Demand Planner - FMCG

Confidential; Northallerton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is seeking a meticulous Production Planner to manage day-to-day PET production plans across the network. You will review forecasts, align them with the production plan, and support the Demand Lead in strategic planning with customers and internal teams.

You will attend weekly meetings, report on plan movements, and work with procurement and other functions to optimize inventory, production parameters, and service levels for the next 12 weeks.

Qualifications

• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• High level of accuracy and good Excel skills.
• Ability to multitask and prioritise.
• Experience with external stakeholder management; cross-functional team work.

Responsibilities

• Issue production plans day-to-day for PET production lines and manage internal/external needs.
• Review, analyse and adapt customer forecasts to the production plan.
• Support the Demand Lead in strategic review of production requirements.
• Review short-term customer forecasting.
• Attend and support weekly customer planning meetings.
• Lead weekly production meetings with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Report on production plan movements to relevant teams.
• Communicate feasibility and movements within the firm period with customers and internal departments.
• Work with Demand Lead to support customer and business requirements.
• Build relationships with customers and cross-functional teams.
• Ensure SAP parameters reflect inventory targets and are reviewed regularly.
• Align production plans with 12-week horizons including hours, quality, and engineering.
• Identify slow-moving/obsolete SKU risks and coordinate mitigation.
• Improve processes with procurement for accuracy and efficiency.
• Maintain min/max production requirements to service customers and logistics.
• Own Aldi PET stock levels and forecasting; update team and accounts.
• React to issues daily from internal and customer sources.
• Provide demand planning support when required.
• This role is office-based; occasional out-of-hours/weekend decisions may be required.
• Drive continuous improvement of planning with the demand planner.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Microsoft Excel

Forecasting

Time management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional teamwork

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Tools

SAP

Job description

Your new company
This nationwide business is recognised for its advanced production technology, continued investment in expansion, and commitment to delivering high-quality solutions at scale. Your new role
- Responsible for the issuing of production plans on a day-to-day basis for the PET production lines. This is both internal and external.
- Review, analyse and adapt customer forecasts to the businesses production plan.
- Support the Demand Lead in the strategic review of the production requirements, identifying potential challenges.
- Review of short term customer forecasting.
- Attend and support in weekly customer meetings from a planning perspective.
- Attending daily production meetings, liaising with key stakeholders from across internal business areas
- Leading weekly production meetings, liaising with key stakeholders from across internal business areas.
- Review, communicate and report on production plan movements, across all relevant stakeholders.
- Review feasibility and communicate any movements within the firm period with both customers and internal departments. Working with the Demand Lead to support both customer and business requirements.
- Build good work relationships with customers and other cross-functional team members.
- Ensure accurate parameters are reflected in SAP and regularly reviewed to achieve optimum materials inventory holding within the network
- Ensure production plans are accurate and aligned with production parameters for the following 12 weeks. Inclusive of operating hours, quality parameters and engineering requirements.
- Proactively identify slow-moving and obsolete SKU risks, report and follow up by closely working with other functional teams.
- Review existing processes and work closely with the procurement team to improve accuracy and efficiencies, where possible.
- Ensure production requirements are within agreed min/max levels to best service both the customer and logistics.
- To take ownership of the Aldi PET stock levels and forecasting, regularly updating the other members of the planning team and customer accounts.
- React to issues on a daily basis created both internally and from customers.
- Provide demand planning support for colleagues when required.
- This role will be office-based. However, the need to occasionally take a call out of hours or on a weekend to make decisions may be required
- Work with the demand planner to drive continuous improvement of the planning function. Inclusive of system knowledge and utilisation to protect our production.

What you'll need to succeed

Strong organisation and communication skillsHigh level of accuracy.Good computer literacy, particularly with Microsoft Excel, as you will be accurately updating and maintaining documents and systems.Ability to multitask workloads and prioritise based on the business requirements.Good knowledge of SAP and Excellent time management Excellent report writing and presentation skillsExcellent problem-solving skillsAbility to work to deadlinesWillingness to work flexibly Experience with external stakeholder managementMust be a team player and demonstrate successful experience working in a cross-functional international team environment.