Demand Planner

**Title**:Demand Planner**:

- Location: Bentleigh East, Victoria, AU**About us**:
At Officeworks we make bigger things happen. Our customers, our team, and our community are our heart and soul. And if our brilliant people have taught us anything, it is that we can do all kinds of incredible things, each and every day.

Fast paced. Innovative. Inspiring. With more than 8000 team members and a national footprint of more than 168 retail stores Australia wide - we’re focused on delivering a wide range, low price and great service. We’re about inspiring new ideas and thinking outside the box. We’re about kicking goals, having a laugh and pushing each other. We are about being rewarded and supported. We’re about teaching a customer something new and supporting the community. We’re about making a difference.

**About the role**:
An exciting Demand Planning opportunity within our Merchandise team Reporting to the Merchandise Planner, effectively managing inventory in our Education category, ensuring supply of stock meets future demand.

Key aspects of this role include:

- Managing the forward Demand Plans and execution of all Replenishment Orders, both local and import for the product portfolio nationally for all sales channels
- Maintaining the in-stock position for the portfolio, whilst also ensuring the right stock is in the right place at the right time to support catalogues, promotional events and business initiatives.
- Working closely with the Merchandise Planner to optimise inventory levels and achieve financial KPIs of sales, margin and stockturn
- Liaising with Suppliers, Retail Operations and Supply Chain to meet KPIs, improving availability and supplier DIFOT (delivered in full on time)
- Drive the inventory analysis and production of weekly reporting for the categories of responsibility

**About you**:
This key planning role, represents a great opportunity to establish your Merchandise career with a growing and high-performing commercial team. A strong attention to detail and analytical capability will enable you to drive accurate forecasting to ensure product meets demand.

A clear communicator with ability to engage with a variety of stakeholders who is well organised and can manage their time to meet deadlines within a fast paced environment is well regarded.

Key skills and experience:

- 2+ years experience in a large multi-site retailer retail in an inventory planning capacity or have demonstrated initiative to develop and a desire to work in planning
- Strong numerical and analytical skills and amazing attention to detail
- Ability to build and establish strong relationships with key stakeholders, whilst fostering open communication
- Sound time management skills, an aptitude for analysis and a tenacity to learn and progress
- Intermediate Microsoft Excel and Outlook skills
- Experience using SAP and Demand Planning/Forecasting Tools (GAINS or similar)

**Our culture**:
It’s all in a day’s work when you’re part of the Officeworks community - where you’re not defined by who you are, but what you can do. We celebrate our teams’ uniqueness by offering the below to the Officeworks family:

- An inclusive, diverse, and supportive environment.
- Flexible working arrangements to best support your individual needs.
- A key focus on wellbeing and safety.
- Generous discounts at Officeworks, Geeks 2 U, Bunnings, Kmart, Target and Catch.
- Ongoing training and development opportunities to progress your career.
- Industry leading Growing Families policy and access to Circle In portal for Working Families.

Officeworks is a** ‘Circle Back Initiative’ **employer - we commit to respond to every applicant.

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