• Owning the sales and operational planning process across the rolling 2 week planning horizon
• Delivering against key planning and business KPI’s, monitor and report forecast bias & accuracy results to Demand Planning Manager and Supply Planning Manager contacts to assist in future planning
• Collaborating with Commercial to incorporate exceptional commercial adjustments into the sales & operational plan, liaising with key stakeholders to ensure no adverse impact to plans and ensuring forecast is accurate
• Assisting in the delivery of industry leading customer service levels and minimising product waste through proactive customer and supplier engagement.
• Enhancing forecasting capabilities and accuracy, building relationships with key internal customers
• Lead the Commercial Planners to be the ‘voice of the Grower’ and enabling strong relationships to be formed
• Mitigate stock outs, or failures to supply, by planning across the Grower network, liaising with Growers, Agronomy, Technical, Supply Planners, Demand Planners, Logistics and Account Managers appropriately.

• Owning and developing the Sales & Operational Planning process in the short-term (weeks 1-2) across the company, reporting to Head of Planning.
• Lead the team to ensure Growers are actively involved in the sales & operational planning process.
• Establish and continue developing S&OP processes supported by the IT systems.
• Monitor and deliver functions’ performance against set goals and objectives. (i.e. order accuracy, forecast accuracy, stock residency, etc.)
• Supervise recruitment, development, retention, and organisation of S&OP Team.
• Advise and counsel key stakeholders on plan adherence issues and trends.
• Identify and lead improvement initiatives (systems, processes, people) working together with key internal stakeholders.

We are looking for someone with the following experience :