Japan Procurement & Supply Chain Salary Guide 2026

12 roles benchmarked against up to five published 2026 salary guides, with the typical agency fee beside every median.

Salary Consensus by Role

Median across published Japan salary guides, with the fee stacked on top

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Role	Median	Range (Low to High)	Guides	Agency Fee (35%)	Total Cost
Supply Chain Director	￥18,750,000≈ $121,700	￥12,000,000 to ￥25,000,000≈ $77,900 to $162,300	2	￥6,562,500≈ $42,600	￥25,312,500≈ $164,300
Logistics Director	￥15,250,000≈ $99,000	￥10,000,000 to ￥20,000,000≈ $64,920 to $129,800	2	￥5,337,500≈ $34,650	￥20,587,500≈ $133,700
Planning Manager	￥12,000,000≈ $77,900	￥10,000,000 to ￥16,000,000≈ $64,920 to $103,900	2	￥4,200,000≈ $27,270	￥16,200,000≈ $105,200
Supply Chain Manager	￥12,000,000≈ $77,900	￥8,000,000 to ￥17,000,000≈ $51,940 to $110,400	4	￥4,200,000≈ $27,270	￥16,200,000≈ $105,200
Direct Procurement Manager	￥11,000,000≈ $71,410	￥8,000,000 to ￥17,000,000≈ $51,940 to $110,400	3	￥3,850,000≈ $24,990	￥14,850,000≈ $96,410
Indirect Procurement Manager	￥11,000,000≈ $71,410	￥8,000,000 to ￥17,000,000≈ $51,940 to $110,400	3	￥3,850,000≈ $24,990	￥14,850,000≈ $96,410
Logistics Manager	￥10,500,000≈ $68,170	￥8,000,000 to ￥15,000,000≈ $51,940 to $97,380	4	￥3,675,000≈ $23,860	￥14,175,000≈ $92,020
Warehouse Manager	￥10,500,000≈ $68,170	￥7,000,000 to ￥14,000,000≈ $45,440 to $90,890	3	￥3,675,000≈ $23,860	￥14,175,000≈ $92,020
Demand Planner	￥8,250,000≈ $53,560	￥7,000,000 to ￥11,000,000≈ $45,440 to $71,410	3	￥2,887,500≈ $18,750	￥11,137,500≈ $72,300
Supply Planner	￥7,625,000≈ $49,500	￥7,000,000 to ￥9,500,000≈ $45,440 to $61,670	2	￥2,668,750≈ $17,330	￥10,293,750≈ $66,830
Logistics Specialist	￥6,500,000≈ $42,200	￥5,000,000 to ￥8,000,000≈ $32,460 to $51,940	2	￥2,275,000≈ $14,770	￥8,775,000≈ $56,970
Buyer	￥6,250,000≈ $40,570	￥4,000,000 to ￥9,000,000≈ $25,970 to $58,430	2	￥2,187,500≈ $14,200	￥8,437,500≈ $54,780

What Japan Employers Ask For

Drawn from the 694 Procurement & Supply Chain postings we track, at 199 companies hiring in Japan.

State a Japanese Level

Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
9%
Professional Working Proficiency (JLPT N2)
3%
No mention
87%

State an English Skill

Native/Fluent (TOEIC 945-990)
3%
Professional Working Proficiency (TOEIC 785-944)
17%
Limited Working Proficiency (TOEIC 550-784)
7%
Elementary Proficiency (TOEIC 225-549)
1%
Mentioned, level not specified
6%
No mention
65%

Skills Employers Name

Share of postings stating each term

Procurement
55%
Supply Chain Management
42%
Logistics
37%
Excel
28%
Stakeholder Management
19%
Project Management
19%
Inventory Management
17%
SAP
17%
Data Analysis
16%
PowerPoint
13%

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Cost Reduction
11%
Import / Export
11%
Price Negotiation
10%
Demand Planning
9%
Supplier Management
8%
Warehouse Operations
6%
S&OP
4%
3PL
3%

Stated Requirements

Share of postings stating each term

5-9 years of experience
14%
3-4 years of experience
13%
University degree
13%
Management experience
12%
1-2 years of experience
8%
10+ years of experience
5%
Master's degree
5%
Same-industry experience
3%

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