Demand Planner

2 weeks ago


North Ryde, Australia Inghams Group Limited Full time

**Posted**:
08/01/2025

**Closing Date**:
07/02/2025

**Job Type**:
Permanent - Full Time

**Location**:
North Ryde

**Job Category**:
Strategy & Planning

We’ve been proudly bringing joy to tables and smiles to faces with the delicious food we’ve been crafting for over 100 years. A large part of our strong growth and success is because we're always looking for new ways to do things and thinking about how we can create a better, more sustainable future world together. Our success as an industry leader in providing deliciously good food means we can continue to invest in our future as we work towards becoming Australia and New Zealand’s first choice for poultry.

Job Description

**Your opportunity to join our team at North Ryde**

In this role you will manage accurate and timely Demand Plans for our retail customers by working closely with our internal sales, replenishment and supply planning teams to produce relevant data for critical thinking and decision-making.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Forecast Monitoring & Analysis:

- Continuously track daily and to-date forecast consumption for the current week
- Monitor actual demand against the plan at SKU, customer, state, and weekly levels, identifying and addressing variances
- Analyse historical data to provide actionable insights for order phasing and to identify abnormalities
- Inventory & Lifecycle Management:

- Ensure new product development (NPD) launches and product deletions are executed as per plan
- Optimize inventory levels to align with demand while minimizing stockouts and excess inventory
- IBP (Integrated Business Planning) Support:

- Assist in the IBP process by conducting monthly financial analyses
- Support the creation of PowerPoint presentations for IBP meetings
- Perform analyses of product mix and Revenue Growth Management (RGM) metrics to generate insights
- Prepare presentation materials to enable the Head of Planning to effectively lead discussions
- Collaboration & Communication:

- Work closely with cross-functional teams to align demand forecasts with business objectives
- Communicate key updates and insights on demand trends and inventory performance to stakeholders
- Process Improvement:

- Identify and implement best practices in demand planning to enhance accuracy and efficiency
- Leverage demand planning tools and systems to improve forecasting, replenishment, and analysis processes

**Key requirements**:

- Proven experience in Demand Planning or Supply Chain roles
- Ability to process and analyse multiple data streams to support quick decision-making
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills to manage diverse stakeholders in a complex environment
- Proven ability to deliver results under high-pressure situations
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel is essential
- Experience with forecast tools and software, preferably within FMCG companies, is highly advantageous

We’re looking for people who are curious, caring, courageous and committed to join us; people who want to contribute their best work every single day and continue delivering deliciously good food that’s Always Good


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