Demand Planning Team Leader

Whats The Role

As Materials Management Team Leader for Planning, you lead the optimisation of material flows across Northern Europe warehouses, ensuring the right inventory is positioned in the right location at the right time. You focus on enhancing Customer Experience, improving Profitability, accelerating Inventory Turns, and optimising Net Working Capital through data‑driven planning and cross‑functional collaboration.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the regional Planning team for a defined Business Area, delivering performance across Forecast Accuracy, Product Availability, Inventory (DOH) and Obsolescence KPIs
• Own the management of stock shortages, driving timely and cost-effective resolution plans while maintaining maximum focus on customer service and delivery performance
• Recruit, develop, and coach a high‑performing planning team delivering efficient internal and external customer support
• Drive LEAN and continuous improvement initiatives across Materials Management
• Partner closely with Sales, Marketing and Finance to develop a robust, consensus demand forecast that aligns commercial ambitions with supply chain capabilities, incorporating multiple scenarios to support sales growth and delivery targets
• Collaborate with Global Process Managers and Logistics to optimise materials planning processes, inventory levels and total logistics cost

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree; Master’s degree preferred
• Professional experience in Logistics, including Demand Planning
• Strong process and systems expertise (SAP, APO, Blue Yonder, MS Office, BOA)
• Strong analytical and numerical skills with data‑driven decision‑making
• Excellent communication, negotiation, networking, and stakeholder management skills
• Resilient, assertive and collaborative
• Ability to motivate and influence others

Benefits

• Genuine career advancement (more than 80% of all leadership roles are filled internally)
• 6% employer pension contributions
• Private Health Insurance and Employee Assistance Programme
• 33 days’ holiday (inc. Bank Holidays) plus the ability to purchase 5 days more annually
• Paid leave to work on charitable projects
• Hilti Benefits Box, a reward platform offering a cycle to work scheme and shopping and lifestyle discounts/cashback
• Different ways to work flexibly, including working from home and compressed hours
• Employee resource groups focused on gender, mental health, race, disability, LGBTQ+ and sustainability topics
• Trips to locations such as Milan, New York and global HQ for high performers across all teams

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