Forecasting Demand Planner

FORECAST & DEMAND PLANNER / DATA ANALYST

Location: Goole

Pay rate: £14.40 - £15.38/hr (equivalent to £30,000-32,000/annum) - negotiable

Type of role: contract (with an opportunity of role to become permanent with 6-12 months)

About Company

Our client is a prominent railway infrastructure company committed to excellence in the rail industry. We are currently seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Forecast & Demand Planner to join our team. In this critical role, you will be responsible for ensuring that the Forecasting team achieve the objectives required by the business, develop relationships with the across teams, supporting and ensuring communication flow is maintained, accurate and timely as well as working across teams to understand Inventory Management systems and processes used by the business areas.

Key Responsibilities

Materials Planning and Forecasting:

• Work across teams to understand Inventory Management systems and processes used by the business areas.
• Complete all the daily, weekly and monthly tasks.
• Ownership of forecasts and effective management.
• Ensure optimum stock holding and order policies are set.
• Responsible for ensuring necessary escalation, root cause analysis and resolution processes are in place and supported by the full engagement of all key stakeholder(s).
• Gather data from a variety of sources. Assess, interpret, and analyse the data in development of a thorough, accurate, and supportable demand forecast. Analytic skills must include the ability to see the big picture and the demonstration of strong business intuition.
• Drive continuous improvement in forecasting process and methodology. Work with internal and external parties to leverage capabilities of ERP system and other planning tools. Direct the utilization of forecasting methods and software tools to deliver and monitor forecast accuracy. Continually seek, report, evaluate, and make recommendations to leadership to improve forecasting, planning and budgeting processes.
• Carry out other duties, responsibilities, and projects as assigned, in an effective manner.

Health, Safety & Environment:

• Understand, implement and comply with the Rolling Stock HSWE policies.  
• Fully participate and engage in RL behavioural safety agenda to ensure you work safely.
• Take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions that may have an environmental impact.
• Accept personal responsibility to take care of ourselves and any others affected by one’s own acts or omissions.

Experience & Qualifications

Essential:

• High level of data analysis and problem solving skills
• A team player
• Self-motivated.
• Knowledge of inventory management principles.
• Ability to communicate and confidently present at various levels.
• IT literate with excellent numeracy skills.
• Capable in the use of MS Office Suite, or Equivalent systems.
• Excellent problem solving skills, knowledge of problem solving tools.
• Good business and commercial awareness.
• Work in a safe manner, taking reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and other people at work, following appropriate Health and Safety guidance, training and company rules and procedures as appropriate.

Preferred:

• Experience of evaluating and correcting Forecast exceptions
• Capable in the use of data analysis
• Knowledge of evaluating and setting service levels in a forecasting system 

How to Apply

This is an excellent opportunity to join a market leader so if you’re interested in being considered please apply for the role or contact Tomasz at Morson Talent by send an email to tomasz.chrost@morson.com

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