Demand Planner

A rapidly expanding FMCG business based in Bolton are looking for a Demand Planner to join their team. This is a newly created role to support further growth within the business and an experienced supply chain professional with excellent demand planning experience, an analytical mindset and great stakeholder engagement skills with thrive within this role.

About the role:

• Create and maintain forecast models for our customers, incorporating business intelligence and forecast information gathered from sales, marketing, finance, and other sources.
• Develop, analyse, and recommend finished goods demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation.
• Identifies areas of forecast risk and improvement opportunities for their assigned demand planning categories.
• Provide support with data analytics, root cause analysis, and problem resolution.
• Perform trend analysis to report inconsistencies with forecasts and actual sales.
• Apply regression analysis, seasonality indices, and exception-based planning principles to forecasts.
• Understand and articulate inherent risks in forecasting decisions and inform cross-functional partners to manage and mitigate appropriately.

About the person:

• Excellent demand planning experience.
• Experience working within an SME would be preferred.
• Analytical mindset with excellent stakeholder engagement skills.
• Great Excel sklls.

To apply for the role please send your CV to susannah.meadows@robertwalters.com

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates