Service Demand Planning Associate

Burgess Hill
10 months ago
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CK Group are recruiting for a Service Demand Planning Associate, to join a diagnostics company, at their site in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, on a contract basis for 6 months. This position offers hybrid working, with 2 days a week on site.

Salary:

Hourly: £15.00 - £17.00 PAYE or £19.89 - £22.55 Umbrella (inside IR35).

Service Demand Planning Associate Role:

Utilise digital tools to monitor demand and supply of service activities, exceptions and imbalances.
Regularly update customers on case changes to ensure effective communication and project success.
Help identify supply issues associated with established plans and resolve by collaborating with the stakeholders.
Support the weekly Demand-Supply balance meetings by providing insight to enable the specialist to build a supply overview to manage demand.
Monitor system data quality to ensure optimal process performance.
Your Background:

Previous experience in demand planning function.
Experience of working with a CRM System and making decisions based on data analysis.
Essential in operating enterprise information systems (e.g. SAP, ERP, CRM).
Previous experience of working in a technology led environment (ideally in healthcare).
Company:

Our client is a global pharmaceutical company with a major presence in the UK. Their purpose is to deliver life-changing medicines and to do this they are completely science-led and like to share this with the scientific, healthcare and business communities within the UK.

Location:

This Demand Planner role will be hybrid working with 2 days per week based at our clients site in Burgess Hill, West Sussex.

Apply:

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference (Apply online only).

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