Demand Planner

Job Title: Demand Planner

Contract Duration: End date 31/03/2025

Location: London - Hybrid

Pay Rate: £194.60 PAYE Or £255.00 Umbrella Rate Per Day

One of my global pharmaceutical clients are urgently seeking a Demand Planner to join their team on a contractual basis, initially until the end of March 2025. You will be responsible ccoordinating effective demand forecasting and inventory management for the business, ensuring smooth material flow and a high customer service level. You will also be collaborating with other departments and 3PL to achieve goals. 

 Your Responsibilities Will include:

·        Developing demand and inventory policy through analysis of all supply chain factors.

·        Contribute to the S&OP process to ensure sales forecast and underlying event/assumptions are transmitted to SAP according to best assumptions.

·        Ensuring demand forecasting data is consolidated and one agreed demand number is produced.

·        Managing the demand and inventory management process for materials under responsibility.

·        Maintaining all finished pack products within agreed inventory parameters to ensure continuity of supply.

·        Ensure all planning parameters are correctly maintained in the master data.

·        Manage the life cycle of the product from launch to pruning phase.

·        Minimising obsolescence costs by effective inventory management and knowledge of demand.

·        Providing financial and volume projections of inventory to supplement decision making.

·        Full control of SAP transactions (MM/SD) by ensuring sales and inventory reconciliation with 3PL.

·        Interface monitoring with 3PL – ensuring correct data flow between parties.

·        Identify stock outs risks and manage the situation with close collaboration with all stakeholders within the CPO.