Demand Planner

Overview

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. Almost every second tablet on the global market contains our products. DFE Pharma is a leading supplier of excipients recognized for high‑quality products and services. We work with practically all major pharmaceutical companies worldwide. We are looking for people who take ownership and embrace accountability. Now is your chance to join!

Do you have a passion for turning data, market trends and cross‑functional insights into smart and accurate demand plans? Join us as Demand Planner and shape our long‑term forecasting. You’ll collaborate closely with Customer Support Office, Sales, Operations, and Production Planning, ensuring the "voice of the customer" remains at the center of our decisions.

• At least a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Logistics or Commercial Economics
• At least 3 years of experience in a similar role within a B2B environment
• Experience with statistical planning methods and comfort working with forecasting models and data‑analysis tools
• Excellent numerical skills
• Strong communication skills and ability to maintain relationships at all levels
• Fluent in English
• Analytical, proactive, accurate way of working

• International working environment
• Continuous learning and development:
  Your development benefits both your career and the organisation
• A flat organisational structure with short communication lines

Your main responsibilities:

• Build demand plan using statistical forecasts and commercial team input for short‑ and mid‑term horizons.
• Use statistical forecasting effectively and maintain clean, reliable historical data.
• Translate business changes (NPD, phase‑in/out, events, seasonality, tenders) into the demand plan.
• Apply demand constraints during supply limitations and communicate outcomes to key stakeholders.
• Prepare Pre‑Demand and Demand Review meetings, and contribute to the Global Demand Review meeting with commercial teams.
• Follow up on decisions and constraints from the S&OP cycle.
• Act as the main contact for commercial teams for operational and tactical planning.
• Drive continuous improvement of forecast accuracy and bias with commercial teams.
• Monitor and challenge the quality of commercial forecast inputs (assumptions, deltas, consumption, trends, issues, gaps, risks, opportunities).
• Coordinate any activities related to the constraining and allocation process to ensure the match of demand & supply.
• Identify improvement opportunities and take ownership of implementing solutions.
• Provide KPI dashboards, insights, and decision documents on quantitative and qualitative developments.

• You will report to our Manager Demand Planning.
• You will work in the head office in Goch.

• Mid‑Senior level

• Full‑time

• Management and Manufacturing

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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