Demand & Supply Planning officer

Location: Liège area · Contract: permanent, full-time · Salary: €3,800 to €4,100 gross/month depending on experience · Remote work: hybrid

The company

SD Worx Professionals is recruiting on behalf of a client: an international industrial group in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector, owner of strong, well-known brands.

The role in one sentence

You anticipate demand and steer supply so that the right products are available at the right time and the right cost. This is a planning role (Demand & Supply Planning).

Your responsibilities

• Build and manage short-, medium- and long-term demand forecasts, in volume and value.
• Act as the key partner to Sales and Marketing: translate trends, promotions, launches and delistings into reliable demand plans.
• Coordinate co-packing, balancing availability, costs, production planning and raw material supply.
• Handle supply chain issues: quality incidents, slow-moving and obsolete stock (SLOB), continuous process improvement.
• Maintain and improve forecasting models, planning data and replenishment strategies in SAP / IBP.

Must-haves

• At least 2 years of planning experience: demand planning, supply planning, replenishment, S&OP or inventory management (e.g. Demand Planner, Supply Planner, Material Planner, Replenishment Planner, Forecast Analyst).
• Hands-on demand forecasting experience: building and tracking forecasts and measuring their reliability (forecast accuracy, bias, MAPE…).
• Proficiency in SAP, used daily.
• Fluent in French and English (mandatory).
• Relevant higher education (supply chain, logistics, business engineering, economics…) or equivalent experience.

Strong assets

• Experience in FMCG / consumer goods.
• Knowledge of SAP IBP (or APO).
• Involvement in an S&OP / IBP process (monthly sales-production alignment).
• Regular collaboration with Sales and Marketing (promotions, product launches).
• Experience with co-packing, subcontracting or production supplier relations.
• Inventory management focused on service level, stock coverage and SLOB reduction.
• Advanced Excel (pivot tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, modelling).
• Bilingual French and English

Your personality

Proactive and autonomous, with a strong sense of ownership and results. You are comfortable with numbers, well organised, and able to work with both commercial and operational stakeholders.

What we offer

• A key role in an international group with leading brands.
• A salary of €3,800 to €4,100 gross per month depending on experience.
• Hospitalisation insurance, meal vouchers, mobile phone and laptop.
• Hybrid working.
• An international, collaborative environment with career development opportunities.

How to apply

Send your CV, highlighting your demand forecasting and planning experience