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Senior Demand & Supply Planner
£50,000 basic plus 5% Bonus.
Your key responsibilities will be:
- Develop and oversee the execution of monthly demand forecasts, ensuring alignment with overall business strategy.
- Review planning 0-12 months horizon to ensure optimal product supply for portfolios, balancing inventory levels with customer demand.
- Prepare and drive the monthly Sales and Operations Planning process (S&OP), ensuring cross-functional alignment and effective decision-making at all levels of the organization.
- Proactively identify future supply constraints and develop options to mitigate
- Select transportation routes to maximise economy by combining shipments
- Monitor supplier performance to assess ability to meet quality and delivery requirements
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to support an efficient supply chain and demand process
- Actively manage together with other involved functions phase-in and phase-out of products
- Lead and execute projects successfully
Competencies:
- Highly system literate, with the ability to interrogate large volumes of data from a variety of sources
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Able to present information clearly and concisely
- Excellent communication skills, ability to adapt approach to different situations and ability to influence cross-functional teams
- Must demonstrate high level of flexibility and ability to work on own initiative
- Able to work to performance targets
- Strong problems solving skills with logical approach
- Understanding of standard Operating Procedures and Quality Management Systems
- Ability to remain calm under pressure
- Flexible ‘can-do’ attitude needed to thrive in a rapidly growing and changing company
Essential
- Previous experience (minimum 5 years) in Demand Planning, Supply Planning and Forecasting
- Educated to degree level (or have equivalent experience in supply chain)
- Successfully led projects and initiatives working within both commercial and supply chain
- Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills
