Demand Planner (100% office based)
Responsibilities:
- Utilising historical data to accurately predict product demand.
- Develop and implement inventory strategies to optimise stock levels, minimise shortages, and reduce excess inventory.
- Collaborate with internal teams, including logistics and sales, to align supply chain processes and ensure timely product availability.
- Monitor inventory levels and analyse inventory performance metrics to identify trends and make data-driven recommendations for improvements.
- Communicate regularly with a global supplier base to negotiate terms, manage lead times, and maintain strong vendor relationships.
- Develop and create reports and provide insights on inventory forecasts, supply chain efficiency, and performance metrics to support decision-making processes.
- Identify potential risks in the supply chain and develop contingency plans to mitigate disruptions.
- Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results.
- Interact with sales, marketing and finance to understand demand forecast drivers
- Utilise a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Sales, Marketing and Finance to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts.
- Prepare data and contribute to monthly S&OPs, providing in depth analysis
- Provide input in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs by providing a firm supply forecast as well as a liable supply forecast.
- Communicate priorities for incoming containers
- Prepare stock purchase orders
- Follow-up the delivery times of the order and initiate action when changes occur
Requirements:
- At least 2 current years' experience in a similar role (Demand Planning with Inventory)
- Experience liaising with offshore suppliers
- Advanced excel skills
- Experience using an ERP
- Highly analytical mindset with excellent numerical, data visualisation and reporting skills.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbally.
- A self-starter who can work autonomously
- Excellent organisation skills
- Ability to work to tight deadlines.
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Initiative and problem-solving ability
- Target driven
- Commercial and retail awareness
- Confidence in reporting findings to management
- A results-focused approach - looks for new ways of working to help drive the business forward.
- Flexibility, adaptability, and a cooperative attitude – must be able to work as part of a team and liaise with other departments.
Benefits:
- Enhanced contributions to company pension scheme
- Private BUPA medical healthcare (after probationary 6 month period)
- BUPA cash plan (after probationary 6 month period)
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays that increases with service
- Contemporary office space
- Staff social events
- Staff discount
- 10 days paid sick leave (applicable after 2 years' service)
- Performance related bonus scheme.
- Career progression: each department is continuing to grow