About the role
Discover premium water solutions with Aqua Cure, part of the Culligan Group of companies – we are dedicated to delivering high‑quality water solutions to residential, commercial and industrial customers. Aqua Cure offers technologically advanced, state‑of‑the‑art water filtration products, including water softeners, filtration systems, drinking water systems and home‑water filtration systems.
Position Overview
A new Demand Planner role will support the purchasing manager in overseeing planning activities within the department while driving operational efficiencies and developing a process‑driven culture. The role focuses on optimizing stock availability, producing forecasts, and embedding a robust demand and factory planning motion.
What this role involves
* Demand planning and execution – manage the demand planning tool to improve stock availability, reduce E&O, and enhance inventory turns.
* Determine optimal inventory levels using ABC‑XYZ approach based on forecast, demand variation, and lead times.
* Work with the Purchasing Manager and cross‑functional teams to develop effective sales inputs into the SIOP process and report to the executive SIOP team.
* Support material flows for product/BOM changes, obsolescence, and introduction of new suppliers or materials.
* Maintain material master system planning parameters (MOQ, lead time, safety stocks, price, product families, etc.) with the Buyer.
* Production/warehouse planning – produce weekly, monthly and annual production plans aligned with inventory holdings; adjust as needed.
* Manage BOM requirements and coordinate requisitions to maximise factory output.
* Review operational capacity vs demand and liaise with the production supervisor to schedule manufacturing capacity.
* Ensure purchase orders are raised and raw material levels maintained to support production.
* Track daily outputs against targets, assess capacity flow, and manage inventory and warehouse capacity.
* Conduct cycle counts and coordinate with the SIOP team for inventory decisions.
* Track delivery readiness, enforce 5S, and ensure warehouse management processes, stock locations, labelling, and data flows are followed.
* KPI suite development – assist the Purchasing Manager in developing key supply‑chain KPIs such as finished‑goods availability, raw‑material availability, inventory values, inventory turns, OTIF, etc.
Requirements
* Experience in a demand‑planning role within a supply‑chain environment.
* Experience managing an extensive set of SKUs (>5,000) of production components and sales stock.
* Extensive experience with MRP and ERP systems.
* Ability to understand forecasts, demand and variation.
* Strong organisational and planning skills.
* Analytical and data‑driven mindset.
* Advanced Excel capability (lookups, PowerPivot, etc.) to transform ERP data into insightful reports.
* Innovative mindset.
* Strong IT and literacy skills.
* High attention to detail.
* Exceptional time management.
* Ability to work independently and take initiative.
* Flexibility.
* Experience managing imported stock from Asia is advantageous.
Benefits
* 25 days holiday
* Employee discount/perk platform
* Free onsite parking
* Monday to Friday working schedule
* Employee assistant programme
* Pension scheme
* Regular social events
* Culligan product discounts
Additional Information
Location: Newton‑Le‑Willows, England, United Kingdom.
Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level.
Employment type: Full‑time.
Job function: Purchasing.
Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting.
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