• Forecast Modelling & Accuracy: Generate and refine statistical baseline forecasts directly within Anaplan, maintaining a continuous 18-month rolling horizon to provide long-term visibility for capacity and production planning.
• Forecast Improvements: Partner closely with sales teams to optimise forecast logic, automate reporting, and enhance forecast bias detection to continuously improve overall baseline alignment.
• S&OP Facilitation: Present in monthly regional meetings, effectively communicating forecast updates, operational risks, key assumptions, and performance metrics across Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Operations.
• Stock Health & OTIF Assurance: Develop demand plans that guarantee 100% stock health, balance high availability, and achieve 100% On-Time In-Full (OTIF) delivery while actively mitigating Slow Moving & Obsolete (SLOB) stock.
• Regional Ownership & NPD Phasing: Oversee the physical deployment of finished goods into regional 3PL warehouses and lead regional planning for New Product Developments (NPD) and market launches.
• Inventory Write-Off Reduction: Proactively identify risk areas, conduct daily sales order reviews, and implement measures to optimise stock holding and minimise write-offs.
• Process Evolution: Drive continuous improvement initiatives to automate reporting workflows, enhance forecast bias detection, and streamline 3PL coordination.

What We Are Looking For

Our Commitment to Inclusion (The 60% Rule): Research shows candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often only apply if they meet 100% of criteria. At Medik8, we care about potential and transferable talent. If you meet at least 60% of the essential criteria, we encourage you to apply!

Essential Criteria (What you definitely need):

• FMCG Demand Planning Experience: Demonstrable experience in demand planning, merchandising, or forecasting within an FMCG, beauty, personal care, or manufacturing environment.
• Analytical & Excel Proficiency: Strong analytical skills with advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs, and complex data manipulation).
• Inventory & S&OP Acumen: Proven understanding of S&OP cycles, stock health metrics, OTIF delivery objectives, and SLOB stock mitigation strategies.
• Communication & Collaboration: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present technical planning models and risks clearly to cross-functional stakeholders.
• Adaptability & Precision: Detail-oriented with high accuracy, paired with a proactive, solution-focused mindset capable of adapting to shifting priorities in a fast-moving business.

Desirable Criteria (The 'nice-to-haves'):

• Specialised Software Experience: Practical experience using enterprise demand planning or forecasting software (e.g., Anaplan).
• Advanced Technical Skills: Familiarity or experience with programming or data query languages such as SQL or Python.
• Regional 3PL & NPD Phasing Experience: Direct experience coordinating physical stock deployment with third-party logistics
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