Commercial Demand Planning Specialist

Overview

Commercial Demand Planning Specialist role focused on streamlining business processes by bridging sales, marketing, and operational teams to drive revenue and efficiency. The role manages day-to-day commercial activities, analyzes performance data, plans and purchases inventory, and supports the commercial team to optimize growth.

Commercial Demand Planning Specialist

Mansfield (Solus)

• Develop and maintain rolling demand forecasts across own manufactured products, third-party manufactured products, sales channels and the distribution centres.
• Manage stock replenishment via the demand planning process and raise purchase orders as required.
• Maintain and manage the purchase order tracker.
• Process allocated UK and Export customer sales orders from start to finish (including raising purchase orders, export despatch notes to invoice, arranging collections with carriers, understanding incoterms, commodity/tariff codes, etc.).
• Identify potential demand spikes, supply risks or stock constraints early and work cross-functionally to mitigate potential service issues with the team and management.
• Work closely with the commercial team and management to ensure demand forecasts reflect the latest sales activity, marketing campaigns, new product launches and customer growth plans.
• Interpret and validate forecast plans to ensure purchase orders are raised in line with actual requirements.
• Prepare allocated export documentation on the e-commerce platform with the local Chamber of Commerce.
• Run/manage the monthly demand planning reports for senior management review.

• Describe and perform duties as needed across manufacturing/production, packing, warehouse, etc. as required by the business.
• Must have experience / understanding of:
  Strong interpersonal skills to work across departments (sales, marketing, manufacturing, warehousing, finance).
• Strong organisational and communication skills; highly proactive, analytical, and detail-oriented.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially Excel) and experience with ERP/planning systems (e.g., SAGE, SAP, CIM, IBP, Oracle).
• Knowledge of dangerous goods shipment procedures is advantageous, but not essential.
• Able to manage multiple priorities in a busy office environment; able to work under pressure and respond quickly to operational changes.
• Experience in operations, production, merchandising, account management, or similar is preferred but not essential.