Demand Planner
20 days ago
Manchester
Role Purpose The Demand Planner is responsible for building accurate and well understood demand forecasts across global markets within a 12-month horizon. This role plays a key part in bringing together data, commercial insight and business inputs to create a clear view of future demand. By working closely with stakeholders across Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Supply Planning, the Demand Planner ensures forecasts are realistic, clearly understood, and provide a strong foundation for business decision making. A strong focus of the role is turning data into insight, challenging assumptions, and clearly communicating risks and opportunities within the demand plan. Key Accountabilities Demand Forecasting & Planning • Build and maintain demand forecasts for a 12-month horizon., • Ensure forecasts are accurate, timely and aligned to agreed planning cycles., • Clearly document assumptions, risks, and opportunities within the forecast., • Bring together data from multiple sources including sales inputs, historical trends and marketing activity., • Analyse data to identify patterns, risks and opportunities that inform the forecast., • Challenge inputs and assumptions where needed to improve forecast quality., • Work closely with Commercial to gather and validate inputs., • Act as a key point of contact for demand data and forecast detail., • Ensure stakeholders are aware of and understand the most up to date forecast., • Clearly communicate changes, risks and key assumptions between forecast versions., • Provide clear and structured demand inputs to support supply and capacity planning., • Identify and flag demand risks, volatility and step changes as part of the planning cycle., • Support the S&OP Lead with clear data, insights and supporting analysis., • Monitor forecast accuracy and identify trends or bias., • Conduct root cause analysis on forecast variance to flag risk and recommend improvements., • Translate data into clear insights to support decision making., • Support the ongoing improvement of demand planning processes and ways of working., • Identify opportunities to simplify processes and reduce manual effort., • Commercial & Sales Teams, • Supply Planning Team, • Global S&OP Lead and Head of Planning, • Marketing & NPD, • Finance, • IT Skills & Experience Essential • Experience in Demand Planning, Forecasting, or Demand Analysis., • Strong analytical skills with the ability to work with and interpret data., • Experience working cross functionally with multiple stakeholders., • Good understanding of how demand planning supports supply and business decisions., • Experience in FMCG or fast paced environments., • Exposure to S&OP or integrated business planning processes., • Experience using forecasting or planning tools. Key Competencies & Behaviours • Analytical and detail focused, • Strong communicator and relationship builder, • Confident in challenging assumptions, • Structured and organised approach, • Collaborative and reliable, • Continuous improvement mindset Package: At St Pierre Groupe our employer brand is important. In addition to salary, we offer an extremely attractive benefits package consisting of: • Company Bonus Scheme, • Defined contribution pension scheme (8% employer, minimum 1% employee contribution), • Private Health Insurance and Medicash (after 3 months service), • International Travel Insurance, • Employee Assistance Programme, • Annual Leave of 27 days + 1 day for your Birthday + statutory days, • Flexible working (start time between 8am-10am) + early Friday finish., • Hybrid working with a mix of 3x onsite and 2x remote days., • Excellent work location at Didsbury Towers with onsite café, parking, and events.