Demand Lead Europe
Manchester - UK
Job Summary
CHEP helps move more goods to more people in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets crates and containers. We employ approximately 13000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model the worlds biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently safely and with less environmental impact.
What does that mean for you Youll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere and small enough to get you there sooner. Youll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. Youll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through ourHybrid Work Model.
Job Description
Were looking for a strategic and data-driven leader to drive Demand Planning across Europe orchestrating a complex multi-country environment and shaping the future of demand-led decision making at scale.This is a high-impact role responsible for creating a single forward-looking and fact-based demand view across Europe enabling aligned commercial supply chain and financial decisions while accelerating transformation through data analytics and planning excellence.
Reporting into senior leadership you will act as a key business partner across Commercial Supply Chain and Finance connecting stakeholders and driving standardisation governance and performance across the end-to-end planning cycle.
Key Responsibilities May Include:
- Review design and enhance business planning processes in partnership with Commercial Finance and Supply Chain teams to improve operational efficiency and decision-making.
- Lead the development and deployment of the S&OP agenda advancing the organization towards Integrated Business Planning (IBP) for a seamless and efficient planning process.
- Benchmark and implement new technologies and tools that enhance IBP processes driving improvements in customer fulfilment cost management inventory control and operational safety.
- Establish and govern IBP and demand planning policies procedures and guidelines to ensure consistency accuracy and standardization across the business.
- Collaborate with senior leaders to align strategies and define key metrics such as on-time delivery capacity utilization and working capital to drive performance improvements.
- Act as the subject matter expert for IBP working across departments to foster a culture of continuous improvement and planning process optimization.
- Design integrated data-driven planning methodologies that address capacity modelling and the needs of multiple business functions.
- Provide thought leadership and guide change management efforts to continuously improve planning strategies and business outcomes.
What Youll Lead & Deliver
- Define and execute the European Demand Planning strategy aligned to business growth and performance objectives
- Own and orchestrate the single source of truth for demand across Europe proactively highlighting risks opportunities and trade-offs
- Drive end-to-end demand performance improving forecast accuracy reducing bias and enabling better decision making
- Lead scenario planning and demand-led decision support stress-testing assumptions in a dynamic market environment
- Establish and embed standardised S&OP / S&OE processes governance and ways of working across multiple countries
- Accelerate data-driven planning excellence leveraging tools analytics and market insights
- Facilitate and own the European Demand Review ensuring alignment across issues collections and commercial outlook
- Act as the E2E connector influencing stakeholders across Commercial Retail Supply Chain and Finance
- Build and develop demand planning capability strengthening skills accountability and mindset across teams
Scope & Impact
- Pan-European scope across multiple countries and markets
- Leadership of a team of 9 FTE
- Direct impact on revenue margin service levels and asset productivity
- Ownership of forecast accuracy bias reduction and demand planning effectiveness
What Youll Bring
Experience
- Experience leading or embedding S&OP / S&OE governance including demand review forums and decision-making cadences
- Proven ability to drive business performance through planning
- Experience aligning Commercial Supply Chain and Finance around a single set of numbers
- Background in FMCG logistics or complex operational environments preferred
- Track record in scenario planning trade-offs and decision support
- Experience influencing senior stakeholders in a matrix organisation
Skills
- Business acumen: challenges assumptions and turns data into actionable insight
- Analytical & storytelling: able to simplify complexity and create clear narratives
- Performance mindset: focuses on outcomes not process compliance
- Stakeholder influence: drives alignment across functions without authority
- Decision-making under uncertainty: uses scenarios to guide actions in volatile environments
Remote Type
Hybrid RemoteSkills to succeed in the role
Coaching Cross-Functional Work Demand Planning Disruptive Thinking Emotional Intelligence Feedback Inclusive Leadership Influencing Leading Change Leading Customer Centric Teams Mentorship Prioritization Process Improvements Project Delivery Strategic Planning Strategic ThinkingWe are an Equal Opportunity Employer and we are committed to developing a diverse workforce in which everyone is treated fairly with respect and has the opportunity to contribute to business success while realizing his or her potential. This means harnessing the unique skills and experience that each individual brings and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race color sex age national origin religion sexual orientation gender identity status as a veteran and basis of disability or any other federal state or local protected class.
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About Company
Middle East & North Africa’s leader in supply chain solutions, with a presence in the Middle East since 2003, CHEP is registered as 100% privately CHEP owned businesses, which enables all of our customers to deal with CHEP in a confidential manner. CHEP has a footprint throughout the ... View more