Demand Planner
Garmin (Europe) Ltd
Demand Planner
£30000
Garmin (Europe) Ltd, Bedford Place, City of Southampton
- Full time
- Permanent
- Remote working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 17 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 2096eacf09d04935b95343efb4cca70e
Full Job Description
Responsible for the Demand Management for all Garmin products for forecasting and non-forecasting customers and Garmin Offices.,
- Manage forecast & orders with customer, sales team and Demand Planners to ensure right product, right time.
- Regular communication with Garmin Offices to understand local variances, sales trends and promotions/deals which will impact future demand. Ensure any extraordinary activity is reflected in the forecast and communicated to product category Demand Planners.
- Work with Product Manager to manage combined forecast for a product category, ensuring overall forecast is in line with company targets.
- Primary interface between global supply planning and Garmin customers and the demand expectations from Garmin's EMEA customers.
- Input into forecast meetings with Senior Managers & Product Managers. Reviewing recommended sales forecast and inventory goals in line with S&OP targets (emphasis on accuracy, road map transitions, NPI, EOL& promotions)
- Monitor sales vs forecast for all customers and Garmin Offices on all products.
- Challenge over/under sales patterns and suggest/implement forecast changes as required.
- Work with internal departments to ensure correct dating of orders to avoid unnecessary past-due orders and to manage customer expectations.
- Co-ordinate inter-office/office customer transfers as required
- Review excess inventory levels and communicate to Garmin Offices as necessary, report back to team on action taken.
- Work with Global Supply Chain on production priorities and requirements and dealing with allocations on arrival of goods.
- Raise purchase orders to ensure supply of third party materials
- Accept and complete projects and other miscellaneous duties as assigned and any ad hoc duties as requested by management.
Proficient use of Microsoft - Excel, Word, Powerpoint & Outlook - Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analytical abilities and attention to detail
- Previous demand planning/forecasting/procurement experience desirable
- Must be flexible and able to work in a fast paced environment
- Highly motivated self starter.
- Oracle & Demantra experience an advantage.
Here at Garmin, we love what we do - fuelling people's passions for fitness monitoring, sports timing, mapping and management, driving and/or sailing while using GPS to navigate the world. Our people truly enjoy bringing our products to the world and everyone of us feels part of a global success story which has grown tremendously over the past few years.
What we can offer you - Enhanced Pension
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity
- Hybrid working after Probation (3 days office, 2 days WFH pw)
- Employee Share Scheme
- Private Medical/Dental
- EAP
- Discounted Products
- Additional leave
- Canteen
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Work from home
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £30,000.00 per year,
Schedule:
Work Location: In person