teams
• Domestic Sales and Marketing Teams

 

WHAT YOU WILL DO 

• You are responsible for an 18-month demand plan by retailers as well as building and aligning new launch forecasts to meet financial targets based on historical trends, benchmark and growth strategies.
• You will lead internal demand review meetings where each retailer’s demand is rolled up and reviewed vs budget and sales targets and are aligned with the brand’s commercial leadership team and S&OP lead’s expectations.
• You are accountable for monthly KPI targets including Forecast Accuracy and Forecast Bias and reviewing monthly root cause analyses to report back to the business on a monthly basis and identify corrective action.

 

Day-to-day responsibilities:

1. You are responsible for at least 2 retailers or DTC planning groups

• You are responsible for the 18M External demand planning
• You will be building and aligning new launch forecasts to meet financial targets based on historical trends, benchmark and growth strategies
• Life-cycle management for retailer-specific add/deletes

1. You will be responsible for Forecast Accuracy/Bias according to KPI Targets

• You will do monthly reporting and root cause analytics, developing action plans and implementing changes based on findings

1. You will be implementing IBP Statistical Forecasting for US Portfolio

• You will complete historical Data cleansing
• You will implement statistical forecasting across all retailers by YE 2026

1. You will be responsible for leading at least 2 retailer-specific pre