Demand Planner

The Rewards and Benefits on Offer: * A full-time and permanent opportunity * A role within a technologically driven and forward-thinking manufacturing facility. * Immediate Starts available * Progression and Development opportunities * A competitive basic salary * Company pension * Free onsite parking * Generous Holiday Entitlement MTrec’s New Job Opportunity: MTrec Technical are representing our well-established and forward-thinking manufacturing client in their search for a dedicated and passionate Demand Planner. This role will be responsible for ensuring the smooth flow of production through methodical and strategic planning, within a busy and fast-moving environment. If you meet the person specification below, apply now for an immediate response. The Job You Will Do: * Responsible for the issuing of production plans on a day-to-day basis for the production lines. * Review, analyse and adapt customer forecasts to the business's production plan. * Support the Demand Lead in the strategic review of the production requirements, identifying potential challenges. * Review short-term customer forecasting. * Attend and support in weekly customer meetings from a planning perspective. * Attending daily production meetings, liaising with key stakeholders from across internal business areas * Leading weekly production meetings, liaising with key stakeholders from across internal business areas. * Review, communicate and report on production plan movements, across all relevant stakeholders. * Review feasibility and communicate any movements within the firm period with both customers and internal departments. * Working with the Demand Lead to support both customer and business requirements. * Build good work relationships with customers and other cross-functional team members. * Ensure accurate parameters are reflected in SAP and regularly reviewed to achieve optimum materials inventory holding within the network * Ensure production plans are accurate and aligned with production parameters for the following 12 weeks. Inclusive of operating hours, quality parameters and engineering requirements. * Proactively identify slow-moving and obsolete SKU risks, report and follow up by closely working with other functional teams. * Review existing processes and work closely with the procurement team to improve accuracy and efficiencies, where possible. * Ensure production requirements are within agreed min/max levels to best service both the customer and logistics. * To take ownership of customer stock levels and forecasting, regularly updating the other members of the planning team and customer accounts. * React to issues daily, created both internally and by customers. * Provide demand planning support for colleagues when required. About You: Previous experience within a production or demand planning role is essential. Good communicator Strong numeracy skills A team player Positive outlook & calm under pressure Ambitious and wanting to build a career in a growing business Analytical mindset