Demand Planner

Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS); England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics company in Telford is seeking a Demand Planner to lead demand and resource planning. The role involves analyzing customer demand, delivering insights to senior leadership, and managing strategic projects. Candidates should possess strong problem-solving skills, stakeholder engagement abilities, and experience with data analytics tools such as Tableau and Excel.

Benefits

26 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Contributory pension plan

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience in problem solving and frameworks.
• Ability to liaise with stakeholders of diverse backgrounds.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyse customers' demand profile and define tools for data analytics.
• Deliver insights using Tableau and PowerPoint.
• Design and maintain project dashboards.

Skills

Problem solving

Project management

Stakeholder influencing

Data analytics

Supply chain knowledge

Tools

Tableau

PowerPoint

Excel

SQL

Job description

Demand Planner | Telford | req128640

Lead the charge in translating customer requirements into impactful outcomes

YOUR ROLE

Reporting directly to the Programme Director, this pivotal role puts you at the heart of demand and resource planning across our customer network.With a growing pipeline of strategic projects and high-impact, non-BAU initiatives, you'll lead the charge in assessing, analysing, and delivering change.Working cross-functionally with Planning & Development, Information Systems, Operations, and Finance (for funding alignment), you'll be instrumental in turning our Business Change strategy into reality. This is more than a planning role - it's a strategic enabler for transformation.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Analyse the customers demand profile, identifydependencies and their impact on successful delivery along with reviewing and defining optimum tools to support data analytics for the Business Change Programme.
• Deliver insights to senior leadership throughTableau and PowerPoint or similar tools
• Liaise with the Gateway requirements managerto assign the appropriate resource to the project
• Design and maintain project demand and resource dashboards.
• Managing and contributing to strategic projects.
• Defining problems and potential solutions - scoping, analysing, preparing and presenting to the SLT.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES

• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of problem solving and frameworks, and project management skills
• Ability to liaise with stakeholders and influence people of a diverse range of backgrounds
• Experience in applying strategic frameworks and tools for analysing strategic problems and developing strategies
• Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to establish credibility and strong relationships with senior stakeholders
• Knowledge in data analytics, Excel, SQL (desirable)
• Supply chain knowledge and experience.

Please be aware that by applying for thisrole, you are agreeing to participate in the employment screeningprocess. This process will include criminal record checking and identityvalidation. This means that KN will ask successful applicants to providecertain information and documentation to enable these checks to be conducted.
Any appointment will then be strictlyconditional upon, and subject to, the receipt of satisfactory results of thesechecks

GOOD REASON TO JOIN

If you would like to become a valued member of our team, we will ensure you are rewarded for your commitment and expertise. You will receive 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to earn additional days through service. You can join the contributory Kuehne+Nagel pension plan and benefit from our Route 2 Rewards scheme, which offers discounts, benefit information, recognition, and access to a wellbeing centre.We care for our colleagues and their immediate families through our employee assistance programme, which provides 24/7 access to GPs, legal and financial advice, and mental health counselling. All of this is designed to help you live a happier and healthier life.As proud holders of the Gold Covenant, we are a forces-friendly employer who recognise the skills, expertise and value service leavers bring to our organisation.

ABOUT KUEHNE + NAGEL

With over 80.000 employees at some 1,300 locations in over 100 countries, the Kuehne + Nagel Group is one of the world's leading logistics companies.

As an employer, Kuehne + Nagel stands for equal opportunity and we are committed to diversity in our teams with regard to people with disabilities. We believe that you can make a valuable contribution to Kuehne + Nagel and look forward to receiving your application.

CONTACT

UK Resourcing
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