Westfalia Fruit

Demand and Supply Planning Manager

Westfalia Fruit

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Spalding • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

Oracle

About the role

  • - Lead demand forecasting across short, medium, and long-term horizons using customer insights, historical data, and market trends.
  • - Develop agile supply plans to meet demand while optimizing inventory, reducing stock-outs, and minimizing waste.
  • - Own and facilitate the full S&OP processes, cross-functional alignment and driving effective decision-making.
  • - Monitor inventory health, manage shelf-life constraints, and protect service levels across the supply chain.
  • - Ensure accurate planning data and systems integrity to support high-quality forecasting and operational planning.
  • - Track and report KPIs like forecast accuracy, OTIF, and inventory turns—turning insights into action.
  • - Lead and develop planning team members, building a culture of accountability, collaboration, and excellence.
  • - Collaborate across Commercial, Operations, Sourcing, and Finance teams to ensure demand-supply balance.
  • - Respond quickly to supply disruptions or demand shifts, keeping all stakeholders aligned.
  • - Support strategic supply chain initiatives in partnership with the Head of Supply Chain and Quality teams.

Requirements

  • - Experience in supply and/or demand planning roles within FMCG, fresh produce, or perishable goods sectors
  • - Strong exposure to S&OP, inventory optimisation, and supply-demand balancing
  • - Experience working in a matrix or cross-functional environment
  • - Proven ability to lead or mentor planners and planning teams
  • - Advanced knowledge of forecasting techniques, demand planning systems, and supply planning process
  • - Strong analytical capability; confident in managing large data sets and turning insights into actions
  • - Skilled in planning systems (e.g. SAP IBP, APO, Oracle, Excel/BI tools)
  • - Solid understanding of end-to-end supply chain dynamics, stock policies, and service level management
  • - Detail-oriented, structured, and commercially aware, with strong prioritisation skills and a customer-led mindset in planning decisions
  • - Influential cross-functional communicator, fostering collaboration, driving accountability, and staying calm and proactive under pressure and ambiguity
Benefits
  • - 20 days holiday
  • - Free on-site parking
  • - Additional Annual Leave day on your Birthday
  • - Company pension plan
  • - Medicash plan
  • - Life Insurance

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
demand forecastingsupply planninginventory optimizationS&OPforecasting techniquesdata analysissupply-demand balancingKPI trackingoperational planningshelf-life management
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcollaborationaccountabilitycommunicationanalytical capabilitydetail-orientedstructured thinkingprioritizationcustomer-led mindset