Demand Planner Birtinya

**ABOUT US**

As a rapidly growing world-class organisation with a global footprint spanning every step of the food journey - join us to create food the world loves to eat

Our people are innovative, with a diversity of expertise, working together with our customers to create value at every opportunity.

We are constantly looking for problem solvers who combine creativity with passion in our quest in to deliver fresh, natural, and convenient food solutions across the globe.

**Your future in food starts here | Demand Planner**

**THE OPPORTUNITY**

**Location: Birtinya, Sunshine Coast with regular travel to Victoria.**

The Demand Planner plays a critical role in driving forecast accuracy, supporting customer service level, and enabling agile decision-making across the supply chain. This role partners closely with Sales, Production, and Operations to align demand signals with supply capabilities, contributing directly to customer satisfaction, working capital optimisation, and business performance.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Create weekly production plans for premium cattle
- Provide Commercial team with Pre-production Gap analysis (production boning run utilisation) and unsold product reporting. Includes managing product write-off process within the Sales team.
- Provide Commercial team with revenue Vs operational capacities, through analysis or optimal processing options weekly
- TMS management and compliance, driving revenue maximization weekly
- Post
- production load planning weekly
- Carcass utilization management weekly
- Manage off-site processing agreements, co-ordinate with external, and internal company units to ensure revenues and efficiencies are managed to maximise profitable performance
- Involvement in developing predictive forecasting and selling tools
- Following up on actions with the sales team that arise from the cost center reporting on actual vs budget monthly performance.
- In the longer term, optimise the current sales process for new product development communication flow and sales sign-off process to the Operations Plant.
- Document sales processes and improve processes to remove waste and increase efficiency

**ABOUT YOU**
- 3-5 years of experience in demand planning or supply chain planning
- Prior experience in FMCG, food or manufacturing environments
- Tertiary qualification in Supply Chain, Business or related discipline
- Analytical mindset with whole business thinking, able to conduct forecast reviews by account.
- Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills, as well as strong skills as a facilitator to reach consensus, buy-in and commitment.
- Stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
- High Level of Microsoft Excel experience
- Able to provide insight and quickly identify a way forward when presented with challenges.
- Promote and work to continuously improve systems and process development to best practice.
- Demonstrated resilience and ability to quickly engage with change.

**BENEFITS**
- Remove heavy traffic from your daily commute
- An organisation where cultural diversity is celebrated
- Access to professional Financial Planning services
- Access to discounted premium meat

**HOW TO APPLY