Act as the connective tissue between demand signals and supply execution, ensuring our commercial ambition is fully aligned with inventory and factory capacities.
Own and coordinate the full monthly S&OP cycle. Lead forecasting sessions, supply constraint reviews, and bottom-up/top-down reconciliation against the business plan.
Work closely with manufacturing partners to translate the demand signal into robust supply and capacity plans, optimizing inventory health and product availability.
Own DTC and retail global forecast inputs while translating account management EPOS data and buyer insights into precise operational order plans.
Monitor global stock cover, aged stock, and write-off risk. Own the Risks and Opportunities register and lead cross-functional workstreams to mitigate exposure.
Support range review processes to ensure clean transitions between old and new SKUs, preventing both stockouts and excess raw material/componentry write-offs.
Manage bottom-up consensus and reconcile against top-down financial targets, clearly articulating gaps, risks, and volume-value opportunities to the leadership team.
Manage and develop the Planning Team day-to-day, building their technical and commercial capability as we scale the business from a startup to a large scale-up.
Act as a robust, cross-functional collaborator with Commercial, Finance, and Logistics.

Proven experience spanning both demand and supply planning with knowledge across the E2E supply chain in a fast-paced environment with 7+ years of experience
Experience operating in fast-moving, high-growth settings
Knows what great looks like and able to completely transform planning cycles into a systematic, predictable process
Experience running end-to-end S&OP or IBP cycles in a consumer goods environment
A demonstrable ability to manipulate and interrogate large datasets using tools such as Excel, Google Sheets, SQL, or BI platforms to find the outliers that move the dial
You don’t wait for a manual; see a mess, challenge the current way of doing things, and build a tool or process to clean it up.
You possess the commercial acumen and leadership presence to scale with the business and eventually step into a broader Head of Supply Chain leadership position.

Senior Planner

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