Senior Demand Planner

Edgewell Personal Care; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consumer goods company in Greater London is seeking a Senior Demand Planner. This role involves owning total market forecasts for the NW Hub and requires strong experience in Demand Planning within an FMCG environment. Candidates should possess a degree in a related field, proven leadership experience, and excellent IT skills, particularly in SAP and Blue Yonder. The position offers a hybrid working model with competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible working hours

Employee assistance program

Access to discounted products

Membership to sports and social club

Qualifications

• Solid experience in Demand Planning within an FMCG environment.
• Passionate about creating useful things joyfully.
• Initiative and results-driven mindset.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end forecasting for the NW Hub.
• Drive Hub-to-market alignment and unbiased forecasting.
• Lead and develop Hub Demand Planners.

Skills

Strong Supply Chain & Demand Planning experience

Proven people-leadership experience

Excellent IT skills (Excel; Access; SAP/Blue Yonder/JDA)

Confident communicator

Fluent in English

Strong customer focus

Education

Degree in a business-related discipline

Tools

SAP

Blue Yonder

Job description

Edgewell is not just a company, but a vibrant global community of 6,800 visionaries, doers, and makers. Our family of over 25 personal care brands serves people in more than 50 countries. We are dedicated to infusing joyfulness into every aspect of our work. Our pledge goes beyond our products, with our fundamental value of People First guiding us to foster a diverse, inclusive, and respectful environment where every team member can flourish and celebrate our shared achievements.

Senior Demand Planner

Location: Central London Hybrid Working- 2 days in office Attractive Salary & Benefits Package

Let’s Talk About You

You’re ambitious, curious, and want a career with real purpose—great, because we love that. You’re ready for a challenge, and you’re excited to write the next chapter of your career with a team of supportive, collaborative colleagues. You bring energy, ownership and personality to your work.

If you're interested in our Senior Demand Planner (NW Hub) role, this could be your next step! We are looking for an experienced supply chain professional to join Edgewell Personal Care—a global consumer goods business with a portfolio of 25+ iconic brands (Wilkinson Sword, Schick, Hawaiian Tropic, Carefree, Bulldog Skincare for Men, Jack Black, and our newest addition: Cremo Grooming… just to name a few!).

Now, Let’s Get Down to Business

The Senior Demand Planner NW Hub will own the total market forecast across the Hub, driving high‑quality standard and promotional forecasts supported by strong local market intelligence. You’ll ensure accurate inputs into Blue Yonder (JDA), understand key demand drivers including cannibalisation, and work closely with the EU Central team to build the most robust forecast possible. You’ll lead the top‑down challenge process between Hub and markets, remove bias, and secure alignment through well‑run Hub and Market Commercial Reviews (EBP). Staying closely connected to EU processes, you’ll ensure consistent ways of working, clear communication and shared insights across A be improving forecast accuracy while balancing service levels and working capital targets. You’ll partner with commercial teams and customers to strengthen execution, share best practice and elevate planning across all Hub markets. You’ll also champion continuous improvement in market intelligence tools and processes—across Blue Yonder, promotional planning and customer data analytics—to enable more collaborative, insight‑driven forecasting.

Here’s a sample of what you’ll get up to:

• Own end‑to‑end forecasting for the NW Hub.
• Lead and challenge market intelligence; maintain accurate Blue Yonder inputs.
• Partner with EU Central on statistical forecasts and demand drivers.
• Drive Hub‑to‑market alignment and unbiased forecasting.
• Run Hub and Market Commercial Reviews (EBP) and secure sign‑off.
• Improve forecast accuracy, service levels and working‑capital balance.
li>Enhance MI tools and customer‑data insights.
• Support NPIs, promo analysis, code switches and allocations.
• Analyse forecast errors and drive continuous improvement.
• Build strong cross‑functional partnerships.
• Lead and develop Hub Demandanners.

Are You Ready to Show Us What You’ve Got?

We’re looking for someone with solid experience in Demand Planning gained within an FMCG environment. While your experience is of course important, we’re all about making useful things joyful, so we love when our prospective candidates are passionate about this too.

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Degree (or equivalent) in a business‑related discipline
• Strong Supply Chain & Demand Planning experience (FMCG essential)
• Proven people‑leadership experience
• Excellent IT skills (Excel; Access; SAP/Blue Yonder/JDA a plus)
• Confident communicator with strong storytelling skills
• Fluent in English; another European language is an advantage
• A passion for continuous improvement
• Strong customer focus
• Initiative and results‑driven mindset

What We Offer

We’ll reward your contribution with a competitive salary, plus the flexibility of hybrid working (two days in the office). You’ll enjoy responsible time off holiday, life assurance, an employee assistance programme, core working hours and access to discounted Edgewell products. Our offices offer free snacks and beverages, a smart‑casual dress code, and membership to our sports and social club. Most importantly, you’ll join a supportive team with a genuinely great culturep>Now Take the Next Step

If you’re excited about progressing your career with us, we’d love to hear from you. Please send your CV (in English) along with your salary expectations. Or feel free to share this opportunity with someone in your network who might be interested.

To learn more about Edgewell, visit www.edgewell.com

Edgewell is an equal opportunity employer. We do all we can to create a collaborative and diverse global team, where good ideas can thrive, and our colleagues can learn and lead. We prohibit discrimination based on age, color, disability, marital or parental status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or any legally protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. We listen deeply and speak directly to create an environment that’s open to difference. We aim to bring joy to not only the products we create and the people we serve, but our colleagues across the globe too.