Demand Planner - Flowers

Morrisons; Derby; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Une opportunité passionnante pour un Demand Planner au sein de Morrisons. Vous serez le lien critique entre les besoins des clients et la livraison opérationnelle, en alignant les équipes pour assurer un prévision appropriée. La position nécessite une forte capacité analytique et une bonne compréhension de la chaîne d'approvisionnement.

Benefits

15% discount in store

10% discount card for a friend

Career progression opportunities

Generous holiday entitlement

Market leading pension scheme

Healthcare benefits

'MyPerks' with discounts at retailers

Free parking onsite

Enhanced Family Leave

Bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Experience en demande planning, prévision ou chaîne d'approvisionnement.
• Compétences analytiques solides capables d'interpréter les données.
• Compréhension forte du processus de chaîne d'approvisionnement.

Responsibilities

• Construire et maintenir une prévision de la demande.
• Travailler avec les équipes d'achat et de production.
• Recommander des changements et actions correctives.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Data Interpretation

Commercial Awareness

Influencing Skills

Tools

Excel

Forecasting Systems

Job description

At Myton Horticulture, we deliver quality, freshness and value within our Flower category. As the Demand Planner for flowers, you’ll be the critical link between customer need and operational delivery, ensuring our buying and production teams are aligned to a robust, forward looking forecast that drives commercial performance.

This role is ideal for someone who loves digging into the data, spotting patterns in complexity, and influencing cross functional teams to stay on track and ahead of the curve to deliver the best for our customers.

What you’ll be doing:

• Build and maintain a rolling demand forecast across the plant portfolio, using a blend of historical data, future needs, promotional plans and seasonal trends

• Partner with Buying, retail and production teams to translate commercial plans into volume forecasts, ensuring we’re ready to meet customer needs and expectations

• Proactively review forecast accuracy and highlight key variances across sales, intake and stock. Recommending changes and driving corrective actions

• Align forecasts to include big event demand drivers, such as Valentines Day, Mothers Day and Christmas etc.

• Support long term capacity planning by identifying future demand risks and opportunities based on category growth, customer behaviour and range changes

• Collaborate with site planners and suppliers to ensure stock, lead times, and growing schedules are aligned

• Use forecasting systems and reporting tools to create clear, actionable insights for internal use and customer use

• Contribute to the broader sales & operations planning process, ensuring we have the right volumes in the right place at the right time

About you

We’re looking for someone who is commercially aware, confident with data and curious about how product and customer decisions shape operations.

You’ll need:

• Experience in demand planning, forecasting, supply chain or commercial planning, ideally within a short shelf life category

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data sources and turn them into a clear narrative

• Proficiency in Excel / Sheets and experience with forecasting or planning systems

• A strong understanding of the end to end supply chain process, and how demand signals drive procurement, production and delivery

• The ability to influence and engage across multiple functions both internally and externally

About us

In return for all your hard work, you will receive:

• 15% discount in store from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Market leading pension scheme and life assurance
• Healthcare benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• ‘MyPerks’ giving you discount with over 850 retailers
• Free parking onsite
• Enhanced Family, Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Annual bonus scheme
• Private healthcare

You’ll find a great big welcome here at Myton Food Group - the part of our business that looks after manufacturing, whilst maintaining strong roots within Morrisons Supermarkets.

At Myton Food Group, we have a legacy to be proud of. We’re British farming’s biggest single direct customer. We buy from highly valued suppliers. And we’re passionate about the quality of our food. Today, we have 19 manufacturing sites across the UK, where we pack and process fresh meats and fish, savoury and sweet pies, fruit and veg, flower bouquets, bread and lots more.

We really do stand out in the world of food manufacturing. But what we’re especially proud of is the way we all get stuck in and work as a team, in partnership across our supply chain. Read more about what we do at our Myton Food Group website.