Junior Demand Planner

Job Description :

Junior Demand Planner
Location – London
Permanent

Join our Supply Team

As the home of iconic brands such as Baileys, Guinness, Smirnoff, and Johnnie Walker, at Diageo we source, produce and deliver 6.5 billion litres of world-leading products every year across 180 markets globally. Because of this huge undertaking, we rely on highly advanced systems as well as the very best talent to make sure our businesses continue to run smoothly. To give you some idea of the scale of our operation, over half of our 30,000 employees work in our supply chains. We have teams in over 100 sites across more than 30 countries, but what matters is that wherever you work, you’re part of a diverse, inclusive team where there are opportunities for everyone.

Whether you work in planning, logistics, technical teams or manufacturing, you’ll be part of an innovative, dynamic organisation. We set ourselves the highest standards, and our practices have earned us international recognition. And it’s people with energy, dedication and problem-solving skills who’ll help us get even better. In return, we offer a world of opportunities for you to explore, to shape and progress your career.
 
Responsibilities

As a Junior Demand planner you will be responsible for:  

• Facilitating the allocation process, both annual allocation (malts) as well as incidental production allocation in case of new launches/shortages

• Running all reporting to support the Demand Planning Team in their weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual activities

• Ensuring data integrity of all reporting

• Demand planning activities on part of the portfolio (using and maintain APO forecast as well as managing the portfolio through the WD cycle)

• Support in management of the phasing in & out of products during its product life cycle

• Support in management of slow moving stock with the objective of minimizing the write off of obsolete finished products

• Support process improvement and tool development
   

Key Partners

• Customer Experience Team (Budapest)

• Sales Teams

• Planning

• Logistics

• Commercial Finance

Essential qualifications / experience required

• Experience in FMCG Company in customer supply chain or customer management, demand or supply planning role

• Demonstrated proficiency in statistics, forecasting methodologies, and advanced planning software (SAP APO, Excel, SAP BW)

• Builds strong collaborative relationships within and outside of supply chain team.

• Deliver on strategy through being restless and agile

• Strong analytical (numerical), presentation & negotiation skills.

• Can provide robust challenge, both internally and externally, to deliver required results, challenging the norm to find creative solutions

• Able to handle ambiguity and operates well in a fast-paced, changing environment.

• Ability to understand the customer’s individual and corporate requirements and match these to specific Diageo propositions

• Demonstrated proficiency in statistics, forecasting methodologies, and advanced planning software (SAP APO, Excel, SAP BW)
   

Working with Us

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.

Join us and you can also expect a highly competitive and flexible rewards and benefits package including:

• Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities

• Contributary pension scheme

• Annual bonus

• Share options

• Comprehensive health insurance

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and listened to, is a crucial part of this. We believe the most inclusive and diverse culture makes for a better business and a better world. We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base.

Join us, and you'll be part of an organisation that embraces diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of — and help build — an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, edu