Reporting into the Demand Planning Manager, this role will play a key part in the day to day running of the demand planning function, focusing on forecasting and trading categories as well as providing insight and analysis on product. We are looking for our Junior Demand Planner to provide Maternity cover as soon as possible until October 2025.
The job
• Responsible for homewares categories within the business.
• Provide category analysis on a weekly, monthly and ad hoc basis and present in meetings.
• Trade categories continually to optimise sales and stocks, ensuring optimum availability while avoiding overstocks.
• Update and maintain all department linecards, forecasting and planning orders and signing off with Demand Planning Manager.
• Work alongside the Product Development team during the launch planning process, providing analysis to aid range planning, forecasting sales and planning orders.
• Proposing phaseouts and signing off markdowns, attending key MD meetings, carrying out system and online checks, communicating MDs to all functions, reporting and managing stocks during sale by proposing further markdowns.
• Manage MAA, providing training and aiding progression.
• Carry out brochure checks and web launch checks.
• Responsibility for ad hoc inter-departmental requests/queries or supplying of information as necessary.
• Maintain category range plans, ensuring data is up to date and accurate, updating monthly and year end and setting up new launches.
What we're looking for
• Highly analytical and extremely organised.
• Advanced Excel knowledge and a keen interest in systems.
• Great time management with the ability to prioritise, multi-task and work to deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills for interaction with internal functions.
• Able to quickly identify and solve issues as they arise as well as being proactive in improving current processes and systems wherever possible.
• Awareness of our customer and the market to aid in forecasting and analysing sales.
• Management skills to help guide, motivate and develop MAA.
Looking for someone currently at Senior Assistant / Junior Merchandiser or Demand Planner level.
What we offer
Benefits include:
25 days holiday plus bank holidays, increasing by 1 day each year for 3 years
Enhanced family leave policy
Staff discount and friends and family
Healthcare Cash Plan
EAP Programme
Other discounts for shopping
Cycle to Work Scheme
Half a day for Christmas shopping
Death in service - 4 times annual salary
What's it like working at Loaf?
We are a forward-thinking, friendly bunch committed to building a fabulous company with brilliant people. The customer is at the heart of everything we do and we're always striving for better, more efficient ways to deliver to the highest standard.
As a business, we're working really hard to be inclusive. No matter what identity or background, we want everyone to feel welcome in a place where we can all be ourselves.
We'd love you to join us on our journey.
Please note that due to a high number of applications we are currently receiving we are unfortunately not able to provide individual feedback to every candidate at this stage of the process. If your application is successful, one of our Loafers will reach out to you.