Demand Planner

Hilton Foods; Drogheda; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Promotion opportunities

Holiday 30 days

Company pension 5%

Subsidised canteen

EV chargers

Cycle to work

Share Save scheme

Free on-site parking

Staff shop

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Hilton Food Group is seeking a proactive Demand Planner for our Drogheda site. You will forecast customer demand for all retail products, model site capacity, and develop a rolling 52-week outlook in collaboration with the planning manager and commercial teams.

Daily responsibilities include analyzing sales trends, managing forecasts vs orders, and ensuring smooth product launches. Strong Excel skills and experience with retail customers are essential.

Qualifications

• Excel proficiency essential.
• Strong written and spoken English.
• Experience in forecasting.
• Experience working with retail customers.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyse historical sales, seasonal demand and promotions to predict future demand.
• Generate seasonal plans to ensure cost-effective delivery.
• Manage Quintiq releases.
• Model the demand for logistics resources on site and address pinch points.
• Review customer forecast vs orders daily.
• Coordinate new product set ups in planning files for smooth launches.
• Participate in site NPD/Planning meetings to ensure visibility of product changes.
• Attend DRM2 and Planning meetings daily.
• Communicate forecast changes with planning manager, planners and material schedulers.
• Highlight underperforming SKU/issues to support actions and recovery.
• Assist accounts with debit note queries.

Skills

Excel

English communication

Forecasting

Retail customers experience

Organisational skills

Tools

Quintiq

Job description

Role

Demand Planner

Location

Drogheda, On site

Working hours

Monday – Friday, Monday- Thursday: 8:00 AM- 4:30 PM, Friday: 8:00-3:30 PM, 39 hours

Salary

Competitive

About Us

We are a company that takes pride in our people as it is our people who are at the centre of everything that we do.

We have multi-category expertise with a focus on quality and innovation. We deliver what customers need and consumers want with expert taste and growth mindset.

Our business began with meat, and we've developed a market-leading expertise with unmatched quality globally. We’re always investing in new technology to deliver more value, efficiency and consumer-led innovative solutions.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for a professional and experienced Demand Planner to be responsible for forecasting customer demand of all retail products on site. To be responsible for capacity modelling of the HFI site for both operations and logistics. To work closely with the planning manager to generate a rolling 52 week outlook of capacity demands To be the key point of contact for our internal commercial team and the customers supply chain teams

Key Responsibilities As a Demand Planner Will Be To

• Analysing historical sales, seasonal demand, weather changes and upcoming promotions to predict future consumer demand
• To generate seasonal plans using the tools we have to ensure effective delivery at the planned cost
• To manage Quintiq new releases
• To model the demand and requirement for the logistics resources on site (NAWI, Manual warehouse) and manage any pinch points
• Daily review of customer forecast vs orders
• To manage new product set ups within the planning files to ensure smooth launches
• To participate in site NPD meetings to ensure full visibility of any upcoming product changes
• Daily attendance of the DRM2 and Planning Meetings
• Daily communication with the planning manager, planners and raw material schedulers to discuss forecast changes
• Tracking of service level at SKU Level and ensuring we have clear historical info
• To highlight “problem” products that are underperforming for the site and/or for the customer
• Assisting accounts with debit note queries

Required experience/expertise to succeed as a Demand Planner will include:

• Excellent experience and proficiency of Microsoft Office specifically Excel
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English –
• Experience in forecasting
• Experience in working with a retail customers
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills

What You Get In Return

• Opportunities for development and internal promotion
• Holiday: 30 Days (20 Annual Leave, 10 Public Holidays)
• Company Pension: 5% Matching
• Subsidised Canteen
• EV Chargers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Share Save scheme
• Free car parking on site
• Staff shop with discounted products
• Employee assistance program

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