Supply Planner
Location: Glasgow
Length: 3m
Rate: £19.79 – £23.47 per hour (Inside IR35 via umbrella)
Hours: 9am – 6pm
REF no: 26198261
This client is a multinational alcoholic beverages company, and one of the largest and most prominent spirits and beer producers globally. With a plethora of well-known and recognizable alcohol brands to their name, this client is a leader in the global FMCG space.
Deliver accurate and timely demand forecasts to input to the S&OP process enabling the market and supply centres to maximise our client’s profit and customer service.
Manage end to end the relevant network within their business location, including third parties and production lines, to meet consumer and customer service objectives, whilst maintaining optimal efficiencies.
Key Accountabilities
- Create and Maintain Model and Master Data
- Lead monthly performance reviews using relevant KPIs to assess effectiveness of planning process.
- Conduct root cause analysis to identify drivers of errors and implement corrective actions to drive continuous improvement.
- Analyse forecast exceptions e.g., sales tracker, forecast value add overrides and adjustments.
- Ensure rigorous adherence to standardised meeting agenda and documented processes.
- Generating, Adjusting and Publishing Forecasts
- Provide key input to the monthly BPM/S&OP and unit support as required.
- Generate the forecast information packs to support the process.
- Drive “what if” scenario planning to identify risks d opportunities.
- Review statistical input to the Strategic Planning and AOP process and challenge projected growth assumptions based on historical trend.
- Generate the most accurate weekly phased demand forecast at the appropriate planning level.
- Complete history cleansing activities ensuring all adjustments and assumptions are recorded e.g., market trends, seasonality, promotions.
- Maintain all statistical parameters used to drive “best fit” model & generate a baseline statistical forecast model and product hierarchies.
- Undertake weekly check on planning data integrity and ensure signal passed to supply 100% accurate.
- Analyse all sales vs forecast exceptions utilising the suite of BW reports and make ongoing forecasting corrections.
- Analyse market trends, seasonality, promotions to add value to the baseline statistical forecast.
- Review data and amend forecast where appropriate.
- Creating and Maintaining Static and Dynamic Data
- Understand operational capacity, resources and constraints and ensure they are reflected in the planning system.
- Maintain planning parameters to deliver a robust and achievable supply network plan.
- Continuously review and understand demand signal in the planning horizon and respond appropriately to changes.
Skills
- Excellent influencing, stakeholder engagement and interpersonal skills
- Ability to challenge senior stakeholders and hold tension in S&OP conversations.
- Exceptional communication skills – verbal, written and presentation.
- Strong mathematical, statistical, and analytical skills.
- Strong negotiation skills.
- Solid understanding of operational processes within the client.
- Customer centric with good attention to detail
- Proficient in MS applications e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access.
- Additionally, wider cross functional experience preferable e.g., commercial, finance.
- Experienced user of a planning system
- Experience and Qualifications
- Second/Third level mathematical or statistical qualification.
- Planning experience in CPG