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 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 logistics

What 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, 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 beneficial

Why 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 package

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.