Demand Planner - 12 Months FTC

CompanyMcBride

LocationMiddleton, England, United Kingdom

Posted At1/19/2026

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Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled

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Description

This role is for a 12 months Fixed Term Contract.

Key Purpose:

Maintain data within the APO/IBP forecasting system to ensure a high quality forecast. Update the demand plan in line with the monthly cycle, making changes to demand guided by commercial and category updates

Key Responsibilities:

Identify master data issues and work with Master Data and GIS teams to ensure effective adjustment.
Adjust historical sales to provide good base data for statistical forecasting and accurate data on historical promotions.
Review APO/IBP alerts relevant to the role on a weekly basis, acting to resolve all high priority alerts, check all medium priority alerts and take action where necessary. In both cases reference commercial teams where appropriate.
Review poor statistical forecasts and make recommendations to the APO/IBP Configuration Manager.
Update and enter promotional forecasts in line with business requirements or support PLM team to enter promotions by helping with volume validation.
Validate start forecasts volumes, manage the use of the APO/IBP control week in creating accurate forecasts and support PLM team appropriately.

Ensure stop events in APO/IBP meet the needs of the business by ensuring the forecast and commercially agreed volumes are aligned or support PLM team appropriately.

Ensure information relevant to forecasting is provided by the commercial teams and this is incorporated appropriately into the demand plan.

Carry out demand reviews with Account Managers in line with the monthly cycle to capture all unconstrained demand, making adjustments to existing demand and/or adding new demand (including master data creation).

Raise any concerns around quality of data/information provided with the Account Manager and to BU Demand Manager.

Document all assumptions and support the preparation for the BU Demand Review.

Update the demand plan with any constraints that have been applied.

Technical Competencies & Qualifications:

Minimum bachelor or equivalent experience
Strong numerical and analytical competencies
Comfortable with complex IT systems and processes
Understand of statistical forecasting techniques
MS-Office: good knowledge of Excel, Word , Outlook,...
Languages: English mandatory