Full Time Regional Business Planning Manager - APAC (Luxury Retail) Jobs, in HRsource - Maukerja

We are recruiting a Regional Business Planning Manager to join the APAC regional team of an established international luxury business, based in Singapore.

This is a broad regional position working closely with senior leadership and individual markets across Asia Pacific. The role sits at the intersection of commercial performance, business planning, retail and strategy, providing management with a clear view of how the region is performing and where the business should focus next.

The successful candidate will coordinate planning and forecasting across multiple markets, analyse commercial and retail performance, support regional strategic initiatives and provide the insight required for senior management decision-making.

While the position requires strong financial and analytical capability, this is not a traditional FP&A role. We are looking for someone who can look beyond the numbers, understand what is driving performance and turn analysis into practical commercial recommendations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Regional Business Planning

- Coordinate annual business planning, budgeting and forecasting across the APAC region.

- Work closely with individual markets to develop realistic commercial plans and forecasts.

- Consolidate market plans into a clear regional view for senior management.

- Review actual performance against budget, forecast and previous year.

- Identify emerging opportunities, risks and changes in performance across the region.

- Challenge assumptions and forecasts where appropriate, working with market teams to understand the underlying drivers.

- Support medium and longer-term strategic planning for the region.

- Prepare regional business reviews, management presentations and commercial analysis.

- Ensure senior leadership has clear, relevant and timely information to support decision-making.

Commercial Performance

- Monitor sales, growth, profitability and other key commercial indicators across APAC.

- Analyse performance by market, store, channel and other relevant business areas.

- Identify the reasons behind overperformance or underperformance and recommend appropriate actions.

- Work with country and regional teams to address performance gaps and maximise commercial opportunities.

- Track key business KPIs and highlight significant movements or changes.

- Develop meaningful reporting that gives management a clear picture of regional performance.

- Support commercial decision-making through scenario modelling and business analysis.

Retail & Market Performance

The role will maintain a close connection with the retail business and individual markets.

- Partner with regional and local retail teams to understand store and market performance.

- Review store productivity, sales trends, client behaviour and other commercial indicators.

- Identify differences in performance between markets and understand the reasons behind them.

- Support business cases for new stores, relocations, renovations and other retail investments.

- Review the commercial impact of major retail initiatives and investments.

- Provide analysis and recommendations around opportunities to improve retail productivity.

- Develop a strong understanding of the different commercial dynamics, client profiles and stages of market development across APAC.

- Maintain regular dialogue with market teams to ensure regional analysis reflects what is actually happening within the business.

Forecasting & Analysis

- Manage regular forecasting and reforecasting cycles across the region.

- Consolidate information from markets and functions into regional forecasts.

- Analyse variances between actual performance, budget and forecast.

- Develop scenarios around sales, growth, investment and market development.

- Improve forecasting accuracy and consistency across markets.

- Provide early visibility of potential commercial risks or opportunities.

- Work closely with Finance while maintaining a broader commercial perspective on the business.

Strategic & Regional Projects

The Regional Business Planning Manager will also support projects that sit outside the normal planning cycle.

These may include:

- New market development.

- Retail expansion and network development.

- New store openings and relocations.

- Business transformation initiatives.

- Commercial improvement projects.

- New reporting and business intelligence tools.

- Changes to regional processes or operating models.

- Client development initiatives.

- Market and competitor analysis.

- Cross-functional projects involving multiple APAC markets.

Depending on the project, the successful candidate may take direct ownership or coordinate stakeholders across different countries and functions to ensure actions are delivered.

REGIONAL LEADERSHIP SUPPORT

The position will have regular exposure to senior regional management.

- Prepare information and analysis for regional leadership meetings.

- Coordinate regional and individual market business reviews.

- Develop presentations and supporting analysis for senior management.

- Bring together information from multiple departments and markets ahead of key business discussions.

- Highlight the most important commercial issues, opportunities and risks rather than simply presenting large volumes of data.

- Track key regional priorities and follow up on agreed actions.

- Provide ad hoc commercial and strategic analysis to regional leadership.

The successful candidate will need to be comfortable working with senior stakeholders and confident presenting a clear point of view supported by data and commercial understanding.

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL PARTNERSHIP

This is a highly collaborative position and will work closely with teams across:

- Retail

- Finance

- Merchandising

- Marketing

- CRM and Client Development

- Supply Chain

- Operations

- Real Estate

- Human Resources

- Digital and E-commerce

- Country Management

- Regional and Global Headquarters

An important part of the role will be connecting information from these different functions and creating a coherent view of the regional business.

EXPERIENCE & REQUIREMENTS

- Relevant experience within regional business planning, commercial planning, strategy, business performance, FP&A or a closely related function.

- Previous experience working across multiple countries or markets.

- Strong understanding of commercial and retail performance.

- Experience managing annual budgets, forecasts and longer-term business plans.

- Strong financial and analytical capability.

- Experience analysing sales, profitability, productivity and other commercial KPIs.

- Ability to interpret complex information and identify the issues that are genuinely important to the business.

- Experience preparing senior management presentations, business reviews and commercial recommendations.

- Strong Excel and PowerPoint capability.

- Experience with business intelligence, planning or reporting platforms would be advantageous.

- Strong stakeholder management skills.

- Confidence working with senior regional and country leadership.

- Ability to challenge assumptions and communicate recommendations clearly.

- Comfortable working across different cultures, markets and management styles.

- Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities and projects.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Fluent English is essential. Additional Asian language capability would be advantageous.

- Previous experience within luxury, fashion, retail, beauty, jewellery, watches or another international consumer business would be highly relevant.

- Previous APAC regional experience is strongly preferred.