Demand Planner
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A new instruction for an established key manufacturing client in the area for a Demand Planner.
The role is presented on a long term contract basis, in order to provide support within the Team, due to the high volume of projects currently underway and offers attractive hybrid working.
The Position /Regular Duties will include but not limited to:
Maintain a rolling 12 to 18 month consensus demand plan and gaining full alignment with key stakeholders.
Improve demand forecast accuracy
Assist the Commercial Team to develop sales forecasts for all their products
Challenge sales forecasts provided by the sales team, where significant changes have occurred
Assist in maintaining the Manugistics forecasting system with all the data necessary to support the entry and storage of forecasts, and to produce accurate KPI’s
Support decision
making considering risks and opportunities by presenting alternative
scenarios and assessment of risk and opportunities around the demand
plan and align with the commercial team on the consensus
Support
business understanding of volume forecasts and business performance
through comprehensive analytics, including drivers of forecast changes
and actual shipment variances to forecast.
Work collaboratively
through facilitating and strengthening S&OP process
Support on
service, supply/inventory and capacity investment decisions through
comprehensive analytics, to enable decision making on future business
needs
Share best practises within the demand planning team for
re-application in other geographies
Work with commercial teams to continuously improve the current demand planning process and information exchanges with distributors liaising with other functions ie. customer service and supply planning as required, to ensure processes are ready to accommodate the planned business growth
Identify and work to reconcile any discrepancies
Alert
supply chain on an anticipated demand changes likely to be of an
exceptional nature
Responsible for root cause analysis and
providing information to the wider business around insight and reasons
the changes to the demand plan
Responsibility for launch forecasting on new product introductions
Work continuously to improve all metrics and reporting processes
Alert supply chain
on an anticipated demand changes likely to be of an exceptional
nature
Continually improve forecast accuracy using best statistical
data and regular communication with the commercial teams and their
distributors
Integrate with supply chain teams
Package:
Attractive salary – depending on
experience
4% company performance relate bonus
9% matched
pension contribution
Health Cash Plan
Life Assurance cover at 4
x base salary
24 days holiday (+ bank holidays) plus you can buy or
sell up to 3 days
Monday to Thursday 9am – 5pm, Friday 9am –
3pm!
Attractive hybrid working: 50% on site and 50% working from
home
Education & Experience we are seeking:
Ideally 3 years + demand planning experience
preferred
Ideally BS/BSc in any field or related supply chain
management, shipping, warehousing and inventory skills
Previous
experience working in a forecasting environment particularly with SAP
& JDA in the past would be considered advantageous
Excellent
interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively at all
levels
Well organised detail orientated able to handle multiple
priorities and high volume of data in a fast-paced and team orientated
environment, always adhering to deadlines
The ability to analyse
data and determine opportunities for continuous
improvement
Advanced Excel skills
If you have the
skills, knowledge an experience we are seeking, please apply with your
CV preferably as a word document and you will be contacted as soon as
possible.
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Demand Planner
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