Logistics Planning Manager - Luxury Goods - Full-time Tokyo, Japan Posted 2026-09-28 š Job Title: Logistics Planning Manager - Luxury Goods - Full-timeš Location: Tokyo, Japanš Employment type: Full-timeš Environment: Luxury Goods Environment About the Role We are searching on behalf of our client for this role. This position is not with OVI. Join an internationally recognized luxury group as a Logistics Planning Manager in Tokyo. You will lead planning and forecasting activities, collaborate with multiple Brand teams, and drive logistics transformation initiatives across the business. Key Responsibilities Act as the primary logistics point of contact for assigned Brands, ensuring effective communication and coordination. Establish and maintain clear escalation paths and governance processes for logistics-related topics. Facilitate regular business reviews with Brands, ensuring operational issues, risks, and action plans are properly monitored and resolved. Build trusted relationships with Brand teams and contribute to a collaborative and customer-focused logistics environment. Ensure alignment between Brands, Logistics Operations, Customer Service, IT, and Central Supply Chain stakeholders. Lead monthly and quarterly business reviews with Brands. Lead the collection, consolidation, and validation of operational forecasts from Brands and central stakeholders. Develop and maintain structured forecasting processes and planning governance routines. Analyze forecast trends, identify risks and opportunities, and proactively recommend mitigation actions. Support capacity planning activities by translating business forecasts into warehouse, transportation, and operational requirements. Monitor forecast accuracy and drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance planning quality and reliability. Support logistics transformation initiatives, including warehouse migration and ERP implementation projects. Coordinate communication and alignment between Brands, Operations teams, IT, Central Supply Chain, and external logistics partners throughout transformation programs. Support Brands during ERP transitions, ensuring logistics requirements are properly captured, communicated, and implemented. Assess business readiness, identify operational risks and impacts, and ensure timely escalation and mitigation actions. Contribute to the design, implementation, and stabilization of new logistics processes, systems, and governance models. Monitor post go-live performance and drive continuous improvement initiatives to ensure operational stability, service excellence, and stakeholder satisfaction. Your Profile Good number of years of experience in Supply Chain, Logistics Planning, Operations Planning, Demand Planning, or related fields. Experience in stakeholder management within a complex, multi-brand, or multinational environment. Proven experience managing customer-facing or stakeholder-facing relationships, with the ability to manage expectations, priorities, and escalations. Proven ability to manage forecasting processes, reporting activities, and cross-functional projects. Experience supporting transformation programs, warehouse migrations, or logistics network changes is a strong plus. Strong analytical and data interpretation skills. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel; Power BI or similar reporting tools is a strong plus. Business-level English and fluency in Japanese. Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Engineering, or equivalent field. What's Offered Opportunity to work with a prestigious luxury group. Collaborative and dynamic work environment. Involvement in strategic logistics transformation initiatives. Competitive compensation package. Ideal Candidate The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with hands-on execution skills, capable of building strong relationships across Brands and functions. You are adaptable to dynamic and multicultural environments, with a continuous improvement mindset and a structured, data-driven approach. Your strong communication and influencing skills will enable you to act as a trusted advisor and key point of contact, translating business needs into effective logistics solutions. When you apply to this role, AI may be used to help analyse and format your information so the hiring team can review it more easily. Frequently asked questionsHow do I apply for the Logistics Planning Manager - Luxury Goods - Full-time role?You can apply directly on this page ā submit your CV and contact details through the application form, no account required.