Head of Demand Planning

SummarySalary: Competitive Team: Retail Operations Location: Japan - Tokyo OfficeAbout UsDyson is a global technology company with engineering, research, development, manufacturing and testing operations in Singapore, the UK, Malaysia, Mexico, China and the Philippines. Having started in a coach house in the UK, Dyson has consistently grown since it was established in 1993.Dyson remains family-owned and employs people globally including a strong engineering team.About The RoleReporting to the Market President and the Global Demand Planning Director, the Japan Demand Planning Head will be instrumental as a strategic differentiator in support of Dyson’s growth and customer experience. Specifically, the role is expected to lead unbiased demand planning and sales plan sufficiency to maximize revenue of the company, at the lowest possible costs aka. Inventory optimization.Main AccountabilitiesLead monthly S&OP process across Market and Region to drive consensus on 1 forecast. Bring maturity and cadence in the S&OP / IBP process, with drumbeat execution, via the ERP systemsBuild high quality Demand forecasting and drive consensusDevelop annual budget and rolling forecast to highlight the sufficiency gap of forecast vs targets and then lead offline retail and eCommerce teams to identify business plans to fill the gapLead evolving data and reporting foundation to provide measurement and insight for better decision making and gap filling plans, with a balance between long term and short term forecasting approaches.Work with Off-line Retail & e-Commerce teams in Bottom-Up Sell-In / Sell-Out Forecast submission and ensure the overall business performance by week & month, by channel, by SKU to be unbiased and accuratePartner with regional & market teams to align forecasts with market trends and promotional activities. Cross functional collaboration from various stakeholders and aligning sign-offs for forecast submissions.Partner with supply chain team to build a resilient supply and demand plan to maximize topline and bottom-lineAnalyze and report actual sales results vs plan and define action items to compensate the gap, utilize performance to improve the quality of the S&OP process, forecast submissions.Capture, consolidation and distribution of retailer sales out reporting and trade stocksEstablish and continuously improve KPIs such as forecast accuracy, bias, drive reduction in cost of inventories, exchanges and therefore, higher customer satisfactionBuild up effective relationship and communication with other functions primarily Offline Sales, eCommerce, Finance, SCM and MarketingResponsible for team members’ development and performance achievementAbout YouOver 10 years solid experience in working in Demand planning, Supply Chain and/or Sales planningEnglish / Japanese Written and verbal skills - able to communicate at all levels of the businessComprehensive understanding of demand forecast, retail market and supply chainPeople management experienceBachelor’s degree in Sales, Business, Finance, Supply chain or a related fieldAbility to interpret financial sales data to make decisions and recommendations that impact the businessStrong Presentation skillsAdaptable / flexible – able to multi-taskCommunication / Drive and motivationStrong team player (can both do team delegation and take personal task him/herself) and ability to work with cross functional partners and senior management on all aspects of the organizational and planning skillsDyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.Posted: 26 November 2025ApplyShare this Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Email