Demand and Supply Planning Manager

Westfalia Fruit; Spalding; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading supplier of fresh produce in the UK is seeking a Demand and Supply Planning Manager to optimize operational excellence. You will lead forecasting and supply planning, ensuring product availability and minimizing waste. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in supply chain management and a proven track record in FMCG or fresh produce sectors. This role promotes a culture of accountability and collaboration across various teams and offers competitive benefits.

Benefits

20 days holiday

Free on-site parking

Additional Annual Leave on your Birthday

Company pension plan

Medicash plan

Life Insurance

Qualifications

• Experience in supply and/or demand planning roles within FMCG, fresh produce, or perishable goods sectors.
• Strong exposure to S&OP, inventory optimisation, and supply-demand balancing.
• Experience working in a matrix or cross-functional environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead demand forecasting across short, medium, and long-term horizons using customer insights.
• Develop agile supply plans to meet demand while optimizing inventory.
• Own and facilitate the full S&OP processes and drive effective decision-making.
• Monitor inventory health and manage shelf-life constraints.
• Ensure accurate planning data and systems integrity.

Skills

Supply chain management

Demand planning

Inventory optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

We’re seeking a dynamic Demand and Supply Planning Manager to lead our Supply Chain planning function and drive operational excellence. Reporting to the Head of Supply Chain, you’ll create and execute accurate, agile demand and supply plans that balance customer needs with business capabilities, ensuring optimal product availability, minimal waste, and efficient inventory management. As the leader of the S&OP process, you’ll act as the key link between Commercial (Customer), Sourcing (Buy), and Supply Chain (Move), aligning strategy and execution to deliver exceptional customer satisfaction and commercial success. This is a pivotal role for a results-driven professional ready to make a real impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead demand forecasting across short, medium, and long-term horizons using customer insights, historical data, and market trends.
• Develop agile supply plans to meet demand while optimizing inventory, reducing stock-outs, and minimizing waste.
• Own and facilitate the full S&OP processes, cross-functional alignment and driving effective decision-making.
• Monitor inventory health, manage shelf-life constraints, and protect service levels across the supply chain.
• Ensure accurate planning data and systems integrity to support high-quality forecasting and operational planning.
• Track and report KPIs like forecast accuracy, OTIF, and inventory turns-turning insights into action.
• Lead and develop planning team members, building a culture of accountability, collaboration, and excellence.
• Collaborate across Commercial, Operations, Sourcing, and Finance teams to ensure demand-supply balance.
• Respond quickly to supply disruptions or demand shifts, keeping all stakeholders aligned.
• Support strategic supply chain initiatives in partnership with the Head of Supply Chain and Quality teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in supply and/or demand planning roles within FMCG, fresh produce, or perishable goods sectors.
• Strong exposure to S&OP, inventory optimisation, and supply-demand balancing.
• Experience working in a matrix or cross-functional environment.

Company

Westfalia Fruit is a leading multinational supplier of fresh fruit and related value-added products to global markets. Through our vertically-integrated supply chain we grow, source, ripen, pack, process and market quality avocadoes & fresh produce - 365 days a year & across the globe.

With the largest avocado-growing footprint in the world, we are recognised as the leading #avoexperts and are considered as the supplier of choice to both retail & wholesale customers whom we serve from sales offices in the UK, Europe, North America, Latin America & Southern Africa.

Benefits

• 20 days holiday
• Free on-site parking
• Additional Annual Leave day on your Birthday
• Company pension plan
• Medicash plan
• Life Insurance

Please note that this position does not have a specific closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and the advert may be removed at any time.