Planning Lead

About the Role

We are looking for a Planning Lead to partner with our commercial and wholesale teams, leading the monthly forecast process for demand alignment and the demand planning for new products and new market launches.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Wholesale team to interpret historical data and create a 12‑month rolling forecast.
• Capture inputs from other business areas, consumer & competitor information, and external/internal trends to incorporate them into the forecast.
• Lead the monthly Demand Alignment and Consensus process, ensuring full process adherence by key stakeholders.
• Manage demand planning for new products, market launches, transitions, and discontinuations through liaison with Supply Chain, Wholesale, and NPD/Expansion teams.
• Define and align stock coverage parameters (including safety stock) with stakeholders, identifying purchase orders needed to maintain healthy stock coverage across all brands within agreed limits.
• Manage review meetings with brand management and senior stakeholders to ensure alignment on stock projections.
• Collaborate with the Sourcing team to place purchase orders with suppliers.
• Take ownership of planning issues, communicating with relevant stakeholders to resolve them.
• Build relationships and manage stakeholders across retail, D2C, Amazon, Logistics, Freight, and Sourcing.
• Provide a weekly warehouse and freight capacity forecast.
• Develop and advance the level of sophistication in planning tools and processes, leveraging new technology where appropriate and securing broader business buy‑in for process evolution.

About You

• Previous planning experience is essential (FMCG or similar).
• Experience with ERP and planning software (Oracle NetSuite, SAP IBP/APO, etc.).
• Ability to quickly grasp complex concepts and draw conclusions from large data sets.
• Very analytical and data‑driven mentality.
• Strong ability to leverage data and analyses to communicate and tell stories.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills.
• Strong self‑learning mentality with a pragmatic approach to researching solutions before asking for help.
• Comfortable with ambiguity.
• Highly methodical and organised, with strong attention to detail.
• Advanced Excel knowledge.
• Familiarity with GSuite.

Location

London office in North Finchley / Whetstone.

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