Demand Planner

We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Demand Planner to join our team. Reporting to our Head of Demand Planning, you will be instrumental in optimising inventory levels, ensuring raw material and product availability, and contributing to the overall success of our manufacturing-based supply chain operations.

As a Demand Planner, you will play a critical role between sales, marketing, production, and logistics. You will be responsible for forecasting demand, managing inventory levels, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Your analytical skills and strategic thinking will be essential in anticipating sales trends and ensuring product availability in alignment with manufacturing capabilities and constraints.

This hybrid role, 3 days a week at our Innovation Centre in Aylesbury (HP22 5WJ) and remote working, offers the chance to make a real difference in a dynamic, high-growth environment. If you’re proactive, data-driven, and thrive on collaboration, we’d love to hear from you!

Your role will involve:

• Stock Health Assurance: Develop and maintain demand plans that guarantee 100% stock health, ensuring products are readily available to meet customer demands.
• On-Time In-Full (OTIF) Delivery: Collaborate closely with production planning, logistics, and sales teams to achieve 100% On-Time In-Full (OTIF) delivery to customers.
• Forecast Accuracy: Utilise statistical forecasting methods and data analysis to improve forecast accuracy.
• Continuously evaluate and refine forecasting models to align with sales trends and company objectives.
• Optimising Stock Holding: Implement strategies to optimise stock holding, balancing the need for product availability with the goal of minimising excess inventory.
• Inventory Write-Off Reduction: Proactively identify and implement measures to reduce inventory write-offs, ensuring efficient and cost-effective stock management.
• Collaboration with Manufacturing Teams: Work closely with the Production Planner and operations team to align demand forecasts with production schedules and capacity.
• Continuous Improvement: Proactively identify gaps to improve forecast accuracy by continuously monitoring customer and market trends and adjusting forecasts to meet the demand.
  
  

• Substantial experience of demand planning/merchandising/forecasting experience within an FMCG manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in Excel.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• A proactive approach to identifying challenges and finding efficient solutions.
• Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy and precision.
• Ability to work in a fast moving environment where priorities can shift quickly.
• Experience in forecasting/demand planning software is a plus.
  
  

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Flexible & Hybrid working
• Private Medical Insurance + Mental Health support
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Annual Performance Bonus
• Long Service Awards
• 75% discount + Annual Product Allowance
• Flexible Career opportunities
• Up-skilling support + regular Lunch & Learns
• 2 Volunteering days per year
• Matched Charitable Giving Scheme
  
  

Head over to our main careers page to find out more about the team and our values. You can also find out more about us on LinkedIn, Glassdoor & Instagram.

Founded in 2009 by UK scientists and brothers, Elliot and Daniel Isaacs, we are a British, B Corp certified dermatological skincare brand, globally renowned for our age-defying heroes that deliver results without compromise.

Our mission is to simplify the route to great skin through the highest quality, most efficacious and trusted products on the market. All this is underpinned by our pioneering CSA Philosophy of vitamin C plus sunscreen by day, and vitamin A (retinoids) by night which addresses 90% of anti-ageing skincare needs to deliver more youthful-looking skin.

At Medik8, we believe that diversity within our workplace drives innovation. We celebrate multiple backgrounds, cultures, approaches and points of view, and believe that when people feel respected and included, they can truly flourish. We’re committed to advancing equal opportunities and we’re dedicated to building a workforce as diverse as our consumer base, creating a multifaceted, equitable and inclusive culture and allowing all colleagues to bring their whole selves to work.

Our DE&I ethos also flows through our recruitment process. Studies have found that minority groupings tend to apply for roles only when they meet 100% of the role requirements, in comparison to non-minority grouping tend to apply when they meet only 60% of the role requirements (Hewlett Packard). The requirements listed in our job descriptions are guidelines, not hard and fast rules, so if you think you meet 60+ of the role spec and are passionate, excited & feel like you have the potential to fulfil the rest - then we want to hear from you!