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WHERE YOU SIT

As our Global Production Planner, you’ll be part of the GSC team working closely with brilliant people across the business and reporting into Global Production Planning Manager. You’ll be right at the heart of fast‑moving projects that shape how we show up for our consumers - today and tomorrow.

CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES

Your key accountabilities include:

• You will work within the global supply planning team to coordinate all orders placed to the factories according to our purchasing calendar.
• Plan purchase orders in accordance with the capacity plan, by month, by construction to ensure maximum efficiency for customer and factory. You will use your planning skills to fulfil factories to keep production continuous and ensure we have no production gaps.
• You will process seasonal and other samples according to the sample calendar and be responsible for assigned factory to deliver on time. You will keep seasonal sample shipment information for all customers up to date.
• Able to Prioritise Collab/SMU and Key Story orders with Factories and ensure all delivered on time V launch date.
• Able to lead/chair/organise Global Supplier and Regional Teams calls.
• Monitor factory acknowledgements/confirmations/Latest Ex Fact Dates and update Regions on Progress of production of orders. You will instruct the factories to maintain a strict process, following company requirements with all outstanding purchase orders.
• Work with shipping and other internal parties to ensure correct shipping methods are issued to the factories and all invoices are issued in a timely manner.
• You will function as a key partner & in a customer centric way to our global regions, effectively communicating with our Americas, APAC and EMEA regions. In addition, you will assist our regional & factory colleagues in trouble shooting their queries with your technical knowhow. Key stakeholders include our sourcing teams, country managers as well as our factory management teams.
• You will work with the Global Sourcing team to understand and build on engagement to ensure the best levels of engagement and communication.
• You will work closely with our nominated forwarder(s)/forwarder system(s) and Global logistic teams.
• Analyse data and create reports as required, making recommendations where appropriate.
• You will focus on high performance and drive and deliver through individual team plans.
• It goes without saying that everyone at Dr. Martens is a team and will take on other duties / projects as required.
• Some travel may be required between our UK based sites (Northamptonshire & London)

KEY SKILLS & CAPABILITIES

• You will have experience in a similar planning role, ideally within a global manufacturing discipline.
• Knowledge of shipping terminology and ERP systems.
• Customer service experience & a customer centric mindset
• You will have experience working with high volumes of data and be able to analyse this data to make recommendations. Be able to work in a demanding environment to meet deadlines.
• You will be a confident user of the Microsoft Office packages, including advanced Excel skills – this is essential.
• Confident in Power point presentations and presenting to various stake holders.
• Strong administrative & communication skills to a Global audience.
• Experience consulting with internal & external stakeholders in a global context.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Welcome free pair of Docs
• ‘Buy as you Earn’ Share scheme
• 65% off all Docs
• 50% off Accessories
• Pension Scheme through Aviva
• Life Assurance
• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Private healthcare
• 2 paid volunteer days per year

READY TO FILL YOUR BOOTS?

If you’re excited to own your impact, shape the future of an iconic brand, and grow your career in a place that champions individuality - we’d love to hear from you.

About the job

Who we areTR Fastenings (TR) is part of Trifast plc is a leading international specialist in the design, engineering, manufacture, and distribution of high-quality industrial fastenings and Category 'C' components principally to major global assembly industries. It supplies to some 5,000 customers in 75 countries worldwide, serving a range of industries including Automotive, Smart Infrastructure, Medical, General Industrial and Distributors.

We are looking to recruit a Demand Planner on a permanent basis to join our Supply Chain team based at our National Distribution Centre in Walsall (WS2 8DQ).

The RoleWe are looking for an experienced, analytical, and commercially aware Demand Planner to join our supply chain team at the National Distribution Centre in Walsall. This is a newly created role and an important opportunity to establish a strong demand planning capability within the business. The business requires someone with clear, proven demand planning experience who can bring forecasting expertise, structure, and best practice to support a more proactive, data-led planning approach.

The successful candidate will help the business operate from a single, trusted view of demand, supporting effective supply planning, purchasing, inventory management, customer service, and operational decision-making.

• Key TasksHelp define and embed demand planning processes, governance, reporting, and best practice for this new role within the business.
• Lead the demand planning process, ensuring assumptions, risks, opportunities, and recommendations are clearly communicated to stakeholders.
• Analyse customer order history, customer forecasts, call-off order demand, seasonality, market trends, product lifecycle information, and customer & supplier shutdown impacts.
• Use approved AI tools to convert customer forecasts into the required format, ensuring outputs are reviewed and validated before upload to D365.
• Review forecast variance with Sales and key stakeholders, ensuring gaps, risks, and opportunities are understood and reflected in the demand plan. Hand over a clear, agreed demand plan to Material Planning to support purchasing, safety stock, lead time, reorder point, and inventory decisions.
• Use demand and inventory segmentation techniques, such as ABC/XYZ analysis, to prioritise planning focus, improve forecast accuracy, and support appropriate inventory strategies.
• Monitor forecast accuracy, bias, service, stock health, inventory turns, excess stock, and obsolete inventory, identifying root causes and driving continuous improvement.
• Contribute to the S&OP process, presenting insights and actions to protect service, capacity, and stock availability.

The CandidateYou will be a confident and experienced demand planning professional with strong analytical capability, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to turn data into clear insight and practical actions. You will bring hands-on demand planning knowledge and be comfortable working cross-functionally, challenging assumptions constructively, influencing stakeholders, and helping the business build stronger demand planning discipline.

• Essential skills and experience5+ years’ clear demand planning experience, with demonstrable experience owning, developing, or significantly improving a demand planning process. General material planning experience alone will not be sufficient for this role.
• Experience in a manufacturing, distribution, industrial, or fast-paced supply chain environment.
• Strong understanding of demand planning principles, including forecasting, seasonality, customer demand, product lifecycle management, and inventory control.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and confidence analysing large and complex datasets.
• Confident using Power BI or similar analytics and reporting tools to create insight, track performance, and support data-led planning decisions.
• Experience using an ERP or planning system, ideally Microsoft Dynamics 365 or similar.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder influencing skills.
• Customer-first mindset with strong commercial awareness and a disciplined approach to data accuracy.
• Desirable experienceExperience in using AI tools for demand planning
• Experience with dedicated demand planning, advanced planning, or reporting tools.
• Exposure to structured planning cycles such as S&OP.
• Experience supporting new product introduction, product transitions, or end-of-life planning.

Why join us?This is an opportunity to make a visible impact across our UK&I business by helping to establish a stronger demand planning capability from the ground up. You will play a key role in improving forecast accuracy, strengthening supply chain performance, and supporting better business decisions, while working closely with commercial and operational teams to shape a more proactive, data-led planning culture.

• What we offer25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays. The business does observe a Christmas shutdown period and a maximum of 4 days will be deducted from employees annual leave entitlement.
• On-site parking
• Life insurance *4 basic salary
• Pension
• Employee Assistance Programme

Requirements added by the job poster

• 3+ years of work experience with Microsoft Excel

• 5+ years of work experience with Demand Planning

• • 1+ years of work experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365