Demand Planner

I am currently recruiting for a Demand Planner for a luxury beauty brand based in London.

Hybrid role with excellent benefits

As the Demand Planner, you will play a pivotal role in driving and shaping the way their supply chain supports global business growth. You will serve as the primary liaison for commercial partners, ensuring a seamless balance between commercial/consumer needs and supply capability.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to improve demand forecasting techniques and tools, contributing to the optimisation of their supply chain processes and to make a significant impact on business success through demand planning excellence.

Demand Forecasting and Management:

• Develop and deliver accurate demand forecasts over a 1 to 2 year horizon, utilising Excel tools and incorporating the latest consumption rates.
• Ensure demand plans accurately reflect known marketing activities, product launch timings, and promotional activities.
• Collaborate closely with marketing teams to evaluate the likely impact of commercial investments on demand.
• Reconcile and report on the accuracy of past demand plans and sales forecasts at SKU and customer level detail

• Supply Signal Conversion and Inventory Optimisation:

• Translate forecasts into actionable supply signals, providing item-level recommendations and flow strategies to maximise product availability while optimising cash and inventory.Contribute insights to stocking policies and monitor supply readiness and inventory risks, particularly during promotional and new selling periods.
• Proactively resolve and communicate supply-related issues to stakeholders, ensuring alignment across functions.

The role would someone with a minimum of 3 years Demand planning experience

Experience in implementing S&OP demand review or new forecasting tools is advantageous but not essential

Advanced Excel skills and ideally Power-BI or SQL