Supply and Demand Planner

Description

Supply & Demand Planner

Location: Rochdale (Hybrid - 3 days office / 2 days home)

Salary: £35,000 + 15% annual bonus (target related)

Hours: 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday (flexitime available)

Holidays: 28 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Contract: Permanent

The Role

We are recruiting a Supply & Demand Planner to join a fast-paced supply chain environment, playing a pivotal, cross-departmental role at the centre of the business.

This is a hands-on, inbound planning position, responsible for managing stock availability across 400–500 SKUs. You will be highly reactive to customer and business needs, proactively identifying out-of-stock risks, analysing trends, and working with multiple teams to resolve issues.

You’ll act as the key link between customers, sales teams, manufacturing, suppliers, and the warehouse, ensuring stock is available to meet demand while maintaining strong service levels.

Key Responsibilities

Proactively manage inbound supply, liaising with suppliers right through to the warehouse team

Create, maintain, and share out-of-stock and low-stock reports with internal teams

Analyse historical sales and product-level trends to forecast demand over a rolling 3-month period

Investigate out-of-stock issues, identify root causes, and drive corrective actions

Support inventory and stock control activities, including safety stock reviews and availability planning

Co-ordinate with the manufacturing team to ensure timely product availability

Work closely with an international central planning team to align supply priorities

Maintain and update supply and planning master data within SAP and IBP

Act as a strong cross-functional communicator across supply chain, sales, manufacturing, and logisticsWhat We’re Looking For

Previous experience in Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Inventory Planning, or Stock Control

Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data and identify trends and risks

SAP experience is a significant advantage (IBP add-on desirable)

Confident Excel user, xjnqpsq comfortable with reporting and data analysis

A proactive problem-solver who asks why issues occur and looks for solutions

Excellent communication skills, comfortable working across multiple departments

Experience in a B2B environment and/or with international suppliers is beneficialWhy Apply?

A genuinely central role with visibility across the entire supply chain

Hybrid working with flexitime for a strong work-life balance

A role where your actions directly impact stock availability and customer service

Competitive salary, bonus, and benefits packageMeridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy

Ad ID: 5417666330