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:
1. Designing and modelling forecasts to meet current and future build rate readiness
2. Participatein the IBP rhythm and routine and lead workstreams that shine a light on forecast gaps.
3. Preparing unconstrained forecasts to be reviewed by Sales, Marketing (and customers) and provide input/modifications.
4. 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
5. Cleaning and preparation of sales history to generate a statistical forecast including use of algorithms
6. 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
7. Managing the demand planning part of the monthly IBP cycle. organizing the meetings, ensuring all inputs and outputs are prepared and shared
8. Manage periodic process of re-classification of product service classes (ABC-XYZ) as well as Make-to-order and Make-to-stock decisions.
Requirements:
9. Previous experience in a relevant functional discipline, ideally with supply chain management qualification (i.e. CPIM or CSCP).
10. Well organized, systematic, and rigorous approach to planning work and priorities. Excellent influencing and inter-personal skills
11. 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 starts 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.