- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Mid-Level
- Department
- Merchandising, Buying & Planning
- Posted
- Nov 2, 2026
Shiseido seeks an Amazon Planner to lead demand forecasting, inventory, and replenishment planning across its Americas brands, improving forecast accuracy, in-stock performance, and readiness for key ecommerce events. The role is remote and partners across account, brand, supply planning, S&OP, operations, and agency teams.
Role & Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end Amazon demand planning, using historical trends, seasonality, promotional calendars, media activity, deal timing, marketplace dynamics, and demand signals to build accurate, actionable forecasts.
- Evaluate forecast accuracy, bias, and model performance; refine assumptions and planning inputs to improve precision, responsiveness, and alignment with business trends.
- Develop and execute demand, inventory, and replenishment strategies for Prime Day, BFCM, seasonal peaks, and brand launches, aligning forecasts, inventory positioning, and capacity planning to ensure early readiness.
- Monitor and analyze planning and supply metrics, including in-stock rate, weeks of supply, fulfillment performance, aged inventory, slow movers, sell-through, and forecast variance; identify trends, risks, and mitigation measures.
- Identify and mitigate risks related to demand volatility, shipping timelines, capacity constraints, inventory availability, and Amazon operational requirements.
- Partner with the Amazon account team, brand teams, supply planning, S&OP, operations, and agency partners to align inventory allocation, promotional readiness, and business priorities.
- Work with S&OP to translate demand forecasts into supply plans and align commercial forecasts with inventory planning.
- Resolve fulfillment issues in partnership with Supply Chain and Operations.
- Own planning dashboards and regularly communicate forecast risks, inventory concerns, and business opportunities.
- Perform other duties needed to advance the company’s vision, fulfill its mission, and uphold its values.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Strong analytical skills and advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency; able to translate data into clear insights, recommendations, and business actions.
- Ability to analyze business performance, diagnose drivers of change, and clearly communicate risks and opportunities.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented, with strong ownership, urgency, and follow-through in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
- Comfortable working independently through ambiguity while proactively escalating issues, aligning stakeholders, and driving decisions.
- Proven ability to manage projects, influence cross-functional partners, and communicate effectively across account, brand, planning, operations, and leadership teams.
- Experience with Amazon, marketplace retail, beauty, CPG, or ecommerce planning preferred.
Skills
Experience
5+ years in retail planning, demand planning, inventory planning, replenishment, or a related commercial planning function.
Education
Bachelor’s degree required.
Workplace
The successful candidate will be located in New York, New York, USA.
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Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision insurance; life and disability insurance; paid time off; paid volunteer days; paid company holidays; paid parental leave; 401(k) with 6% company match; talent development and learning programs; internal and international mobility; product discounts and annual gratis; employee-led affinity groups; tuition reimbursement; eligibility for a bonus program with the ability to overachieve.
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