Demand Planner

Edgewell Personal Care Italy S.R.L.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading personal care company is looking for an experienced Demand Planner in Central London. This role focuses on managing market forecasts, collaborating with teams to ensure accurate demand projections, and supporting supply chain processes. Ideal candidates will have significant FMCG or Cosmetics experience, a Bachelor's degree, and strong communication skills. The company offers a competitive salary, hybrid working options, and a range of attractive benefits including 25 days annual leave and a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Hybrid work model

Employee assistance programme

Life assurance

Discounted products

25 days annual leave

Free beverages & snacks

Sports & social club membership

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Supply Chain, ideally as a Demand Planner.
• Experience in FMCG, Cosmetics, or Personal Care is desirable.
• Ability to work collaboratively in culturally diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage total market forecasts for designated markets.
• Enter market intelligence and maintain accurate forecasts.
• Collaborate with sales and marketing to enhance forecasting.

Skills

Supply chain management

Forecasting

Communication skills

Customer-focused

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

JDA

Job description

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Edgewell is not just a company, but a vibrant global community of 6,800 visionaries, doers, and makers. Our family of over 25 personal care brands serves people in more than 50 countries. We are dedicated to infusing joyfulness into every aspect of our work. Our pledge goes beyond our products, with our fundamental value of People First guiding us to foster a diverse, inclusive, and respectful environment where every team member can flourish and celebrate our shared achievements.

Demand Planner

Central London, UK

Hybrid Working (2 days in office required)

Attractive salary & benefits

Let's Talk About You

You’re ambitious, but you want a career with purpose—we love that. You’re up for a challenge and ready to write the next chapter of your career story with a great group of encouraging colleagues. You want to make your mark and let your personality shine. Well, if you’re interested in our role, this might be your next step! We are looking for an experienced Demand Planner to join Edgewell Personal Care – a global consumer goods business with a portfolio of over 25 brands (Wilkinson Sword, Schick, Hawaiian Tropic, Carefree, Bulldog Skincare for Men, Jack Black and recently acquired Cremo Grooming… just to name a few!).

Now, Let’s Get Down to Business

The Local Demand Planner plays a pivotal role in managing total market forecasts for their designated market, encompassing both standard and promotional activities. While the Central team oversees the development and maintenance of statistical forecasts within the JDA tool, the Local Demand Planner is directly responsible for gathering and challenging local market intelligence, entering this data into the Market Intelligence Form, and maintaining a clear understanding of cannibalisation effects. Effective communication with the Central team is essential to ensure the most accurate total market forecast. Additionally, the Local Demand Planner is accountable for key supply chain processes in line with SCOR methodology, including planning supply, sourcing, manufacturing, and delivery, as well as supporting demand planning, S&OP, and continuous improvement initiatives.

If there’s one thing, you’ll get here at Edgewell, it’s a collaborative group full of likeable, diverse and nurturing colleagues. They’re an inspiring bunch.

Here’s a sample of what you’ll get up to:

• Support the Senior Demand Planner and Central team by delivering accurate forecasts and sharing market intelligence.
• Collect sales volumes for promotions, new product launches, and distribution changes.
• Maintain detailed and high-level forecasts to align with company strategy.
• Ensure a closed feedback loop with sales and marketing to improve forecasting.
• Enter market intelligence into JDA and challenge distributor forecasts.
• Collaborate on new product setups, promo analysis, code switches, and SKU rationalisation.
• Coordinate co-packing requirements and support customer service with demand information.
• Follow up on slow-moving or obsolete stock processes.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of forecasting practices across the market and region.

Are You Ready to Show Us What You’ve Got?

We’re looking for an someone with significant experience ideally gained within an FMCG or Cosmetics business. While your experience is of course important, we’re all about making useful things joyful, so we love when our prospective candidates are passionate about this too.

• Experience in a Supply Chain role (Demand Planner background essential).
• Experience within a Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Personal Care or Cosmetics is desirable.
• Educated to Bachelor’s degree level minimum.
• Team player with a strong improvement focus.
• Ability to work within varied cultural teams.
• Collaborative mindset and strong communication skills.
• Customer-focused with strong needs identification capacity.

What we offer

Competitive salary, Hybrid working possible (2 days in the office), employee assistance programme, life assurance, discounted Edgewell branded products, core working hours, 25 days annual leave, free beverage & snacks, sports & social club membership, casual smart dress code and a great team!

Now Take the Next Step

If you’re looking forward to progressing your career with us, then we’re looking forward to hearing from you. Please email an up-to-date CV in English along with your salary expectations. Alternatively, feel free to pass onto your teammates who may be interested. For information about this great company, visit www.edgewell.com .

Edgewell is an equal opportunity employer. We do all we can to create a collaborative and diverse global team, where good ideas can thrive, and our colleagues can learn and lead. We prohibit discrimination based on age, color, disability, marital or parental status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or any legally protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. We listen deeply and speak directly to create an environment that’s open to difference. We aim to bring joy to not only the products we create and the people we serve, but our colleagues across the globe too.