Demand Planner

Description:

Why Greencore?
Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.
As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.
Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

What you'll be doing

Utilise the available planning systems to clean sales history data, select algorithms and calculate statistical base forecasts by using appropriate filtering (by exception), aggregation and disaggregation criteria
Share demand and sales forecasts with customers and/or commercial teams and work with them to ensure collaborative alignment.
Manage risks in the plan and amend forecasts where required and practical to achieve demand plan accuracy and improved stability.
Enrich, corroborate and publish expected overlays for events, gap-closing opportunities and performance drivers
Manage ongoing communication and demand change controls with commercial teams to ensure accurate exchange of information.
Propose and implement continuous improvement in own area, including understanding, adopting and utilising consistent planning practices - plan quality measures, ABCXYZ analysis for volume and variation, demand plan accuracy, forecast bias, seasonal/trend/cyclical profiling, and understanding change versus previous years, events, correlated causes, e.g., weather, and various forecasting benchmarks, e.g., budget, quarterly forecasts and monthly integrated business plans (IBP).What we're looking for

Ideally educated to GSCE level
Experience working in a fast-paced seasonal environment ideally an FMCG with a detailed knowledge of the planning process
Experience working with multiple range of SKUS - both short and long lead time
Good attention to detail and experience applying analytical thinking
Proficient computer user including experience and knowledge of ERP systemsWe're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.
If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.
What you'll get in return

Competitive salary and job related benefits
Holidays
Pension up to 8% matched
Life insurance up to 4x salary
Company share save scheme
Greencore Qualifications
Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
Enhanced parental leave and menopause policiesThroughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career
We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date