Demand Planner

Your new job title:Demand Planner Your new salary: up to £33k basic plus (up to £3k - £3.5k bonus) Your new location of work: Weybridge, Surrey Your new working hours: 37.5 hours per week; however, flexibility required in order to fulfil role and responsibilities This is a fantastic opportunity to join a client of ours based in Weybridge, Surrey as a Demand Planner.You will assume responsibility for maintaining forecast performance and supply plan information flow. In addition, you will gather and analyse the weekly stock levels and generate a consolidated forecast, uploading the forecast to the central global demand planning system and forecasting performance. Key responsibilities: Forecast process set-up & improvement Statistical Forecasting & Data Analysis Forecast Consensus meeting coordination Forecast Performance Management Customer Relations & CPFR Sales and Operation Plan coordination Reporting The key skills required to be successful in this role: · Prior knowledge and experience of Forecasting and Supply Chain principles · Good overview of the commercial process, production planning and retail interface / order fulfilment. · Highly Proficient in using Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, V-lookups, formulas) and confident using new systems · Strong analytical skills The Personal attributes in order to be successful in this role: · Ability to work assertively to debate/challenge forecasts or tackle issues and reach a consensus between all parties · Logical common sense and proactive approach to problem solving · Good presentation skills · Excellent organisational and administration skills & attributes · Excellent interpersonal and communication skills · Team Player · Highly focussed and capable of sustaining a fast pace in a dynamic environment · Completer finisher - able to be resilient to drive issues through to a successful customer focused solution · Experience of working within a performance management environment – KPIs and Service Level Agreements To view all our Supply Chain jobs please go to www.people-first.co.uk/supply-chain Please follow us on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/people-first-supply-chain We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation. People First (Recruitment) Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent and fixed term contract recruitment and as an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Please note that by applying for this job you accept our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy which can be found on our website.