Demand Planner
- Employer
- People First (Recruitment) Ltd
- Location
- Byfleet, Surrey
- Salary
- £25000 - £35000/annum
- Closing date
- 5 Nov 2019
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- Specialist Area
- Demand Planner
- Sector
- Accountancy, Advertising & Creative, Automotive, Aviation, Banking, Finance and Insurance, Charities & Not For Profit, Construction, Consultancy, Customer Service, Defence, Distribution, Education, Electronics, Energy & Utilities, Engineering, Event Management, FMCG, Food Services, Healthcare, Housing, Human Resources, Information Technology, Internet, Insurance, Legal, Leisure, Management & Executive, Manufacturing, Marketing, Media, Military, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical, Private sector, Production & Operations, Professional Services, Public Relations, Public Sector, Recruitment, Retail, Sales, Scientific, Secretarial & Administration, Social Services, Telecommunications, Training, Transport & Distribution, Travel & Hospitality, Utilities
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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New job title: Demand Planner
Location: Weybridge, Surrey
Salary: up to £35k including bonus plus additional company benefits
Hours of Work (phone number removed) however flexibility required as necessary to fulfil role and responsibilities
You are responsible for maintaining forecast performance and supply plan information flow for their respective business unit. Gather and analyse the weekly, account level "bottom up" forecast to generate a consolidated forecast. Upload final agreed forecast to the central global demand system.
Main responsibilities:
* Forecast process set-up & improvement
* Working in conjunction with Marketing, Sales & Supply Chain Managers to develop and progressively improve forecasting processes with a view to improving accuracy and reduce forecast volatility through co-ordinated activity.
* Statistical Forecasting & Data Analysis
* Analyse historical trends, PSI (Purchase, Sales, Inventory) data and market intelligence to generate a weekly company forecast. Collect and review sales forecast on a weekly basis, identifying trends on fast & slow moving products. Understand seasonality trends and the impact of exceptional market changes, such as promotional activity and national/international events, on local demand.
* Facilitate Consensus meeting with relevant teams to confirm sales forecast. Manage agreement and drive judgment towards realistic and accurate forecast & delivery plan. Collate, share and input weekly forecast data to the company database.
* Forecast Performance Management
* Monitor periodical performance measures and supplier/customer non-conformance to enable process improvement in the Supply Chain. Provide fact based analysis with corrective action plan
* Customer Relations & Collaborative planning forecasting replenishment (CPFR)
* Build on collaborative working relationships with key customers to drive forecast accuracy, process improvements and free flow of information. Enhance inventory management and supplier/customer working relations. Key objective is to optimize Inventory velocity, ie. long-term stock (LTS) and date of inventory outstanding (DIO) and cash flow.
* Sales and Operation Plan (S&OP) coordination
* Weekly S & OP meeting with supplier factory to update production plan and preparing rolling forecast template
* Reporting
* Ensure regular review and reporting of progress to Demand Planning Manager
Experience required:
* Good overview of the commercial process, production planning and retail interface / order fulfilment.
* Strong forecasting ability
* Strong analytical skills
* Proficient knowledge of standard PC based Microsoft applications. MS Excel in particular, including pivot tables, v-look up and intermediate level formulas
* Korean verbal and written skills an advantage
Please follow us on Linkedin: people-first-supply-chain
We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation.
People First (Recruitment) Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent and fixed term contract recruitment and as an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Please note that by applying for this job you accept our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy which can be found on our website
Location: Weybridge, Surrey
Salary: up to £35k including bonus plus additional company benefits
Hours of Work (phone number removed) however flexibility required as necessary to fulfil role and responsibilities
You are responsible for maintaining forecast performance and supply plan information flow for their respective business unit. Gather and analyse the weekly, account level "bottom up" forecast to generate a consolidated forecast. Upload final agreed forecast to the central global demand system.
Main responsibilities:
* Forecast process set-up & improvement
* Working in conjunction with Marketing, Sales & Supply Chain Managers to develop and progressively improve forecasting processes with a view to improving accuracy and reduce forecast volatility through co-ordinated activity.
* Statistical Forecasting & Data Analysis
* Analyse historical trends, PSI (Purchase, Sales, Inventory) data and market intelligence to generate a weekly company forecast. Collect and review sales forecast on a weekly basis, identifying trends on fast & slow moving products. Understand seasonality trends and the impact of exceptional market changes, such as promotional activity and national/international events, on local demand.
* Facilitate Consensus meeting with relevant teams to confirm sales forecast. Manage agreement and drive judgment towards realistic and accurate forecast & delivery plan. Collate, share and input weekly forecast data to the company database.
* Forecast Performance Management
* Monitor periodical performance measures and supplier/customer non-conformance to enable process improvement in the Supply Chain. Provide fact based analysis with corrective action plan
* Customer Relations & Collaborative planning forecasting replenishment (CPFR)
* Build on collaborative working relationships with key customers to drive forecast accuracy, process improvements and free flow of information. Enhance inventory management and supplier/customer working relations. Key objective is to optimize Inventory velocity, ie. long-term stock (LTS) and date of inventory outstanding (DIO) and cash flow.
* Sales and Operation Plan (S&OP) coordination
* Weekly S & OP meeting with supplier factory to update production plan and preparing rolling forecast template
* Reporting
* Ensure regular review and reporting of progress to Demand Planning Manager
Experience required:
* Good overview of the commercial process, production planning and retail interface / order fulfilment.
* Strong forecasting ability
* Strong analytical skills
* Proficient knowledge of standard PC based Microsoft applications. MS Excel in particular, including pivot tables, v-look up and intermediate level formulas
* Korean verbal and written skills an advantage
Please follow us on Linkedin: people-first-supply-chain
We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation.
People First (Recruitment) Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent and fixed term contract recruitment and as an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Please note that by applying for this job you accept our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy which can be found on our website
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