Demand Planner - Anaplan

Codex; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work (3 days on-site)

Birthday off

Remote work weeks

IBP journey opportunity

Job summary

Codex is seeking an experienced Demand Planner to take ownership of our UK demand planning, leveraging Anaplan to drive accuracy and IBP maturity during a planning transformation.

You'll be hands-on with Anaplan and the broader process, extracting data, producing actionable reports, generating forecasts, challenging the plan with data, and collaborating with stakeholders to shape a pragmatic IBP journey.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' demand planning experience, including UK market.
• Hands-on Anaplan experience and proficiency with the platform.
• Experience generating forecasts with a planning system.
• FMCG experience is highly desirable.
• Strong analytical skills and data-driven challenger.

Responsibilities

• Use Anaplan to extract, analyse and interpret data and produce clear, actionable reporting.
• Generate statistical forecasts and assess forecast accuracy.
• Challenging forecasts and the wider demand plan when data doesn’t support assumptions.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and improve the Anaplan solution.
• Work closely with stakeholders to strengthen the planning process and IBP journey.

Skills

Demand planning

Anaplan

Forecasting

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Anaplan

Job description

Salary up to £55,000 | Shape & Own the Process | Hybrid (3 days on-site)

Are you an experienced Demand Planner with strong Anaplan expertise who wants to take real ownership of a company's demand planning process?

This is an exciting opportunity to join an international FMCG business at a pivotal point in its planning transformation. Having invested in Anaplan as its demand planning platform, the business is now looking to simplify and maximise the system, improve forecasting capability and take its first real steps towards Integrated Business Planning (IBP).

You'll join a lean, high-performing planning team and have genuine scope to shape how demand planning works. This isn't a role where you'll simply maintain an existing process — you'll have the opportunity to challenge the status quo, improve the use of Anaplan and help build a more effective planning function.

The Role

You'll be hands-on with both the Anaplan system and the wider demand planning process, including:

• Using Anaplan to extract, analyse and interpret data and produce clear, actionable reporting
• Generating statistical forecasts and using data to assess forecast accuracy
• Challenging forecasts and the wider demand plan when the data doesn't support the assumptions
• Identifying opportunities to simplify and improve the existing Anaplan solution
• Working closely with wider stakeholders to strengthen the planning process
• Helping develop the business towards a genuine IBP process

What we're looking for

• 5+ years' Demand Planning experience, including experience in the UK market
• Strong hands-on Anaplan experience and confidence navigating the platform
• Experience generating statistical forecasts using a planning system
• FMCG experience is highly desirable
• Strong analytical skills and the confidence to challenge plans using data and insight
• Channel Management experience may also be considered

What's on offer?

• Hybrid working: 3 days in office / 2 days from home
• Your birthday off
• 2 weeks per year working fully remotely
• A genuinely exciting opportunity to help shape a demand planning function and its journey towards IBP

If you're looking for a Demand Planning role where you can make your mark, rather than simply inherit an established process, this could be the perfect next step!