Category: Global Functions - Procurement / Supply Chain
At Costa Coffee, we are what we craft. We’re reimagining coffee experiences in over 50 countries and counting, as a key part of the Coca-Cola System. Whether you get your coffee in a store, from a machine, at home, or on the go – we’ve got you covered.
Our teams make a difference. Whether that’s working on new tech for the perfect pour, helping our teams grow, creating award-winning campaigns, crunching the numbers, or developing the latest exciting menu item; together, we stir up success.
We may be a global brand, but we haven’t forgotten our roots. That’s where the Costa Foundation and our fantastic community agenda come in. Whatever your role, you can help us change lives in coffee growing communities and help your local community too.
We also want to help you grow in your career through amazing experiences, our apprenticeship scheme, and development programmes. At Costa, you can go beyond the day-to-day.
And as a Demand Planner – FTC 12 months, there’s never been a better time to join.
What you’ll do
Being an Demand Planner – FTC 12 months is about so much more than bringing our coffee to the world. It’s your chance to stir up real success – which means you’ll be:
* Responsible for the end to end demand planning of a selection of products across UK Retail stores, “We’re Serving” outlets and/or Express Machines.
* Working in collaboration with various internal stakeholders including Innovation, Store Operations, Procurement, Finance, Consumer Insights, Category & Trading functions to create an accurate long term demand plan for all products in the range. A key driver in optimising service and availability with direct impacts on Company sales, profit, market share and business cash flow.
* Work with trading and operational teams to understand how new store openings, store segmentation, new product development, pricing and promotional campaigns impact the demand forecast and adjust plans in flight by reacting to ever changing data and insight.
* To create, develop and maintain reporting that supports day to day decision making and continuously improves Forecast Accuracy and Forecast Bias KPI’s.
Who you are
It’s your unique ingredients we’re interested in:
* Demand Planning expertise, analytical mindset with ability to spot trends leading to accurate forecasting and bias management.
* Understanding and experience of S&OP.
* Demand Planning in FMCG / Retail environment.
* Advanced capability on Microsoft Excel and confident ability around using new systems and tools.
* Commercial understanding around key business metrics including sales, market share, profit, occupancy, costs, cash flow, waste & product availability.
Location – Loudwater or Wimpole Street – Hybrid
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