Supply and Demand Planner – Edinburgh – 40-45K DoE - #2195691

Supply and Demand Planner – Edinburgh Hybrid – 40-45K DoE

Edinburgh (Hybrid - in the office 2/3 days per week, working from home the rest)

About the Role

Lorien’s client is looking for a hands-on Supply and Demand Planner to join their growing team. This is a true working Planner role. You’ll own the forecasting and stock planning process from start to finish, turning sales trends, seasonality and marketing activity into accurate purchasing and production volumes across a wide product range.

You will be at the centre of day-to-day stock decisions, so you will need to be comfortable getting stuck into the detail, building your own routines and delivering under pressure.

What You Will Be Doing

• Building short term and long-range forecasts and demand plans, and tracking their accuracy
• Managing stock at SKU level, including reducing excess and short dated stock and keeping key lines available
• Reconciling internal stock records against supplier and logistics partner figures
• Calculating purchasing volumes and submitting them through a structured sales and operations planning process
• Agreeing fortnightly production plans with our third party logistics partner
• Producing weekly and month end stock reporting, including expiry and valuation
• Working with marketing, buying and operations colleagues to build upcoming activity into your plans
• Identifying ways to improve processes and automate reporting

What We Are Looking For

Strong, proven skills in all four of the following are essential:

• Excel: advanced level, used daily for forecasting, analysis and reporting
• Planning: genuine hands-on demand and supply forecasting, with a clear understanding of how to measure and improve accuracy
• SKU management: confident managing range, availability and replenishment at SKU level
• Stock control: practical hands-on stock level management, shelf life, waste and reconciliation

You will also have:

• Track record in a Planner level role within D2C/FMCG/food & drink/retail/similar fast moving environment
• An operational and analytical mindset, with examples of quantified results (for example, improved availability or reduced waste)
• The ability to thrive under pressure and structure your own weekly and monthly workload
• A personable, team focused approach
• Experience working with third party logistics providers and suppliers (a bonus rather than essential)

This is a hands-on role in a smaller team that is still building its processes, so it will suit someone who enjoys doing the work rather than simply managing or overseeing others.

If this sounds like a good fit, let us know and apply now with your latest CV for immediate consideration.