Demand Planner

AMETEK; Sunbury-on-Thames; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading industrial technology company in the United Kingdom seeks a Demand Planner to manage demand forecasting and ensure timely product development. Candidates should have a strong leadership background, efficient data analysis skills, and at least 2 years of experience in a planning role. Excellent communication and Microsoft Office skills are essential to succeed in this position.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience within a planning role in any industry.
• Ability to influence different levels of management.
• High degree of efficiency in data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Run monthly site Demand Review as part of the operational cycle.
• Analyze market trends to inform decision making.
• Capture future demand from customer base.

Skills

Strong Indirect leadership

Understanding of Planning process

Data analysis ability

Communication skills

Microsoft Office knowledge

Job description

Overview

The Demand Planners main responsibility is to collate AMETEK Air Technology demand stream and ensure that our business is driving towards a validated demand profile that will delight our customers. This will include series production - firm and forecast demand, Bidding on exciting new technology and scheduling our new product development team.

Responsibilities will include:

• Run the monthly site Demand Review as part of the Sales & Operations cycle. This will be working alongside our SLT.
• Analyze market trends and present data to help inform effective decision making at Senior Levels in the business to ensure we respond to market trends
• Provide a framework to capture future demand from our customer base
• Working closely with business development, engineering and project management to ensure we are able to deliver bids on time to meet deadlines
• Help our departmental heads understand future staffing levels required across new product development through running a collation of demand from all areas of the business.
• Develop our business planning process to ensure new products can be developed on time to market and customer needs
• Be accountable for the Original Equipment demand expressed in our Navision system
• Support the Production Department for “What ifs” and/or Demand analysis.
• Maintain Demand Plan KPIs for the site. This will include demand forecast accuracy (conversion rate) along with business exposure to risk.

Skills Required:

• Strong Indirect leadership and ability to influence
• Good understanding of the complete Planning process: Sales & Operations Planning, the Master Scheduling and Shop floor planning
• Ability to analyse data with a high degree of efficiency to summarise the information
• Ability to work with different levels of management
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Good Microsoft Office suite knowledge
• No formal qualifications required
• Ideally at least 2 years of experience within a planning role in any industry