Demand Planner APAC

About the role

Charlotte Tilbury Beauty is expanding across Asia-Pacific and seeks a commercially minded, collaborative Demand Planner to strengthen its regional planning capability. The role owns the development of a high-quality, consensus demand plan that supports commercial growth, product availability and financial delivery across the APAC region, turning market intelligence, sell-in and sell-out trends, promotions, launches and customer requirements into an actionable rolling forecast.

Key responsibilities

• Own the rolling APAC demand forecast at market, channel, customer and SKU level
• Build and maintain the regional statistical forecast in FuturMaster, applying demand drivers and market intelligence
• Analyse sell-in, sell-through, market data and inventory to identify demand signals, risks and opportunities
• Translate promotional calendars, price and assortment changes and commercial initiatives into forecast assumptions
• Lead demand planning for new product post-launch reviews, reformulation, discontinuation and range changes, and evaluate cannibalization, substitution, phasing and channel-shift impacts
• Facilitate monthly market demand review meetings and consolidate inputs for the APAC S&OP process
• Partner with Commercial, Marketing and Finance to reconcile demand plans with strategy, budget and estimates
• Measure forecast accuracy and bias, run root-cause reviews and produce planning dashboards and executive reports
• Maintain planning master data and forecast parameters, and improve planning standards and tools
• Work with Supply Planning to ensure an executable plan meets forecast and budget requirements

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration or equivalent
• At least three years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, supply chain planning or a related function; beauty or FMCG experience preferred
• Demonstrated experience managing demand forecasts across multiple markets, channels, customers or product categories in APAC
• Experience challenging forecasting assumptions and influencing cross-functional stakeholders
• Fluency in English and Chinese is essential; other regional languages highly desirable

Required skills

• Experience with demand-planning systems such as FuturMaster, Anaplan, SAP IBP or equivalent is advantageous
• Proficiency in MS Office, advanced Excel, Power BI or similar tools

What we offer

• Staff discount and regular gifts (bi-monthly)
• Birthday day off and 16 days annual leave plus public holidays
• Supplementary medical insurance
• Flexible working hours and a diverse, inclusive culture