Demand Planner

Demand Planner

Pinpoint Resourcing are currently partnered with a well manufactoring based in West London to source a Demand Planner to join them on a permanent basis.

Responsibilities

• Generate timely and accurate demand plans for all product categories in your customer accounts on a weekly/monthly/promotional basis
• Owner of forecast accuracy KPIs for your customer accounts. Drive root cause identification and corrective actions at SKU level. Challenge the sales forecast to drive excellent DPA
• Assist in the development of process to complement and challenge the wider business; maximise the robustness of the forecast given to supply planning
• Build strong relationships internally & externally, taking a collaborative approach to forecasting and other projects
• Assist in developing the company S&OP process, creating new ways of working with different parts of the business, documenting all forecast assumptions, risks and opportunities and performance tracking
• Coordinate and liaise with business development and sales teams to understand the market requirements
• Communicate with all internal functions to ensure full visibility of demand to the entire supply chain

• Analyse historical demand and trends, use latest customer or market intelligence to construct a forecast that can be used to support the raising of Purchase Orders.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• 2-3 years logistics experience of working for an FMCG manufacturer in the role of Demand Planner
• Full awareness and understanding of the Sales & Operational Planning Processes.
• High degree of understanding of the business drivers and factors that impact on related KPIs
• Analytical with strong Microsoft Excel knowledge. Power BI experience a bonus

Desirable

• Highly numerate and analytical
• Capable of chairing / running forecast review meetings with internal colleagues and external customers
• Ability to negotiate and influence at a Senior level
• Able to prioritise workload & cope with pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work optimally with cross functional teams

More information:

• Annual salary between £35,000 - £45,000 (DOE)

If you are interested in this role please apply today!

Due to the anticipated high volume of applications for this advertisement, it is with regret that we may only be able to contact those applicants successful in being shortlisted. However, your application for this or any further roles, may mean that we are able to contact you when additional vacancies become available. Should you not want this to be the case, please feel free to contact us directly to ensure we are aware of your wishes.

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