About the job ❓
Salary: £35,000 basic annual salary
Based: Huntingdon
Permanent: 37.5 hours a week Monday - Friday
Aliaxis: We make life flow 💧
What does that mean? If you think about it, fluids are needed in every place or process you can imagine - in every home, in every hospital, in every factory, in every farm, in every café… In fact, we rely on fluids everywhere and every day. That’s why Aliaxis are here to help create the safest, most effective, and reliable solutions for sustainable fluid management.
The Opportunity/Role 📢
Reporting to the Head of Demand Planning, the Demand Planning Analyst will play a pivotal role in effectively translating commercial information from a variety of sources into a high-accuracy demand forecast to ensure all supply chains and value streams are provided with a clearly defined and modelled consensus forecast that allows clear actions to be made. Key responsibilities will include:
Designing and modelling forecasts to meet current and future build rate readiness
Participate in the IBP rhythm and routine and lead workstreams that shine a light on forecast gaps.
Preparing unconstrained forecasts to be reviewed by Sales, Marketing (and customers) and provide input/modifications.
Reaching a common plan with marketing, sales, financial, and supply chain views and agreement on market assumptions. Input on Product lifecycle changes, particularly new product launch plans
Cleaning and preparation of sales history to generate a statistical forecast including use of algorithms
Translate sales forecast into mid to long term planning data that can be fed into ERP and used in supply planning and Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process
Managing the demand planning part of the monthly IBP cycle. organizing the meetings, ensuring all inputs and outputs are prepared and shared
Manage periodic process of re-classification of product service classes (ABC-XYZ) as well as Make-to-order and Make-to-stock decisions.
Requirements:
Previous experience in a relevant functional discipline, ideally with supply chain management qualification (i.e. CPIM or CSCP).
Well organized, systematic, and rigorous approach to planning work and priorities. Excellent influencing and inter-personal skills
Data driven, with strong analytical and IT skills (Microsoft Office Suite – Excel & PowerPoint, ideally VBA and Power BI); strong understanding of ERP (Dynamics AX / SAP), MRP software, and Power BI; creation and refinement of forecasting models within planning software tools- ideally SO99+ or Imperia.
Benefits:
☀ 33 days holiday (inc bank holidays) with the option to purchase 5 more
💸 Life Assurance 6x annual salary
🏥 Critical illness cover
💻 Hybrid working policy - work from home two days a week!
👶 Enhanced parental leave
👚 Great discounts on local retailers and restaurants
🙌 Fantastic Health & Wellbeing package including an Employee Assistance Programme and access to My Strength
📝 Pension contribution up to 10%
🦷 Dental and healthcare cash plan
🚲 Cycle to work scheme
😍 Plus many more
Equal Opportunity Employer
Aliaxis is proud to be an equal opportunity employer who welcomes candidates and employees from all backgrounds. We are committed to building and investing in a culture of belonging, where all our employees feel empowered, can be their true selves and are able to bring their best ideas forward and contribute to the company’s “Growth with Purpose” strategy.
For us, equity and belonging start already at the application step: whether it's offering flexibility in scheduling interviews, or ensuring a supportive and inclusive environment, we strive to remove barriers and create equal opportunities for all applicants. Should you have specific needs, please do not hesitate to let us know and we will do our best to accommodate.