Our client, a market-leading manufacturer in Milton Keynes is looking for an experienced Demand Planner to take responsibility for all aspects of product planning and optimisation.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a home-known brand and would suit a proactive candidate, who understands demand can improve efficiency and is able to develop systems. After your initial training you will have 4 direct reports.
As Demand Planner your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
- Oversee all aspects of demand planning, ensuring products are available when required
- Utilising historical usage trends and data to create forecasts for the business to purchase and inventory manage more efficiently
- Co-ordinating cross-functional collaboration to ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasting
- Develop tools and processes to manage the forecast efficiently and drive more effective forecasting across the business
- Collaborate with the Marketing team to plan stock optimisation for promotional campaigns
- Review product ranges to manage stock peaks and lulls
- Inventory management to ensure a balance between overstocking and stock-outs
- To assist in the target of reducing our overall stock holdings across the business
Skills and Experience
- A minimum of 2 years experience in Demand Planning
- Strong understanding of demand and ability to develop systems
- Understanding of promotions and how much stock is needed for promotions
- Improve efficiency of stock/inventory
- Confidently able to educate across departments
- Good communication skills
Benefits
- Flexi hours
- Onsite canteen
- New, refurbished offices
Interested in this role? If you're an experienced Demand Planner, we want to talk to you! Apply today.
Please note. Every candidate will be assessed in accordance with their qualifications, merit, and ability to perform the duties of the job role advertised. Please be advised that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's religion, gender, race, colour, age, sexual orientation, disability, or marital status.