Demand Planner

Education/Qualification

• University of Derby – FdSc Civil Engineering
• Loreto College – Politics, Business and History, A1 Spanish

Systems used

• Microsoft Word and Excel

Career Summary

Current Employer – British Company

Position – Demand Planner

Dates – August 2023 – Present

• Responsible for several key parts of supply chain for the company
• Building our reports and forecasts so we can plan with other key stake holders in the business through our S&OP process to decide on stock intakes, how to manage current inventory and working with suppliers to ensure we keep the stock levels at a healthy balance of financially sustainable and can support volume driven by the business
• Lead a monthly call on S&OP where I present back to heads of departments in the business on updates to forecast driven by different sales channels and impacts on stock levels and present scenarios and suggestions on what we should do based on this
• Build all the weekly reports looking at dispatches vs forecasts on all products and ensure forecasts are accurate and challenge the business to ensure we the correct decisions are made
• Build reports on the finances of our stock and look at week by costs of supply chain and compare that to budgets. We also have a lot of ongoing projects that I will be a part of that effect demand, and I enjoy working with other departments to
• Ensure supply chain is being considered in every discussion that it could impact
• Took on the refurbishment process of CPE for the company that saves the business millions each year now being able to send refurbished devices out instead of new each time

Previous Employer – British Conservative Party

Position – Supply Chain Analyst

Dates – November 2022 – August 2023

• Help with the sports nutrition brand
• Use sales data and sales managers data to build forecasts to feed back to our production teams in Germany to get stock manufactured
• Deal with daily orders coming in through SAP and manage the data the whole way through the process of an order coming in through to invoicing
• Manage maxi nutrition stock in ASDA and make sure stock levels are sufficient and work with ASDA and merchandisers to make sure everything runs smoothly
• Manage maxi nutrition stock on Amazon using Amazon vendor central
• I work with external logistics partners to import stock from are many factories around Europe

Previous Employer – Pharmacy

Position – Supply Chain Analyst

Dates – November 2020 – November 2022

• Use data to analyse stock levels in all 750 stores nationwide and liaise with suppliers on orders to make sure that stock is at healthy levels in both store and our warehouses
• I build forecasts for both suppliers and senior buyers to base our intake and potential sales on that will help with maintaining healthy amounts of stock for the business
• Working in supply chain over the covid period has been challenging but I have enjoyed finding solutions for our customers

Previous Employer – Fuel Distributor

Position – Data Specialist

Dates – April 2019 – September 2020

• Using data to create reports to advise on sales and performance
• Working alongside sales managers to help with finding the best solution for large companies, schools and universities regarding their energy
• Completing simple data entry tasks