Demand Manager
Central London
Circa £40,000 + Benefits
Role Profile
Our client is a growing FMCG business based within Central London with a requirement for an experienced demand planner with strong people management experiences to come and develop the forecasting function. The successful applicant must have a background working within food and must be prepared to develop the current systems.
Responsibilities
- Produce 12 month rolling forecast
- Develop forecast and current systems
- Forecast for all product lines across business
- Collaborate with sales and operations teams to enhance forecast KPIs
- Lead demand reviews with channel managers
- Monitor key sales and forecast KPIs across the business
- Use available customer data to optimise sales forecast accuracy
- Clearly communicate assumptions and risks
- Maintain and improve forecasting database
- Support sales team with reporting and analysis
- Plan for short, medium and long term business objectives
- Review and resolve forecast issues
- Ensure data is cleansed and accurate
Skills & Experience
Skills and personal qualities considered to be essential to the role are:
- Demand Planning experience
- Strong relationship builder
- European language skills desirable but not essential
- Passionate and Driven for progression
- Advanced Excel
- Proven track record delivering results
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- A hands-on attitude and 'no problem' approach
- Highly analytical with the ability to deal with complex and detailed data streams
- Desire and ability to take responsibility
- Creative thinker
- Approachable, enthusiastic, likeable, team player
- Driven by success and progression
Client information
Our client is a growing FMCG business.
Remuneration
circa £40,000 + Benefits
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