Junior Demand Planner - MAPA, Spontex

Job ID: 5095 

Alternate Locations: United Kingdom-England-Worcester; United Kingdom-England-Birmingham 

Location: Birmingham area (Worcester), UK

Reports to: Supply Chain Manager

Contract type: Fixed-term (11 months)

Your Role & Team in a Nutshell

As a Jr Demand Planner, you will work closely with the sales and marketing teams to formalise and compile sales forecasts into a single demand plan for MAPA and Spontex products. This plan will be maintained in the demand planning tool (DSCP) to ensure the business can meet future customer orders. You will also review the valorised demand plan and compare it with the sales forecast, budget, and historical data. You will be part of a small, dynamic team of seven people based in Worcester.

We will help you achieve your goals and develop by providing regular feedback and access to online training courses.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Hold regular meeting/Teams calls to align sales history with forecasts, discuss promotional activities, and validate forecast proposals.
• Coordinate with marketing and codification teams on product code switches and new product launches, updating DSCP system accordingly.
• Maintain the product tracker for switches, launches, and discontinuations.
• Calculate and analyse forecast accuracy and forecast bias metrics monthly using Excel.
• Maintain the frozen period of supply and safety stock levels in DSCP.
• Provide a valorised demand plan based on demand quantities and average pricing using DSCP and Excel.
• Review and align the valorised demand plan with the Cluster Forecasting Tool (CFT) and budget/business forecast.
• Handle product shortages and work with Customer Services and Inventory Controller for equitable stock allocation.
• Review weekly demand plan updates and provide manual intervention using SAP and DSCP.

What You’ll Need

Minimum:

• First experience in planning for either sales, supply, demand, materials, distribution or other
• Good MS Excel skills (preferably incl. pivot tables and VLOOKUP function)
• Fluent in English (written & spoken)

Your advantage:

• Detail oriented and able to work accurately with multiple data attributes
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and collaborative skills
• Analytical and proactive - able to review data and act on own initiative to improve the forecast 
• Willingness to learn

What You Gain

Newell Brands has a strong footprint in the EMEA region, with several thousand employees spread over many corporate offices and manufacturing facilities. You might recognise some of our iconic brands, like Parker, Sistema, Spontex, Crockpot, NUK, Coleman, and Yankee Candle, to name a few.

Join us and benefit from:

• Flexible hybrid working system (on average 3 days in the office and 2 days at home p.w.)
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning – 17,000+ courses for your professional and personal development
• Corporate Citizenship Philosophies – environmentally sustainable and socially sensitive business practices
• Discounts on some of our products from brands Parker, DYMO, Sharpie, Contigo, and others
• Global Employee Assistance Program – confidential support for you and your family, complementing our commitment to your well-being at work and beyond
• Give@Newell – paid time-off for charity activities dedicated for local communities right where you live/work
• Access to Employee Resource Groups that foster an inclusive culture
• Core Values: Integrity, Teamwork, Passion for Winning, Ownership, Leadership

Are you interested?

If so, please click on “Apply Now” on this site and upload your CV.

If your application is shortlisted, our recruiter will invite you for an initial phone interview.

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