Demand Planner

• Managing all elements of Demand Planning and Inventory for all product categories
• Working collaboratively with other business units to improve and deliver accurate, robust and timely forecasts
• Working collaboratively with the sales, marketing and trading units to understand and deliver the brand/ customer requirements
• Highlighting and addressing supply chain issues that could affect the business
• Reporting on and managing the inventory levels, highlighting risks and actions
• Regularly reviewing approaches to ensure process and system improvements are explored effectively
• Managing performance effectively in the setting of objectives, goals and development plans and appropriate follow up activity
• Build solid relations with suppliers by undergoing joint planning regarding stock levels, peaks and troughs throughout the year, Lead Times, financial concerns and quality issues
• Manage the activities necessary for both the short and long term planning cycles and work with finance and the businesses to insure accuracy
• Manage all activities necessary to develop requirements for the businesses that will drive targeted inventory turns and sustain required customer service levels
• Manage the development of inventory and turns targets (budget and ongoing) by creating new ideas to improve the existing supply chain
• Manage the activities required to develop safety stocks levels that support the service level targets by product, while optimizing the inventory investment and targeted inventory turns
• Identify and develop new ideas and lead projects that improve the overall supply chain processes and work to align those with the best practices in the industry

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