Demand Planning Manager

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The Role

The Demand Planning Manager will create a robust demand forecasting tool to project both short- and long-term business needs. This tool will integrate business intelligence and forecast data from all relevant external and internal sources.

Duties Include:

• Development of a robust demand forecasting tool, which is delivers forecasting for sites sales for short and long term demand.
• Lead and develop a team, ensuring that there are clear two way communications routes, individuals are able to fulfil their potential, either by formal training, experiential learning or coaching.
• Monitor attainment vs Forecast and react to findings
• Work closely with our key customers in creating their forecasts and understand future business plans/ activities.
• Produce monthly reports to drive continuous improvements and also to support your own and the teams KPIs
• Create and maintain forecast accuracy reports, monitoring and challenging, when necessary, the forecast vs sales
• Challenge and manage the assumptions used, learning to improve future forecast performance.
• Support the business' S&OP process to ensure that there is an aligned view of demand and supply
• Support the supply planning team with analytical reporting.

Skills & Experience Required:

• Demonstrated functional knowledge and experience in concepts of Supply Chain, S&OP, and Inventory Planning
• Have strong analytical skills to develop the Demand Planning process, both weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually to ensure that there is sufficient challenge in the process.
• Be able to lead a team of Demand Planners to ensure targets are balanced and achieved, recognize strengths in the team and developing them.
• Relevant working experience in demand planning and/ or a statistical background
• Experience working with forecasting tools
• Ability to work in and create a collaborative environment
• Organised and detail-oriented self-starter being able to meet deadlines
• Strong excel skills, SAP &/or TXT knowledge is a plus
• Excellent communication and coordination abilities
• Willingness to undertake additional duties and provide cross-team support as needed.

The Benefits:

• Competitive rates
• Online Benefits Hub
• Canteen
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Company pension
• Referral programme
• Health & wellbeing programme