Demand Planner

Work just feels different when you’re centred at the heart of good times.  It’s about joining a family of big, iconic brands that bring everyone together to celebrate, connect and socialise.  So put a spark back in your day, working in an environment where you will experience growth on tap, and outstanding brands like Steinlager, Speight’s, Wither Hills & Hyoketsu.

We have a great opportunity for a Demand Planner to join our Demand team in Lion New Zealand on a permanent basis. This role will report to our Demand Leader and is based in Fanshawe Street, Auckland.

As a Demand Planner your key purpose is to effectively manage and communicate demand plans and forecasts for use in Lion NZ’s Integrated Business Planning process. You will support key business partners across Sales, Marketing, and Supply to enrich plans across the 36-month planning horizon as well as engagement in innovation project teams. 

We're looking for someone with:

• Demand planning experience ideally in an FMCG environment 
• Analytical mindset with strength in connecting insights to tangible business & customer outcomes
• Proven problem-solving capability with a solution-focused mindset
• Confident engaging with a range of stakeholders, with the ability to be a trusted business partner.
• Strong communication and presentation skills to all levels of the business.
• Excellent collaboration skills; work within a team to achieve common goals and be able to work with other teams & business functions

At Lion, we offer ‘growth on tap’ and you’ll get hooked on reaching higher with each new challenge. No matter your chosen career, for those thirsty for more we have endless experiences to learn and grow. But don’t worry, you don’t have to choose between your career and other life priorities – we have fantastic people, policies and programs in place to empower you to lead a career and life less ordinary.