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Demand Planner (mfd)
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13 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
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10 October 2026
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1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Role description
As Demand Planner you will play a central role in shaping Arethias operational excellence by creating a reliable and proactive demand planning process for raw materials and components. You will translate customer forecasts sales insights and historical raw material consumption into actionable demand plans. Sitting within the Procurement team you will work closely with Sales Planning Production and Warehouse teams in Germany and Indonesia to align on forecasts orchestrate scenario planning and ensure smooth replenishment. This role offers the opportunity to build a planning function from the ground up influence cross-functional ways of working and contribute directly to our ability to scale efficiently in a fast-moving B2B environment.
Your Mission
- Forecast reliable demand by consolidating historical data sales input and market signals into one coherent and continuously improving demand plan.
- Align with Sales through structured forecast meetings to secure signoff discuss risks and opportunities and incorporate changing customer needs.
- Plan replenishment requirements for both highrunner and volatile specific components ensuring availability while balancing inventory and working capital targets.
- Challenge incoming forecasts by applying analytical and contextual judgement identifying anomalies and adjusting ordering quantities when required.
- Coordinate replenishment flows by determining order triggers managing approval processes for large-volume purchases and ensuring timely follow-up across stakeholders.
- Monitor forecast accuracy instock rates and inventory levels providing regular reporting and insights to support decision-making.
- Improve planning tools templates and SOPs to enhance transparency discipline and accountability across the forecasting process.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Business Operations Management Procurement or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel and data-driven decision-making.
- Experience working with demand planning inventory management or supply chain processes.
- Business-level communication skills in English; additional languages are a plus.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a B2B manufacturing food & beverage chemical or related environment with complex multi-SKU portfolios.
- Familiarity with ERP or planning systems and the ability to build or improve forecasting templates.
- Strong stakeholder-management capability with the confidence to challenge assumptions constructively.
- Ability to interpret data quickly and spot inconsistencies or unrealistic forecasts.
- High level of organization and attention to detail especially when balancing multiple inputs and priorities.
- Proactive hands-on and comfortable working in an environment where processes are still being developed
Why youll love working here
- Attraktive Aufgaben in einem international agierenden wachsenden Familienunternehmen mit flachen Hierarchien
- Flexible Arbeitszeiten und Homeoffice-Möglichkeiten
- 4 Wochen Remote Work aus dem EU Ausland
- 30 Tage bezahlter Urlaub pro Jahr
- Gehaltsbänder für eine gerechte Unternehmenskultur
- Monatlicher Zuschuss von 50 für deine BAV
- Teilnahme an jährlichen 360 Feedback-Loops mit klaren Aufstiegskriterien und einem individuellen Karrierepfad
- Verantwortung ab dem ersten Tag in einem Unternehmen das Eigenverantwortung und persönliches Wachstum fördert
- Im Bedarfsfall können Umzugskosten anteilig erstattet werden
- Regelmäßige Firmenevents wie Sommerfest Weihnachtsfeier
- Zwei Mal im Jahr bezahlte Teamdinner oder -aktivitäten für jedes Team
- Kostenloser Parkplatz direkt vor der Tür
- Vergünstigungen und Benefits: JobRad subventioniertes Mittagessen Zuschuss zum Deutschlandticket kostenlose Sprachkurse sowie attraktive Konditionen für Mitgliedschaften in Fitnessstudios und dem Wellpass
- Frisches Obst kostenlose Getränke und Snacks im Büro
About us
At Arethia we fuse our long-standing reputation with a continual push for progress. A rapidly expanding player in the flavour industry Arethia specialises in delivering innovative taste solutions and co-creating products that consumers love. For more than 70 years Arethia has been known for its close collaboration with customers and the highest quality standards. With over 350 employees spread across Germany Switzerland Dubai and Indonesia we aim to shape the future of flavours with a culture that values agility transparency and talent.
About Company
Dedication is the key: Our focus on good tobacco taste is our passion and motivation. Our flavours define the sense of taste and make your tobacco products unique. Flavors, casings & applications: Cigarettes, Shisha, Kretek, E-products, Cigarillos, Cigars, Chewing tobacco, Pipe, RY ... View more
