Demand Planning Manager - Maternity Cover 9-12 months FTC

Demand Planning Manager - Maternity Cover 9-12 months FTC At Joseph Joseph, we are driven by a simple yet powerful belief — that intelligent design has the ability to transform everyday living. We create distinctive, thoughtfully engineered products that not only solve real-world problems but also bring joy, beauty, and functionality to daily life. Headquartered in London, we have grown into one of the world’s most admired houseware brands, with a presence in over 100 countries and partnerships with leading department stores, independent retailers, and a rapidly expanding e-commerce business. We are looking for a strategic and collaborative Demand Planning Manager to join our London-based team on an interim basis. In this role, you will lead the development of robust, insight-driven demand forecasts and play a key role in driving cross-functional alignment through the S&OP process. You will work closely with stakeholders across the business to support planning, enable informed decision-making, and contribute to the continuous improvement of tools, systems, and processes that underpin our demand planning capability. What you will be doing: Ensure the accurate development and timely delivery of demand forecasts that align with evolving business objectives, supporting decision-making across time horizons, markets, and organizational priorities. Translate commercial activity, promotions, and market trends into actionable demand insights. Ensuring effective meetings are scheduled and facilitated, achieving consensus forecasting with relevant cross-functional stakeholders. Challenge forecast assumptions constructively and drive accountability across commercial teams. Act as a subject matter expert for demand planning in cross-functional initiatives and projects, contributing strategic insights and technical expertise. Oversee product portfolio analysis, including lifecycle management, classification, and rationalization, making actionable recommendations to the wider business and maintaining data in relevant systems. Support the implementation of tools and systems which impact demand planning, ensuring successful integration, implementation, and usage. Support the continued development and embedding of the IBP/S&OP process, ensuring practical adoption across the business. Monitor and report on key performance indicators for the demand planning team. Ensure continuity and stability of the demand planning process during a key business period, maintaining strong stakeholder engagement and planning discipline. What we need from you: Able to quickly understand complex global supply chain and commercial dynamics. Demonstrated ability to take ownership of forecasting processes within a short onboarding period. Experience operating effectively in fast-paced, changing environments with limited handover time. Previous experience leading, engaging and motivating demand planning teams. Excellent knowledge of forecasting fundamentals and application. Experience in consumer goods, retail, ecommerce, or omni-channel environments preferred. Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively across all functions and levels within the organisation. Experience forecasting across high-SKU portfolios and international markets. Strong influencing skills with experience managing senior stakeholders across commercial and operational functions.” Ability to balance data-driven forecasting with commercial judgement.” Advanced Microsoft Excel user, proficient with Pivot Tables, Lookups, Dashboards, and large-scale data analysis and manipulation. (Experience with Power Query and VBA is highly desirable). Experience of using statistical demand planning software. Experience in using SAP S4 Hanna ERP system. Strong analytical and numerical skills with the ability to present complex data for business buy-in. What you’ll get from us: Competitive salary and holiday allowance A pension contribution An exclusive staff discount Hybrid working – 3 days in office & 2 days from home and flex start/finish times Access to Perkbox Team Recognition scheme Team Operations Locations London Remote status Hybrid Life at Joseph Joseph Flexible working Mental wellbeing support Holiday trading Additional holiday for length of service Company bonus scheme Generous discounts for you and friends and family Season ticket loan and cycle-to-work scheme Even more discounts with Perkbox