Lotus Natural Foods, the healthy snacking division of Lotus Bakeries and a portfolio of 5 incredible brands; BEAR, TREK, nakd. Kiddylicious and Peter’s Yard, all having their own distinct proposition and role within our business.

We have great ambitions for all our brands, ensuring that as a business we deliver sustainable growth over the long-term. We believe that taste and quality are 100% of what underpins us as brand leaders within our categories, and what pulls us apart from our competitors. All of our brands started right here in the UK, as the first market for distribution, but over the years we can now be found across the globe, our ranges have got bigger, along with us as a business.

To date we have achieved so much, but there is still plenty of room to grow further and that means we need more brilliant people, those that share an ambition for making a difference and want to join us in delivering the next chapter of growth. Fancy getting involved, then read on…

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing company and to put your entrepreneurial skills to the test. As the Demand Planner, you will:

• Collecting data from internal and external sources on factors known to affect demand.
• Analysing sales, stock and other data statistics.
• Reviewing historical sales trends.
• Modelling the data to forecast future demand.
• Obtaining information on occurrences that could impact demand like promotions and production delays.
• Gathering updates on vendors, distributors, sales and other stakeholders that can affect demand.
• Developing demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons.
• Coordinating cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances.
• Interacting with sales, marketing and customer finance to understand demand forecast drivers.
• Using and maintaining the demand planning software.
• Providing input to the supply planning organisation in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products and product phase-outs.
• Refining systems and methods to improve forecast in order to better anticipate customer needs.

Are you someone who has a flair for numbers and data, with the ability to hit deadlines, prioritise your time whilst working collaboratively with other functions?

Our Supply Chain team have a passion in ensuring customer satisfaction, whilst pushing and maintain efficiency.

Alongside living our TOP values, we are looking for someone with: 

• Passion: You have a drive for numbers and data, a flair in making predictions on previous historic trends, making a better outcome for the future.

• Technical Skills: Proficiency in  Excel, as well as high level exposure to forecasting tools.
• Experience: 2 years’ experience, preferably in FMCG, or retail industries. 
• Collaborative Spirit: A friendly, proactive and positive attitude, with strong communication skills and a willingness to learn. The ability to speak confidently with other business functions such as sales to ensure information is relayed and translated.
• Organization Skills: Ability to manage time and prioritise tasks in a fast-paced environment. Hitting deadlines doesn’t scare you.  

Team

• Be a team player, we all get stuck in to achieve results here at Lotus Natural Foods and we love our team to look beyond their own role, whether that be contributing to workshops or building upon ideas to amplify the overall result that perhaps sit outside of your role.
• Culture is hugely important to us here at Lotus Natural Foods and we look to our employees to positively contribute to that.

Other key requirements:

• Right-To-Work within the UK (without sponsorship)
• Minimum Education to Bachelors Degree level

Please note this role is a full-time position at our beautiful offices in St Albans, with four days a week spent on-site. Please only proceed if this works for you.