Demand Planner

McBride; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An International FMCG business is seeking a Demand Planner for a fixed term of 12 months based in Wolverhampton. The role involves maintaining forecasting data, ensuring accurate demand plans, and collaborating with various teams to manage sales data. Candidates should possess strong numerical and analytical skills, a bachelor's degree, and proficiency in MS-Office. This position offers an opportunity to grow within a dynamic environment and make impactful contributions to forecasting processes.

Qualifications

• Minimum bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Strong numerical and analytical competencies are required.
• Comfortable with complex IT systems and processes.
• Understanding of statistical forecasting techniques is essential.
• Proficiency in MS-Office including Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• English language proficiency is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Maintain data within the APO/IBP forecasting system for high-quality forecasts.
• Identify master data issues and collaborate for effective adjustments.
• Adjust historical sales for accurate statistical forecasting.
• Review and act on APO/IBP alerts relevant to the role.
• Document assumptions and support preparation for BU Demand Review.

Skills

Numerical competencies

Analytical competencies

Comfortable with complex IT systems

Understand of statistical forecasting techniques

Good knowledge of Excel, Word, Outlook

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

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.

We have a great opportunity for a Demand Planner role on a FTC for 12 months.

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