Demand Planner

**Introduction**: **About Us**: Brown Family Wine Group is one of Australia’s most loved and respected wine companies built on over 130 years’ experience in quality winemaking, market leading innovation and family values that are at the heart of everything we do as a business. Our portfolio has grown over time to now include market leading wine brands such as Devil's Corner from the East Coast of Tasmania, Tamar Ridge and Pirie from Tamar Valley Tasmania, Innocent Bystander from the Yarra Valley and of course Brown Brothers from Milawa Victoria the spiritual home of our business. We are a proud and passionate business who are strong on values and culture. Most recently we have identified by workplace culture authority Great Place to Work as one of the 100 Best Workplaces in Australia for 2024. We have also maintained our certification as "A Great Place to Work" for the sixth year in a row and are committed to honouring this recognition throughout all aspects of the business. **Description**: **About the role**: Reporting to the Head of Supply Chain, the Demand Planner will be responsible for the generation of a consensus-based demand forecast for all domestic and international sales channels. - This collaborative role requires attention to detail and the ability to partner and influence key stakeholders including sales, marketing, finance, and supply chain. - As a key business partner to the sales team, you will work extensively with National Business Managers, State Managers and International Sales Managers to improve the accuracy of our sales forecasts, whilst also playing a key role in driving the ongoing improvement of our Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes. - As part of the Supply Chain team, you will work as part of the Planning Team and extensively with the Supply Planner/Scheduler to effectively manage our demand and supply balancing needs across the business, to proactively identify opportunities, flag imbalances, minimise business costs and optimise customer service levels. **Skills and Experiences**: - A friendly, enthusiastic and self-motivated individual with a strong appreciation of business partnering - Excellent communication skills - verbal, written, interpersonal, negotiation - Developed analytical and problem-solving skills to generate meaningful insights and solutions - Commitment to continuous improvement - Demonstrated results working in a team-based, cross functional environment, with a detailed, multi-step S&OP process - Hands-on experience in ERP’s and demand planning and simulation systems or tools (JDE, SAP, Demantra or equivalent) - Current drivers’ licence. **What’s on Offer**: - Work within one of Australia's leading wine companies - Career development - Be part of a passionate and dedicated team - Generous employee benefits including discounts on all products - Option to be based out of Richmond, Melbourne or Milawa, Northeast Victoria