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Specialist – Demand Planner to become a vital part of our onsite Supply Chain Team at Asda House. Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm. Location: Asda House - Leeds, Hybrid working (2 days per week from home). Contract Type: Permanent.

Job Responsibility:

  • Support the delivery of Category Plan / KPI targets for Asda Sales, GBI and Waste
  • Accurately forecast the daily and weekly demand for a specific group of products over a 78 week horizon and provide short term forecasting reacting to markets changes, promotional opportunities and weather impacts at both corporate and item store level
  • Ensure system integrity and accuracy to ensure a smooth flow of products aligned to season, events and activity
  • Communicate any variation to forecast that may impact internal and external stakeholders – ranging from commercial, production, suppliers and retail teams
  • Provide root cause analysis to identify and address forecasting issues by category/item and understand and apply the principles of cannibalisation
  • Set item level business plan for the next financial year

Requirements:

  • At least 2 years’ experience of demand planning/merchandise planning in FMCG environment
  • Experience of working with demand planning/WSSI systems
  • Possession of exceptional analytical skills when managing complexity and multiple variables
  • Advanced excel skills
  • Planning skills and the ability to work to deadlines
  • Strong influencing and communication skills
  • Team working ability
  • Conflict management/resilience

Nice to have:

  • Experience within produce
  • Forecasting / supply chain qualifications
What we offer:
  • 15% Asda In-store Discount
  • Paid Annual Leave Allowance
  • Enhanced pension scheme
  • Life Assurance - 4 x annual base salary
  • Help@hand - Free, direct access to health and wellbeing support service
  • Grocery Aid - emotional, practical, and financial support services
  • Electric Vehicle Scheme
  • Asda Mobile Discount - 30% off
  • Discounted health assessments
  • Asda Pet Insurance discount – Up to 10% Discount
  • Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) - fee-free mortgage and protection advice
  • Exclusive Exchange Rates via Asda Money
  • Ride-to-work scheme
  • Care Concierge - Legal & General’s Care Concierge resource

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 31, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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