Job Description
As a Demand Planner, you will play a crucial role in the Product Supply team at Brakes. Based at our Ashford office, this position reports to the Category Demand Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for interpreting, creating, and managing demand forecasts for depot forecasting, incorporating statistics, business intelligence, and other demand signals to enhance customer service. To effectively manage stakeholder relationships and provide an optimum customer experience. This full-time role is Monday – Friday, 39 hours per week, 8am – 5pm with hybrid working arrangements, requiring 2 days a week at the Ashford office. Key Responsibilities:
Create and maintain system-generated forecasts for defined material groups to drive continuous improvement towards company targets. Analyze sales history, seasonal events, and forthcoming activities to generate optimal demand signals. Interpret corporate and independent customer data/insight into robust forecasts. Manage forecasting processes at both detail and aggregated levels, utilizing best-fit statistical models. Collaborate with other teams or external customers to understand, recommend, and deliver forecast improvements. Communicate forecast changes to supply chain colleagues. Apply root cause analysis techniques to establish underlying causes of KPI shortfalls and implement improvement plans. Support the governance of customer insights/business intelligence. Contribute to projects in Demand Planning and around the business as required. Foster a culture of continuous improvement. Implement new and lost business forecast requirements into the Demand planning system. About You: We seek a confident individual with excellent problem-solving skills, able to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Experience in FMCG/Supply Chain is highly desirable. You will have great analytical skills, competence in MS Excel, and SAP. This role requires concentration and prioritization to ensure timely completion of tasks and processes. This position suits someone who enjoys working with numerical data and liaising with stakeholders to draw conclusions from data and report findings. Benefits:
A competitive salary (£55,000 - £60,000) Generous holiday allowance, with option to purchase up to 5 additional holiday days Pension scheme Hybrid working contract Huge discounts on food and products through our staff shop Discounts on cinema tickets, shopping, and cashback on purchases Recognition awards and Incentives Career progression opportunities within Sysco, the world's leading foodservice business
As a Demand Planner, you will play a crucial role in the Product Supply team at Brakes. Based at our Ashford office, this position reports to the Category Demand Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for interpreting, creating, and managing demand forecasts for depot forecasting, incorporating statistics, business intelligence, and other demand signals to enhance customer service. To effectively manage stakeholder relationships and provide an optimum customer experience. This full-time role is Monday – Friday, 39 hours per week, 8am – 5pm with hybrid working arrangements, requiring 2 days a week at the Ashford office. Key Responsibilities:
Create and maintain system-generated forecasts for defined material groups to drive continuous improvement towards company targets. Analyze sales history, seasonal events, and forthcoming activities to generate optimal demand signals. Interpret corporate and independent customer data/insight into robust forecasts. Manage forecasting processes at both detail and aggregated levels, utilizing best-fit statistical models. Collaborate with other teams or external customers to understand, recommend, and deliver forecast improvements. Communicate forecast changes to supply chain colleagues. Apply root cause analysis techniques to establish underlying causes of KPI shortfalls and implement improvement plans. Support the governance of customer insights/business intelligence. Contribute to projects in Demand Planning and around the business as required. Foster a culture of continuous improvement. Implement new and lost business forecast requirements into the Demand planning system. About You: We seek a confident individual with excellent problem-solving skills, able to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Experience in FMCG/Supply Chain is highly desirable. You will have great analytical skills, competence in MS Excel, and SAP. This role requires concentration and prioritization to ensure timely completion of tasks and processes. This position suits someone who enjoys working with numerical data and liaising with stakeholders to draw conclusions from data and report findings. Benefits:
A competitive salary (£55,000 - £60,000) Generous holiday allowance, with option to purchase up to 5 additional holiday days Pension scheme Hybrid working contract Huge discounts on food and products through our staff shop Discounts on cinema tickets, shopping, and cashback on purchases Recognition awards and Incentives Career progression opportunities within Sysco, the world's leading foodservice business
Industry:
Food and Beverage Services
Specialties:
Foodservice supplier
Employees:
5,001-10,000
Annual Revenue:
£2.8B
Founded:
1958
Address:
Enterprise House, Eureka Business Park, Ashford, Kent, GB, TN25 4AG
Brakes is a leading supplier to the foodservice sector in the UK. With sister companies in Ireland, France and Sweden, it is owned by Sysco, the world’s leading foodservice business, headquartered in Houston, Texas, USA. Brakes is committed to providing its customers with outstanding service, products and foodservice solutions, its people with a ‘great place to work’ and its suppliers with a great company to partner. Brakes believes in acting today to protect tomorrow and has an active sustainability programme covering product, planet and people. Across these focus areas, our activities ensure that we support every community we engage with, source our products responsibly and protect the natural resources of the planet.
