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Demand Planner - Westbourne Grove, London

Employer
Planet Organic
Location
Westbourne Grove, London
Salary
£30,000 - £40,000 DOE
Closing date
6 Jun 2022

Job Details

Demand Planner - Westbourne Grove, London

Reports To: Supply Chain Manager

Job Purpose:

The Demand Planner role will form part of the new supply chain team that will be required to manage the new centralised Supply Chain.  

Responsibilities: 

  • Planning future sales activity & stock required 
  • Promotions 
  • Seasonal events 
  • Weather events 
  • New stores 
  • New SKU’s 
  • Modelling future cash commitments (e.g. Special buy programmes) 
  • Providing future demand forecasts to key suppliers 

KPI’s: 

Specific KPI’s will be: 

  • Forecast Accuracy – did we sell more / less than anticipated (and by how much) 
  • Sell Through Rates – for seasonal inventory (e.g. Xmas) – did we achieve our target sell through   
  • In Store Availability – did we manage to maintain good availability in the store 
  • Company Stock Holding – are we holding the correct amount of stock in the supply chain to support sales  
  • Sales – are we achieving the sales targets we need to  

Key Tasks: 

  • Maintaining the underlying base sales forecast in TRS 
  • Adjusting / maintaining seasonal profiles in TRS 
  • Adding systemic sales events in TRS (e.g. upcoming promotions) 
  • Seeding forecasts for new SKU’s 
  • Seeding forecasts for new stores 
  • Reviewing actual demand vs forecasted demand to understand differences 
  • Producing regular demand forecasts for key suppliers to enable them to forward plan 
  • Liaising with stores to identify any specific store events that will send demand up / down and taking action accordingly 
  • Monitoring sell through rates on specific events (e.g. Xmas / Easter) and making recommendations to Buying team about potential price action to incentivise sell through where required 
  • Providing Commercial Director with cash flow predictions of how much stock will be required in the future for cash flow planning purposes.  

Key Relationships: 

  • Each Demand Planner will work alongside a Supply Planner for the same categories. They MUST be complimentary; the Demand Planner plans what sales we think we should be achieving .The Supply Planner then has to ensure supply plans are in place to both receipt the stock into DC and into stores for sale. 
  • Ideally the Demand Planner (and Supply Planner) will work alongside the respective buyers to form a “category cell”; Buyer / Demand planner / Supply planner. 

Person specification:

  • Highly numerate 
  • Analytical 
  • Curious about patterns / lack of patterns 
  • Completer finishers 
  • Commercial – they need to be able to prioritise “worthwhile work” in terms of what is going to make a difference to the business  
  • Good communicators in plain English to non Supply Chain professionals 
  • The ideal candidate would have 3 -5 years in a similar department or as a Merchandise Planner, Supply Chain Analyst, Replenishment Analyst or Forecaster 

Company

When Planet Organic opened its doors in 1995, it was Renée Elliott's dream to offer the best and widest range of organic foods available, and her mission to promote health in the community and to bring a sense of discovery and adventure into food shopping.


Fast forward to 2018 and we currently have 7 stores in London with over 300 employees.

The simple truth is that foods should be natural and wholesome. We advocate that food be authentic and ethical, freshly prepared and tasty – not a mere convenience.  We believe in ethical and sustainable farming and place great emphasis on the provenance of all our products. .   At Planet Organic you’ll find nutritious, seasonal and organic food with the goodness intact. You’ll find wide ranges of natural health foods suitable for all speciality diets, as well as a ground-breaking raw foods range.


We hope that you find inspiration, excitement and good health from the food you eat and learn, like us, that to eat well is to live better.

Company info
Mini-site
Planet Organic
Telephone
02072217171
Location
42 Westbourne Grove
London
Greater London
W2 5SH
GB

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