Demand Planner

Education/Qualification

• 2018 BA (Hons) 2:2 Anthropology and Archaeology – The University of Manchester
• 2015 B Tech Extended Diploma Medical and Forensic Science – Burnley College
• 2012 9 GCSEs achieved in Grades A-C – Todmorden High School

Systems used

• Word and Excel – for various Stock / Planning and Forecast Reports
• SAP – for Planning (using Planning Tables)
• Salesforce, AutoCAD
• Various In-House Systems

Career Summary

Most Recent Employer – Manufacturer

Position – Supply Chain Planner       

Dates – July 2022 – September 2022

• Worked in a sole role – worked across 3 sites in the UK and Overseas
• Worked closely with customers, suppliers, and internal company departments
• Engaged with customers in ensuring the timely receipt of forecasts and demand schedules, clarify any anomalies, and communicate risk with the customer  
• Input customer demand into a weekly requirement for the Operations team, to enable them to then schedule their production activities
• Raised purchase requisitions to ensure all materials are ordered as required and delivered on time, whilst issuing forecast coverage for longer term demand
• Provided raw material impact assessments upon receiving revised customer demand signals
• Managed, analysed, and controlled the customer’s production demand flow and to then set the material delivery requirements in the supply chain
• Responsibility for the maintenance and day to day operation of the digital resource planning system for demand processing and raw material supply
• Monitored and summarise raw material Supplier performance against agreed KPIs
• Set the raw material delivery plan enabling their Supply Chain team colleagues to ensure the raw material is delivered and available for Operations
• Interfaced with key business stakeholders – Operations, Project management, and Finance

Previous Employer – Aerospace Company

Position – Internal Scheduler (Supply Chain and Delivery)

Dates – July 2019 – June 2022

• Reported to the Supply Chain Manager – works as part of a team of 5 people – the team is split into Category Responsibility
• Extensive use of SAP and Excel for Planning – maintaining Stock Levels avoiding Under Stock / Demand Planning and Forecasting and Line of Balance for Critical Paths etc.
• Work extensively across Forecast and Stock Management – working on 3 years Forward Forecasting and Demand Planning
• Work Internally and Externally for constant Reforecasts – updating Teams and Customers – works to build and maintain strong relationships
• Take part in Weekly Supply Chain calls / Meetings – allowing or review of Minimum of Stock Levels
• Responsible launching and scheduling Production Orders to meet standard Lead times and reduce nonvalue added time in line with ERP recommendations / Master Production Schedules
• Works closely with Process Manager to ensure Plan provided is achievable – this includes constant monitoring of Parts from the start of a build up until the part is booked to Stock, ensuring that all changes and requirements are communicated within the Company – pull Stock in and Stock out
• Responsible for ensuring that all MRP parts within Programs are scheduled accurately both by start date and a realistic delivery date, this also means relaying any information that could impact the delivery to both the Internal assembly line and External Customers
• Daily responsible for releasing Production Orders as per agreed Weekly Production Plan, ensuring that Materials required are available and any issues with Materials are relayed back to the relevant parties – using SAP
• As well as making sure all parts that are in WIP are monitored and tracked Daily, then reported Weekly to all relevant departments
• Attending Daily meetings to measure and monitor the root cause of any metrics that do not meet the specified targets, then providing actions and recovery plans enabling reporting Weekly
• Also attending Program Meetings to report information from Supply Chain allowing assemblies to realistically plan builds
• Range of supporting Administration – Booking In / Transferring Items between Locations etc.

Previous Employer – Engineering Company

Position – Vendor Scheduler

Dates – August 2018 – April 2019

• Reported to the Purchasing Manager – worked as part of a Team
• Converted and raised Purchase Orders, ensuring accurate demand via MRP
• Responsible for the delivery of goods and documentation on time while working with Suppliers to action all exception messages (Pull forwards, Push outs, Cancellations etc.)
• Daily updating I2B/SAP with delivery confirmations and/or date changes and other relevant information within agreed SLA’s
• Communicating changes with the wider Business
• Built and maintained strong working relationships with Customer Services, Sales Managers / Production etc.
• Supported initiatives and programs to reduce lead times and improve OTD and Supply Chain Performance
• Assisted in the development and management of internal and external end to end Supply Chains ensuring supply of high quality and competitively priced materials and services
• Developed strategic relationships with Suppliers and working to continuously
• Providing support with Scheduled Supplier Appraisals
• Ad hoc duties as required

Previous Employer – Insurance Company

Position – Claims Assistant

Dates – 2017

Previous Employer – Health Care

Position – Health Care Assistant 

Dates – 2016 – 2017

Previous Employer – Architecture 

Position – PA / Office Manager

Dates – 2014 – 2016

Position – Sales Assistant / Manager

Dates – 2012 – 2013