Job Description
Demand Planner
Alexander Steele is recruiting a Demand Planner to join a well-established and fast-growing food business based in Northamptonshire. You will be responsible for forecasting demand, optimising inventory levels, and ensuring smooth production planning. There will be opportunity to analyse market trends and historical data to create accurate demand forecasts that support business objectives.
What’s on Offer:
* Paying circa £50,000 (D.O.E) + bonus
* 25 days holiday + bank holidays
* Excellent company pension
* Private Healthcare
* Monday – Friday (Hybrid)
* Strong Career development opportunities
Responsibilities:
1. Build excellent working relationship with commercial, marketing and finance team members.
2. Monitor demand trends, identify risks in supply fluctuations, and implement mitigation plans to maintain service continuity.
3. Develop and align short, medium, and long-term demand forecasts with business goals in partnership with key stakeholders.
4. Analyse forecast accuracy by tracking demand vs. forecast, highlighting variances, and driving corrective actions.
5. Report on KPIs including forecast bias, accuracy, and forecast value add (FVA) to support S&OP and continuou...