Demand Planner
- Employer
- Veritas Partners Limited
- Location
- Stansted, Essex
- Salary
- £30,000 to £35,000
- Closing date
- 28 Apr 2018
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Supply Chain & Logistics
Job Details
Our client is a large food manufacturing business. A vacancy has arisen for a Demand Planner to join the team based in Stansted airport. This is a fast paced and demanding role that requires a confident and capable candidate.
The role
Demand Planner with an FMCG background.
Work with the Commercial teams and wider commercial influences such as NPD, Marketing to develop an agreed forecast. Manage the monthly, quarterly, 12 month and 18 month horizon for input into the supply and inventory planning team and financial teams.
- promotional forecast
- promotional assortment/display forecast
- information regarding new product launch forecast
- information on Nielsen data and expected seasonality
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- Challenge the market intelligence and discuss cannibalization of standard products
- Overlay the statistical forecast with the market intelligence and the cannibalization assumptions
- Prepare local S&OP booklets and lead/facilitate the local S&OP meetings
- Drive a monthly consensus forecast between all functions
- Analyse forecasts and forecast error reports to improve forecast accuracy (net error and absolute error)
Experience:
- Demand planning experience within FMCG environment
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office especially excel
- Awareness of Demand planning systems, working models.
- Numeric analytical skills.
- Meeting facilitation.
- Prioritisation of workload and areas of focus based on impact assessment.
- Strong communication and presentation skills within and across business functions.
- Proactive management of a category forecast.
- Build relationships internally and externally (customer supply chain teams).
- Attention to detail: professional, accurate and efficient way of working.
- Influencing, challenging and negotiation skills within and across business functional teams.
- Identify key issues and trends and proactively develop a plan to address
- Can present challenge and debate in a controlled manner
If you wish to apply for this role please click on the apply button with a copy of your up to date cv. Reference 3049/91
Not right for you? We’d still like to speak with you about other sales, marketing or category management opportunities, so please do send an up to date copy of your CV and we will call you.
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Company
Veritas Partners Ltd are specialist recruiters sourcing candidates and opportunities across the FMCG, Consumer and Business to Business markets. Specialists in Sales, National Accounts, Marketing and Category, we partner with a broad range of clients from foodie start-ups and fast-growing SME’s to established global household names. Our philosophy is to provide open, honest and comprehensive recruitment solutions to candidates and clients alike.
We’re straight-talking, highly market-aware and innovative in our approach, so we find ourselves perfectly positioned to provide clear, consultative support on your recruitment/career needs, no matter how specific they may be. From Executive Search to Managed Advertising and Contingency Services, Veritas provides a first-class career management service that is proven to deliver on expectations with both fluidity and professionalism.
- Website
- http://www.veritaspartners.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 0118 903 4914
- Location
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Seddon House
Gas Lane
Twyford
Berkshire
RG10 9LX
United Kingdom
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