Job - Africa Demand Planner

Africa Demand Planner

Location: 1HQ, London

12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Closing Date: 10 April 2026

About us

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to create a career worth celebrating.

About the Function

Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo’s 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It’s an intricate and sophisticated operation that’s the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations.

Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We’re committed to realising our ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’ goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we’ll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture.

About the role

The Demand Planner handles all SAP APO statistical forecasting and data integrity activities.   Creating baseline forecast models to support the monthly S&OP process and owning and driving statistical forecast accuracy performance to achieve targets.  They will collaborate with the DP Business Partner on history adjustments to drive robust statistical forecasts.  Taking ownership for data integrity and ensuring the weekly forecast sent to Supply is applied to the accurate sku/location.

Key Responsibilities

Functions:

• Baseline Forecasting

• Data Management

• S&OP Support

Metrics (at country and at Africa levels):

• Sales Forecast Accuracy -  Monthly and Weekly

• Sales Forecast Bias

• Forecast Value Add by step

• System indicators – Skus with forecast and no sales

• Demand Plan stability

• Extreme error – Oversell /Undersell

Generate base line statistical demand forecast for at least 18 months rolling:

• Pro-actively works with the Demand Manager and the DP Business Partner, owning the statistical forecast and highlighting deviations to the shipment and/or depletion trends.

• Use and maintain the APO software as the primary forecasting system tool

• Collaborate with DP Business Partner on all forecast history cleaning activities including documenting adjustments and assumptions (market trends, seasonality, promotions).

• Maintain statistical parameters for “best fit” model & generate a baseline at least 18 month rolling.

• Maintain APO master data including CVC creation, disaggregation factors and attributes.

• Analyse outliers through appropriate reports and make corrections.

• Support scenario planning for promotions, innovation and major events (duty, economics change, etc.) through stat analysis.

• Provide reports and insights to maximise the use of baseline forecast.

Provide key input to S&OP/IBP process:

• Participate where relevant in S&OP process to align upon consensus forecast.

• Review statistical input to planning and AOP process and challenge projected growth based on historical trends.

• Collaborate with Demand Business Partners to conduct root cause analysis to identify drivers of forecast error and work together to take the necessary corrective action to drive continuous improvement in forecast accuracy and bias performance.

Continuously improve statistical forecasting method:

• Test and implement new models

• Implement standard methodologies

• Support system developments

Experience / skills required:

• Proven experience in a similar Demand Planning role

• Baseline understanding of the end-to-end Supply Chain Planning processes; Supply Planning, Distribution Requirements Planning, Inventory Planning, Conversion, Logistics, Procurement and Customer Service

• Demonstrated proficiency in statistics and/or forecasting methodologies with an understanding of their financial and operational impacts

• Strong analytical, organizational and decision making skills

• Good communication skills – verbal, written and presentation.

• Proficient in MS applications e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook

• Experience with advanced planning software with Supply Planning (SAP APO system and Business Intelligence/BW )

Working with us

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you. 

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