Demand Planner

What we can offer you

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
• Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
• Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
• Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues. 
• Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
• Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
• Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
• Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
• Learning resources to help you be your best self.

Job Introduction

We have an exciting opportunity for a Demand Planner to join our team at Bellshill, to actively engage with Distributor partners and regional commercial teams to deliver a robust demand plan. 

You will successfully demand manage including Phase-in and Phase-Out and New Product launches, ensuring obsolescence minimised and launches met.

Main Responsibilities

• Produce, maintain and validate a 24-month rolling consensus forecast through robust management of the forecast in our Supply Chain Planning system (OMP) using statistical forecast as the baseline with enrichment through analysis of various inputs (purchase plans, historical sales data, brand changes, NPD /PIPO, seasonality & market insights).
• Collaborate with third party distributors to better understand and identify trends in depletions to improve shipment forecast.
• Maintain the forecast in line with agreed Risk & Opportunities & allocation processes.
• Carry out robust root cause analysis on forecast errors and manage actions to correct forward forecast and improve forecast accuracy and bias. 
• Prepare and present key points on monthly Demand Reviews, initiating action and facilitating decision making, often managing conflict to reach consensus. 
• Facilitate and conduct Demand Review meetings in line with the S&OP process and calendar, working closely with BBU Regional team(s) and distributor partners to manage the unbiased consensus forecast and associated risks and opportunities.
• Manage the Phase-in Phase-Out (PIPO) forecast for NPD activity for designated region(s) to support successful market launches and minimising obsolescence 
• Utilise the S&OE process to identify changes in Demand that may impact Customer order book management.
• Follow and comply with all WGW processes, standards and guidelines in the performance of your role, reporting any non-conformances in a timely manner.

Our Ideal Candidate

•    Strategic thinker with experience in demand planning, strong analytical skills, proficient in statistical modelling and a sound knowledge of S&OP processes. 

•    Proven track record in demand forecasting, market trend analysis, and managing product lifecycles.

•    Strong problem-solving abilities, proficiency in managing MAPE and BIAS metrics.

•    Excellent interpersonal skills to lead Demand Review meetings and collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

•    Excel in data-driven decision-making, stakeholder engagement, and maintaining efficient processes to meet business targets.

Are you that ‘Rare Character’ we are looking for?

About William Grant & Sons

A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS

William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.

We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.

At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.

OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY

Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.

INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive. 

We want to make sure that all applicants are treated equally. To support this we will anonymise all applications during the screening stage. Details such as name, dates and educational establishments will only be visible to the recruitment team and hiring leader once an applicant is invited to interview, these details are hidden during the screening stage. To be able to anonymise applications they all need to be in the same format. You can upload a CV but we would also ask you to complete an application form – your CV will not be visible during screening. We hope you agree that this is good use of your time to help ensure a fair recruitment process.

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