Supply Chain Demand Specialist

We are recruiting on behalf of our globally known client for a Supply Chain Demand Planner (SCM Demand Specialist). This role will work with the retail operations and commercial teams to ensure stores (clients own stores and client partner stores) have the right products and stock to improve sales opportunities.

Working within the Online Commercial team (including Digital Marketing, UX and Analytics) this role will assist with determining our client's online proposition, pricing & promotions plans, developing new routes to market, trading and optimising their online merchandising.

The ideal candidate would have previously worked within a Retail/ FMCG business, specifically supporting supply chain activities, including forecasting and demand planning.

You should also know your way around MS Excel, particularly Pivot Tables and VLook-Ups.

Responsibilities:

• Continuously improve the forecasting model to ensure it is always relevant
• Gather market insights from relevant parties to support the forecasting model
• Attend trading meetings with internal/external clients
• Analysis of forecast accuracy and constantly improving the model for the future
• Management of various products categories for the concession stores
• Build demand forecasts, both short and long term across assigned product ranges
• Monitor and analyse forecasts in conjunction with factories, retail sales & marketing and product divisions
• Providing store sales forecasts to relevant purchasing teams to ensure sufficient stocks are procured for the stores
• Management of various products categories for the concession stores
• Building good relationship with supply chain teams to ensure the allocation of stock is aligned to the forecast
• During peak trading periods or unexpected out of stock situations, negotiate with supply chain teams to bring forward future demand or obtain additional stock from other channels

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• up to 10% bonus
• Staff discount on products
• Discounted Bupa Health Assessments
• & many more!