Senior Demand Planner - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom - Room At The Top Recruitment

Room At The Top Recruitment
Room At The Top Recruitment
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Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Senior Demand Planner


The Senior Demand Planner will report into the Associate Director Of Supply Chain Management, and in the role is accountable for the Sales & Operational Planning for the all the divisions of the commercial UK business the role plans for.


Duties, Responsibilities, Activities:


  • Managing planning parameters and planning item master data in SAP
  • Monitor monthly performance of sales and forecasts to identify and communicate trends that indicate gaps
  • Lead communications to business units and cross functional management on issues related to product sales forecasts
  • Chair the monthly forecasting meeting as part of the SOP process
  • Chair and lead the monthly SOP meeting
  • Integrate external / industry standard best practise into the internal processes to be shared with the wider team
  • Support the delivery of both Global and UK Region Supply Chain Strategy through management of broader initiatives and projects
  • Create
- maintain and develop effective and collaborative working relationships with all internal and external stakeholders

  • Work with Sales and Marketing on global demand forecast accuracy KPI target of 80% per month
  • Working with the Senior Supply planner and UK commercial finance team on IQV each month working with sales and marketing to limit write off and achieve IQV target each month
  • Cover for the Associate Director of Supply Chain Management where necessary
  • Manage NPD within commercial team and Introduction of new forecast
  • Coordinate with global supply chain to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions
  • Working with Sales and marketing to ensure we have two year rolling forecast always in place in SAP.

Experience:


  • Experience in Demand planning in a pharmaceutical or FMCG environment
  • Minimum 5 years' experience in a Senior Demand planning role
  • Demonstrated highly developed numeracy skills through qualification or experience
  • Ideally Degree educated

Behavioural Competencies:


Core:


  • Selfmotivated
  • Wellorganised
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Cross function team player

Advanced

  • Collaboration with people on site and off site
  • Motivating others in UK Commercial Team
  • Interpersonal savvy
  • Prioritisation of tasks on daily and weekly basis

Technical

  • Intermediate/Advanced Excel knowledge, e.g. charting, pivot tables, slicers, data manipulation
  • Problem solving skills
  • SAP Intermediate Knowledge of how MRP works in SAP and demand forecasting
  • Three years minimum experience of running a SOP monthly cycle
  • Understand of how to use Aera reports and dashboards

Customer Focus:


  • Ensuring we meet customer service levels and our Internal KPI'S on service levels
  • Working with the customers to ensure we have there demand visible in SAP and ensuring we can meet their requirements

Organisational Information:


  • To contribute to commercial operations team as a member of the Supply chain team
  • Close collaboration and working with commercial finance/sales/marketing and reg affairs and quality team as well as global supply chain contacts
  • Working with Contract manufactures and our customers on forecasts
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