Demand Planner

Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS); United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An International FMCG company is looking for a candidate to maintain data within the APO/IBP forecasting system while ensuring a high-quality demand forecast. You will work with various teams to identify discrepancies, adjust sales data, and provide meaningful statistical forecasts. A minimum bachelor’s degree and strong numerical and analytical skills are essential for this position. Key responsibilities include reviewing statistical alerts, managing promotional forecasts, and conducting demand reviews. Proficiency in MS Office and English is required.

Qualifications

• Strong numerical and analytical competencies.
• Comfortable with complex IT systems and processes.
• Languages: English mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Maintain data within the APO/IBP forecasting system.
• Identify master data issues and work with teams.
• Adjust historical sales for accurate forecasting.
• Review and resolve APO/IBP alerts.
• Update promotional forecasts.
• Validate start forecast volumes.
• Ensure alignment of forecasted and commercially agreed volumes.
• Carry out demand reviews with Account Managers.

Skills

Numerical competencies

Analytical competencies

Understanding of statistical forecasting techniques

Good knowledge of Excel

Good knowledge of Word

Good knowledge of Outlook

Education

Minimum bachelor or equivalent experience

Tools

APO/IBP forecasting system

Job description

Overview

If you are ambitious, self-motivated, hardworking and a team player and interested in growing your career with an International FMCG business, please read through our job opportunity.

Key Purpose

Key Purpose: Maintain data within the APO/IBP forecasting system to ensure a high quality forecast. Update the demand plan in line with the monthly cycle, making changes to demand guided by commercial and category updates.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify master data issues and work with Master Data and GIS teams to ensure effective adjustment.
• Adjust historical sales to provide good base data for statistical forecasting and accurate data on historical promotions.
• Review APO/IBP alerts relevant to the role on a weekly basis, acting to resolve all high priority alerts, check all medium priority alerts and take action where necessary. In both cases reference commercial teams where appropriate.
• Review poor statistical forecasts and make recommendations to the APO/IBP Configuration Manager.
• Update and enter promotional forecasts in line with business requirements or support PLM team to enter promotions by helping with volume validation.
• Validate start forecasts volumes, manage the use of the APO/IBP control week in creating accurate forecasts and support PLM team appropriately.
• Ensure stop events in APO/IBP meet the needs of the business by ensuring the forecast and commercially agreed volumes are aligned or support PLM team appropriately.
• Ensure information relevant to forecasting is provided by the commercial teams and this is incorporated appropriately into the demand plan.
• Carry out demand reviews with Account Managers in line with the monthly cycle to capture all unconstrained demand, making adjustments to existing demand and/or adding new demand (including master data creation).
• Raise any concerns around quality of data/information provided with the Account Manager and to BU Demand Manager.
• Document all assumptions and support the preparation for the BU Demand Review.
• Update the demand plan with any constraints that have been applied.

Technical Competencies & Qualifications

• Minimum bachelor or equivalent experience
• Strong numerical and analytical competencies
• Comfortable with complex IT systems and processes
• Understand of statistical forecasting techniques
• MS-Office: Good knowledge of Excel, Word, Outlook
• Languages: English mandatory

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