Demand Planner

The Range; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Plymouth is seeking a dynamic Demand Planner to join their team. The role involves delivering accurate demand forecasts and managing replenishment for stock availability. Candidates should have experience in demand planning and strong analytical skills. This is a full-time, permanent position offering a competitive salary and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension

Long service awards

Employee discount

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in demand planning, forecasting, replenishment, or supply chain within a retail or FMCG environment.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and identify trends.
• Experience working with forecasting or replenishment systems is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate demand forecasts and effective replenishment.
• Run demand forecasts and place orders according to generated outputs.
• Set system allocations for stock availability.

Skills

Demand planning

Analytical skills

Forecasting systems

Excel proficiency

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Job description

We are a Sunday Times Top Track 100 company and one of the UK's fastest growing privately owned companies. The Range has grown enormously since its inception in 1989, and now has over 200 stores nationwide. People are at the heart of our retail concept, and we to invest in our staff and make the future extraordinary.

As a result of our expansion plans, and our continued ongoing success we are seeking a dynamic Demand Planner to be based at our Head Office in Plymouth.

About The Role

To deliver accurate demand forecasts and effective replenishment by managing forecasting outputs, maintaining system accuracy, and providing actionable insights to support stock availability and promotional activity.

Responsibilities

Demand Forecasting & Planning

• Run demand forecasts and place orders in line with generated system outputs and business requirements.
• Monitor daily forecast outputs and system alerts.
• Manage SKU / Order exceptions flagged, liaising with buying teams.
• Review and analyse demand, ensuring forecasts reflect expected demand patterns, including promotional events.
• Review the promotional calendar to ensure all future activity is correctly loaded into systems.
• Liaising with buying on product assortment, forecast exceptions which will impact ordering.
• Identify SKUs where actual sales significantly deviate from forecast, reviewing anomalies to ensure model accuracy and identifying root cause.

Replenishment, Ordering & Allocations

• Set system allocations, including reviewing future allocations to ensure accuracy.
• Maintain and create suitable ordering schedules to support stock availability and replenishment efficiency.
• Review promotional allocations at store level to ensure the system is accounting for this, liaising with stock controllers to ensure promotional data is captured within the system.
• Review orders that are not regionalised and take corrective action where required.

Person Specification

• Experience in demand planning, forecasting, replenishment, or supply chain within a retail or FMCG environment.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and identify trends and anomalies.
• Experience working with forecasting or replenishment systems is desirable.
• Proficiency in Excel and familiarity with BI or analytics tools.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
• Strong commercial awareness combined with confident communication.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Pension
• Long service awards
• Employee discount
• Cycle to work scheme

Position

Permanent, Full-time

Hours

Monday Friday, 08:45am – 17:30pm

Location

Plymouth, Devon