Supply and Demand Planner - Edinburgh Hybrid - 40-45K DoE Edinburgh (Hybrid - in the office 2/3 days per week, working from home the rest) About the Role Lorien's client is looking for a hands-on Supply and Demand Planner to join their growing team. This is a true working Planner role. You'll own the forecasting and stock planning process from start to finish, turning sales trends, seasonality and marketing activity into accurate purchasing and production volumes across a wide product range. You will be at the centre of day-to-day stock decisions, so you will need to be comfortable getting stuck into the detail, building your own routines and delivering under pressure.
What You Will Be Doing
Building short term and long-range forecasts and demand plans, and tracking their accuracy Managing stock at SKU level, including reducing excess and short dated stock and keeping key lines available Reconciling internal stock records against supplier and logistics partner figures Calculating purchasing volumes and submitting them through a structured sales and operations planning process Agreeing fortnightly production plans with our third party logistics partner Producing weekly and month end stock reporting, including expiry and valuation Working with marketing, buying and operations colleagues to build upcoming activity into your plans Identifying ways to improve processes and automate reporting What We Are Looking For Strong, proven skills in all four of the following are essential: Excel: advanced level, used daily for forecasting, analysis and reporting Planning: genuine hands-on demand and supply forecasting, with a clear understanding of how to measure and improve accuracy SKU management: confident managing range, availability and replenishment at SKU level Stock control: practical hands-on stock level management, shelf life, waste and reconciliation You will also have: Track record in a Planner level role within D2C/FMCG/food & drink/retail/similar fast moving environment An operational and analytical mindset, with examples of quantified results (for example, improved availability or reduced waste) The ability to thrive under pressure and structure your own weekly and monthly workload A personable, team focused approach Experience working with third party logistics providers and suppliers (a bonus rather than essential) This is a hands-on role in a smaller team that is still building its processes, so it will suit someone who enjoys doing the work rather than simply managing or overseeing others.
If this sounds like a good fit, let us know and apply now with your latest CV for immediate consideration. Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Vertage Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Supply and Demand Planner - Edinburgh Hybrid - 40-45K DoE in Stockbridge employer: Lorien Resourcing Limited
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