Demand Planner

Responsible for the Demand Management for all Garmin products for forecasting and non-forecasting customers and Garmin Offices.,

• Manage forecast & orders with customer, sales team and Demand Planners to ensure right product, right time.


• Regular communication with Garmin Offices to understand local variances, sales trends and promotions/deals which will impact future demand. Ensure any extraordinary activity is reflected in the forecast and communicated to product category Demand Planners.


• Work with Product Manager to manage combined forecast for a product category, ensuring overall forecast is in line with company targets.


• Primary interface between global supply planning and Garmin customers and the demand expectations from Garmin's EMEA customers.


• Input into forecast meetings with Senior Managers & Product Managers. Reviewing recommended sales forecast and inventory goals in line with S&OP targets (emphasis on accuracy, road map transitions, NPI, EOL& promotions)


• Monitor sales vs forecast for all customers and Garmin Offices on all products.


• Challenge over/under sales patterns and suggest/implement forecast changes as required.


• Work with internal departments to ensure correct dating of orders to avoid unnecessary past-due orders and to manage customer expectations.


• Co-ordinate inter-office/office customer transfers as required


• Review excess inventory levels and communicate to Garmin Offices as necessary, report back to team on action taken.


• Work with Global Supply Chain on production priorities and requirements and dealing with allocations on arrival of goods.


• Raise purchase orders to ensure supply of third party materials


• Accept and complete projects and other miscellaneous duties as assigned and any ad hoc duties as requested by management.
  
  Proficient use of Microsoft - Excel, Word, Powerpoint & Outlook


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills


• Strong analytical abilities and attention to detail


• Previous demand planning/forecasting/procurement experience desirable


• Must be flexible and able to work in a fast paced environment


• Highly motivated self starter.


• Oracle & Demantra experience an advantage.
  
  Here at Garmin, we love what we do - fuelling people's passions for fitness monitoring, sports timing, mapping and management, driving and/or sailing while using GPS to navigate the world. Our people truly enjoy bringing our products to the world and everyone of us feels part of a global success story which has grown tremendously over the past few years.
  
  What we can offer you


• Enhanced Pension


• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity


• Hybrid working after Probation (3 days office, 2 days WFH pw)


• Employee Share Scheme


• Private Medical/Dental


• EAP


• Discounted Products


Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £30,000.00 per year,
• Additional leave


• Canteen


• Casual dress


• Company events


• Company pension


• Cycle to work scheme


• Discounted or free food


• Employee discount


• Enhanced maternity leave


• Enhanced paternity leave


• Free parking


• Health & wellbeing programme


• Life insurance


• On-site parking


• Private dental insurance


• Private medical insurance


• Referral programme


• Sick pay


• Work from home


Schedule:

• 8 hour shift


• Day shift


• Monday to Friday


Work Location: In person