Demand Planner

-North Ryde, New South Wales

When you join Ingham’s, you become part of a company with a proud Australian & New Zealand history, and one that thrives on growth and innovation. We strive to be the poultry of choice and to deliver deliciously good food in the best way.

At Ingham’s we value our people and hold onto our family history. Our teams are engaged, passionate and curious; committed to thinking big and delivering on ambitious goals. We are fast paced, continuously evolving and offer a diverse working environment where safety always comes first.

We encourage our teams to embrace flexible working so they can meet their work/life commitments; and we seek to create a diverse and inclusive workforce where our teams are empowered to be their authentic selves.

That’s the Ingham’s Way

**Your opportunity to join us at North Ryde**

The Demand Planner is responsible for forecasting demand for the accounts and products in their portfolio. This includes the management of statistical modelling of baseline demand, the separation and management of anticipated promotional uplifts, new product launches and expired product deletions. In addition to strong analytical skills, it is also important that the Demand Planner is able to develop and communicate the key assumptions that their demand forecasts rely upon. Being able to then turn those assumptions into insights that are clearly communicated to the rest of Ingham’s would also be highly desirable.

**Responsibilities include**:

- Develop demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons for the particular accounts and products within your portfolio
- Review historical sales trends regularly to continue to improve the accuracy of demand forecasts and to identify trends
- Reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated assumptions
- Be able to then draw insights from the changes in assumptions and communicate those to impacted stakeholders
- Interact with sales, marketing, and key customers to clearly understand the assumptions driving the demand forecast and ensure that the actions required to achieve the forecast is clear and agreed to as required
- Ensure the accuracy of the demand signals that are flowing from our demand planning system (FuturMaster) to other parts of the business, particularly sales, marketing, operations and planning
- Be able to strongly communicate the demand forecast, the underlying assumptions that drive it and any insights that generates

**We’re interested in people who can bring**
- The ability to excel in a complex, dynamic environment that changes quickly
- Demonstrated competence in data analytics and the ability to turn data into meaningful insights
- Knowledge of forecasting systems/software is an advantage
- Excellent planning, time management and execution skills
- Strong interpersonal skills to effectively interact with both internal and external customers
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to influence key stakeholders using well-structured arguments
- Excellent knowledge of the Microsoft software suite - particularly Excel and PowerPoint

**Benefits**
- Flexible working arrangements with the role hybrid with a mix of office and WFH
- Discounted product
- Free on-site parking at our North Ryde offices
- 8 weeks parental leave and then superannuation continuance continues with unpaid parental leave up to 12 months
- Development profiles and Internal leadership courses to support your growth
- Novated leasing options
- Discounts through our partners including organization such as Flight Centre,Booktopia, Event Cinema & Red Balloon

With us you can pursue your passion, grow your career and contribute to a business that delivers great experiences for our customers and consumer’s. You will form part of our hard working and high performing teams, in an organisation that offer stability and care.
- In line with Ingham’s COVID-19 Vaccination Policy all employees must be fully vaccinated to ensure the safety of our people and customers. Prior to commencing employment, you will need to provide Evidence of Vaccination or proof of a valid medical exemption._