This range is provided by We Do Group. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.
Base pay range
Direct message the job poster from We Do Group
Connecting Top Interim Finance/Accounting Professionals With Leading Businesses Nationally
Demand Planner
We’re working with a leading consumer goods business in the food retail sector, seeking a Demand Planner to join their fast-paced and collaborative planning team. This role plays a key part in ensuring product availability across major retail and grocery partners while balancing efficiency, waste, and cost.
This is an analytical, hands-on position suited to someone with strong forecasting and data management skills, ideally gained in an FMCG, manufacturing, or supply chain environment. You’ll act as the link between commercial, operations, and procurement teams, ensuring accurate forecasting and effective demand planning processes across multiple product lines.
Key Responsibilities
* Build, maintain, and improve demand forecasts across key retail and grocery channels
* Analyse sales data and promotional trends to inform production planning and stock allocation
* Monitor and optimise availability and waste KPIs, ensuring consistent product supply and minimal loss
* Collaborate with procurement to align ingredient and materials planning with forecasted volumes
* Support new product launches, range changes, and product transitions to ensure seamless implementation
* Produce and present regular insight reports to senior stakeholders, highlighting risks, opportunities, and performance trends
* Work cross-functionally with logistics, manufacturing, and sales to drive continuous improvement in forecasting accuracy and process efficiency
What We’re Looking For
* Previous experience in demand planning, forecasting, or supply chain analysis, ideally within FMCG, food, or consumer products
* Advanced Excel skills; experience with Power Query or Power BI highly desirable
* Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across multiple functions
* Highly organised and comfortable working in a fast-moving environment with changing priorities
* Detail-oriented with a proactive approach to problem solving
Why Join?
This is an exciting opportunity to join a recognised consumer goods brand during a key period of growth and transformation. You’ll play a vital role in ensuring supply chain efficiency and product performance, with full exposure to commercial, operational, and planning decision-making.
Apply Now:
If you’re an experienced Demand Planner or Analyst with a background in FMCG or supply chain forecasting and are available immediately, we’d love to hear from you.
Seniority level
* Associate
Employment type
* Contract
Job function
* Distribution and Supply Chain
Industries
* Retail
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at We Do Group by 2x
We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.
#J-18808-Ljbffr