Demand Planning Manager

1st Executive; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

1st Executive is seeking a Demand Planning Manager to lead a replenishment-focused team across retail, wholesale and distribution networks. You will drive product availability, manage stock levels and partner with suppliers to hit KPIs.

The role emphasises strong data storytelling through Power BI and cross-functional collaboration. The position is hybrid, with on-site presence three days per week, requiring strategic planning, risk assessment and clear communication with stakeholders to

Qualifications

• Experience in replenishment
• Proven ability to lead a team or individual
• Strong data analysis and reporting skills

Responsibilities

• Lead the demand planning team to maximise product availability across commodity groups with seasonal sales trends
• Communicate opportunities and risks to the wider business
• Support end-to-end stock availability and mitigate risks
• Run daily huddles to inform, share, understand and challenge the demand planning strategy
• Leverage Power BI reports to analyse data and provide insights to the business
• Investigate high stock levels and wastage and drive resolution
• Ensure end-to-end supply chain stock availability
• Build trading and supplier relationships to hit annual KPI targets
• Manage stock to meet holding targets at commodity group level

Skills

Demand planning

Team management

Replenishment

Data analysis

Power BI

Stock management

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Power BI

Job description

I am currently recruiting a Demand Planning Manager for a highly successful business within the retail, wholesale and distribution

This is an exciting time to be joining a growing business. They are looking for someone who has solid replenishment experience and ideally experience of managing a team or person

• Manage the demand planning team to maximise availability on all products in commodity groups with varied seasonally driven sales
• Communicating opportunities and risks to the wider business
• Support the end-to-end stock availability, ensuring risks are mitigated
• To action and ensure that daily huddles are completed with the purpose to inform, share, understand and challenge to ensure delivery of the group wide demand planning strategy
• Consistently working with Power BI data sources, using these reports to analyse and provide rich data to the wider business
• Ensure that the team investigate high stock levels and wastage working towards resolution
• Make sure supply chain end to end stock availability is achieved
• Lead the demand planning team to build strong trading and supplier relationships to maximise and deliver the annual KPI Targets
• Lead the team to work to stock holding targets at commodity group level, whilst taking responsibility for managing and analysing stock to ensure high inventory levels

The role is hybrid with 3 days on site