Demand Planner | High Growth FMCG | Commercially Led Planning
Location: Cambridgeshire
Salary: Up to £45,000
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday, office based
Are you a commercially minded Demand Planner looking to make a real impact within a fast growing, category redefining FMCG business?
This is a critical Demand Planner role within a high growth FMCG company operating in a short shelf-life environment. As the business continues to scale across multiple channels, this role exists to create a clear, trusted view of demand and support better inventory, service level and risk decisions.
What You’ll Be Doing
• Aggregate channel level forecasts into a single, aligned demand plan
• Own short term execution planning alongside longer term 3 to 12 month demand visibility
• Partner closely with commercial teams to review assumptions, confidence levels, and forecast accuracy
• Feed demand plans into supply chain planning to support stock cover and availability decisions
• Support decisions balancing customer service levels with write off and shelf life risk
• Use Excel based forecasting tools while supporting ongoing improvements to planning processes
What’s In It for You
• High impact role within a fast growing FMCG business
• Opportunity to influence decision making across commercial and supply chain teams
• Broad role scope beyond traditional demand planning
• Exposure to scaling complexity, volume growth, and evolving planning maturity
• Competitive salary aligned to experience
Your Background
• Experience in demand planning within a retailer facing environment
• Exposure to short shelf life categories and inventory risk trade offs
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to challenge constructively
• Commercially aware with a relationship led, collaborative approach
• Advanced Excel capability and confidence working with data
• ERP exposure beneficial, with Unleashed experience advantageous but not essential
Join a Business That Invests in You
You will be joining a fast-growing FMCG business where planning accuracy and alignment are critical to continued success. This role offers the opportunity to shape how demand planning is done, influence cross functional decisions and grow alongside a business that is scaling at pace.
If you are looking for a commercially engaged Demand Planning role where your work genuinely drives outcomes, we would love to hear from you.
Apply today and get in touch with Caitlin at Found Food & Drink