Demand Planner

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Griffith Foods is global product development partner, we specialize in high-quality food ingredients. We serve global food companies and regional food companies worldwide.

As a family business, we’ve valued people above all else for 100 years. Griffith is renowned for true, collaborative innovation. Our people care. We’re committed to helping our customers create better products - and a better, more sustainable world. Learn more about Griffith Foods on

As part of the Supply Chain team you will provide in-depth expertise on the demand, to enable us to deliver seamlessly to our customers. The role is the linchpin that brings together the forecast from our customer base (Sales function), Procurement to be able to plan timely availability of raw materials to allow for Manufacturing to produce, on time and to plan, meeting our OTIF requirements for customers, thereby directly contributing to our customer satisfaction.

Based on the Forecast tool (Blue Yonder), you will generate a base forecast. You will lead demand planning meetings to develop a consensus demand plan. Being the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for our Demand & Inventory plan, you will be analysing historical sales trends.

In the Unit S&OP meeting you submit this demand plan to be signed off, to be used for the inventory & production plans.

You are driving continuous improvement in the forecast accuracy, increasing the quality of the forecast, enabling to optimise the inventory levels and to reduce the obsoletes.

In this role, you will also support the analysis, preparation and optimisation of our Supply Chain processes.

The position can be located in our offices in Valls (Spain) or in our offices in Herentals (Belgium).

Responsibilities :

• Generate a base forecast and lead demand planning meetings with the sales & customer services teams
• Increase the quality of the forecast. Work with sales teams and strategic customers to share sales forecasts
• Responsible for KPI’s as Forecast Accuracy, Forecast Bias, Obsoletes linked to forecasts
• Managing appropriate stock levels, driven by forecast improvements
• Provide expertise as EU demand planning and inventory optimisation expert across the different Units in EU. Share in-depth knowledge of tools and processes to improve best practices
• Proactively contribute to the development and enhancements of Blue Yonder continuously looking at how to improve it’s use for better results and accuracy on data forecasting, being the driving force behind improvement proposals
• Support implementation of EU SC Optimisation projects as assigned and drive continuous improvement in Demand and Inventory Planning across the EU SC

Requirements :

• Master’s in Engineering, Supply Chain or similar
• Analytical, you like to work with numbers
• Good communicator, proficient in working with Sales teams
• English Fluency. Dutch and / or Spanish is an asset
• In-depth knowledge of the role’s impact on customers – internal and external
• In-depth understanding of the impact of new product introductions, delistings and the bi-annual product churn on the business
• Advanced level of Excel proficiency
• Knowledge of PowerBI and Demand and Supply Planning Optimisation tools is an asset
• Minimum 5 years of experience in SC Process Optimisation in the Demand. Inventory optimisation experience is an asset.
• Actively seeks self-development and new ways to grow
• Able to work collaboratively with others across Supply Chain to meet shared objectives
• Demonstrated effective multitasking and active learning skills
• Influence local teams to get alignment and proficient in working with different cultures

Working at Griffith Foods

We are a caring family company where everyone has the opportunity to grow, follow their own personal Purpose and find fulfillment in their work. We support each other, demonstrate mutual respect and nourish people’s well-being.

We believe in doing the right thing, especially when it is hard to do and recognize that our success depends on our customers’ success consequently, we work together, leveraging our skills, knowledge and ideas to create exceptional products and solutions.

We value diversity at our company and celebrate our cultural and personal differences, knowing that together, we create a unique source of strength. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, or age.

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