Demand Planner

Reference Number: JO-2404-532633
Demand Planner
Rate: Negotiable
Job Type: Contract
Location: Central London / West End

Job Title:Demand Planner

Contract Duration: End date 31/03/2025

Location: London – Hybrid

Pay Rate: £194.60 PAYE Or £255.00 Umbrella Rate Per Day

One of my global pharmaceutical clients are urgently seeking a Demand Planner to join their team on a contractual basis, initially until the end of March 2025. You will be responsible ccoordinating effective demand forecasting and inventory management for the business, ensuring smooth material flow and a high customer service level. You will also be collaborating with other departments and 3PL to achieve goals.

Your Responsibilities Will include:

• Developing demand and inventory policy through analysis of all supply chain factors.

• Contribute to the S&OP process to ensure sales forecast and underlying event/assumptions are transmitted to SAP according to best assumptions.

• Ensuring demand forecasting data is consolidated and one agreed demand number is produced.

• Managing the demand and inventory management process for materials under responsibility.

• Maintaining all finished pack products within agreed inventory parameters to ensure continuity of supply.

• Ensure all planning parameters are correctly maintained in the master data.

• Manage the life cycle of the product from launch to pruning phase.

• Minimising obsolescence costs by effective inventory management and knowledge of demand.

• Providing financial and volume projections of inventory to supplement decision making.

• Full control of SAP transactions (MM/SD) by ensuring sales and inventory reconciliation with 3PL.

• Interface monitoring with 3PL – ensuring correct data flow between parties.

• Identify stock outs risks and manage the situation with close collaboration with all stakeholders within the CPO.