Join Keelings! You will be part of a passionate team of people and a growing business. Come on the journey with us where you will grow and develop and truly feel a sense of belonging. At Keelings, we don't just grow quality fresh produce, we also nurture people and their professional development. The Keelings family always employ the best people for the job, the key to our success is the quality of the people we employ.

Our Strategic Priorities

Better Food - We make our products better and inspire more people to enjoy produce.

People - We support our people to learn, be at their best, contribute and deliver on their commitments, using One Keelings' standards.

Better Ways - Every year we improve our competitiveness, efficiency and delivery through insight, technology and One Keelings.

Better World - We improve our environmental and social impact to make a positive difference in our world.

Partnerships - Working with Keelings creates value and long-term relationships with our customers & suppliers.

Growth - We invest in and deliver insight led, focused, profitable growth into the future.

Keelings Values

People Matter - We support and treat each other in a clear, fair and respectful way. We all learn, develop and encourage everyone to contribute

Teamwork - We inspire and help each other to deliver our ambitions together as One Keelings

Integrity - We do the right thing and deliver on our commitments

Passion for Achievement - We motivate ourselves and each other to achieve our ambitions with energy, knowledge and courage. We are always striving to be better.

Purpose of the Role

•  Manage the customer demand forecast to support the Business Target of +98% service level into our customers via increased forecast accuracy and communication with the Sales, Procurement & Operational teams

Role Responsibilities

• Own daily retailer volume forecasts with support from customer account managers for the next 4 weeks & weekly thereafter for a rolling 18 month period
• Improve forecast accuracy YOY by customer and category - targets to be agreed with line manager
• Support account managers during budgeting process to build a bottom up weekly forecast
• Support account managers with information regarding customer forecasts (where available) moves and highlight discrepancies (e.g customer forecast not captured promo / peak volumes)
• Work closely with the sales & procurement team to align on season & SKU code change overs taking flushes, shortages and promotional activity into account to ensure forecast is up to date
• Provide customer DSL and forecast accuracy summaries both weekly and monthly as part of the Sales & Marketing cycle (dependent on account)
• Support NAM's in the monthly S&OP cycle highlighting key variances in forecast vs actual and actions taken to remedy the variance and communicating accordingly to teams impacted

Key Skills

• Have excellent excel skills to analyse data
• Have a strong business acumen
• Have an orientation to people and developing relationships quickly
• Have a business development mindset
• Experience in fresh food supply chains - preferably produce

        Well organised

        High integrity

Preferable:

• Have 3 plus years of success working in demand forecasting / planning role
• Have strong powerpoint skills to support proposal

Recruitment Process

1. CV Submission & email acknowledgment of receipt

2. Phone Screening

3. 1st Interview

4. 2nd Interview

5. Outcome & Feedback

Inclusion & Diversity Statement

In Keelings we value all perspectives and knowledge that our colleagues bring to our business. We are committed to forming a diverse and inclusive team where all can share their unique experiences and perspectives. We welcome applications from all cultures and backgrounds and are dedicated to forming an environment of inclusiveness and diversity where all can thoroughly feel a sense of belonging. 

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

If you require reasonable accommodation in submitting your application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the recruitment process, please contact (email address removed)

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