Demand Planning Manager - FMCG

Austin Fraser; Leeds; On-site; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job description

Job Title: Demand Planning Manager
Location: Leeds
Salary: £50,000 per annum
Job type: Full time, permanent

Assisi Pet Care was founded on a love of pets and a respect for the sustainable production of everything we bring to market. We are specialists in the transformational acquisition, management and organic growth of pet care, food and related companies. We grow sustainable businesses within the European Pet Care Industry that seek organic growth through continual improvement, innovation and energy. We choose our brands carefully. Each is selected not only for its potential but also its culture and character.

Please note that this company is not able to offer sponsorship and therefore candidates must have the legal right to live and work in the UK to be considered.

What is the mission?

To enable service excellence through demand management and commercial collaboration!

Key Responsibilities:

1. Lead the Forecasting process and management End to End.
2. Partner with Commercial and Finance teams to build and maintain the rolling forecast across all DFU/SKU Channels and Customers at a DC level as required.
3. Monitor KPI's and facilitate workstreams and specific actions to reduce deviation.
4. Lead metrics of Forecast Accuracy >70% and Bias +/- 10% (Develop Road map to >80% & +/-5%).
5. Identify demand variance to enable timely intervention by Supply Planning and Commercial teams to mitigate or avoid the impact to Customer Service.
6. Collaborate with Finance and Commercial teams on the Budgeting processes.
7. Lead the DMR within the S&OP process and collaborate into all other requirements for the full S&OP process.
8. Provide Forecast and historical data on demand to enable business analysis on sales and supply performance.
9. Support Portfolio management and NPD execution through the forecasting processes.

About you:

The ideal candidate will be a Senior Demand Planner or ambitious Demand Planner looking to step into a management position. A minimum of 5 years experience within a similar role is required.

Other Key skills & experience:

What are the key skills to be great at their job?

1. Supply Chain knowledge preferably FMCG with a demonstrated excellence in all aspects of Demand Planning and Forecasting.
2. Leadership - Ability to own and lead the End to End Business Forecast, influencing direct/indirect resources and broader functional teams across the Assisi Group.
3. Strong IT & Analytical Capabilities with core knowledge across MS Office, ERP systems like Sage, SAP and preferable analytical tools like Power BI and Tableau (or similar) - The ability to manipulate and analyse data is critical.
4. Communication skills with both internal and external stakeholders, articulate across Supply Chain, Finance and Commercial processes - Balancing the Technical with strong facilitation.

Capabilities:

1. Systems capability MS Office and ERP preferably Sage/SAP or similar.
2. Excellent analytical and financial capability with problem solving capability.
3. Strong communication skills (English).
4. Demand Planning excellence.
5. Commercial and Customer management.

Behaviours:

1. Ability to work as part of a team and provide peer support.
2. Focus under pressure and problem solve in their functional area.
3. Keen to learn and develop processes.
4. Focus and concentration across complex data sets.

Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of Accounts Assistant, Accounts Clerk, Finance Clerk, Credit Controller, Payment Processing, Purchase Ledger, Financial Administrator, Accounts Admin, Finance Support, Finance Assistant, Assistant Credit Controller, Credit Control may also be considered for this role.