Demand Planner - Flowers - #151514
Morrisons
Date: 1 day ago
City: Derby
Contract type: Full time

At Myton Horticulture, we deliver quality, freshness and value within our Flower category. As the Demand Planner for flowers, you’ll be the critical link between customer need and operational delivery, ensuring our buying and production teams are aligned to a robust, forward looking forecast that drives commercial performance.
This role is ideal for someone who loves digging into the data, spotting patterns in complexity, and influencing cross functional teams to stay on track and ahead of the curve to deliver the best for our customers.
What you’ll be doing:
We’re looking for someone who is commercially aware, confident with data and curious about how product and customer decisions shape operations.
You’ll need:
In return for all your hard work, you will receive:
At Myton Food Group, we have a legacy to be proud of. We’re British farming’s biggest single direct customer. We buy from highly valued suppliers. And we’re passionate about the quality of our food. Today, we have 19 manufacturing sites across the UK, where we pack and process fresh meats and fish, savoury and sweet pies, fruit and veg, flower bouquets, bread and lots more.
We really do stand out in the world of food manufacturing. But what we’re especially proud of is the way we all get stuck in and work as a team, in partnership across our supply chain. Read more about what we do at our Myton Food Group website.
This role is ideal for someone who loves digging into the data, spotting patterns in complexity, and influencing cross functional teams to stay on track and ahead of the curve to deliver the best for our customers.
What you’ll be doing:
- Build and maintain a rolling demand forecast across the plant portfolio, using a blend of historical data, future needs, promotional plans and seasonal trends
- Partner with Buying, retail and production teams to translate commercial plans into volume forecasts, ensuring we’re ready to meet customer needs and expectations
- Proactively review forecast accuracy and highlight key variances across sales, intake and stock. Recommending changes and driving corrective actions
- Align forecasts to include big event demand drivers, such as Valentines Day, Mothers Day and Christmas etc.
- Support long term capacity planning by identifying future demand risks and opportunities based on category growth, customer behaviour and range changes
- Collaborate with site planners and suppliers to ensure stock, lead times, and growing schedules are aligned
- Use forecasting systems and reporting tools to create clear, actionable insights for internal use and customer use
- Contribute to the broader sales & operations planning process, ensuring we have the right volumes in the right place at the right time
We’re looking for someone who is commercially aware, confident with data and curious about how product and customer decisions shape operations.
You’ll need:
- Experience in demand planning, forecasting, supply chain or commercial planning, ideally within a short shelf life category
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data sources and turn them into a clear narrative
- Proficiency in Excel / Sheets and experience with forecasting or planning systems
- A strong understanding of the end to end supply chain process, and how demand signals drive procurement, production and delivery
- The ability to influence and engage across multiple functions both internally and externally
In return for all your hard work, you will receive:
- 15% discount in store from the day you join us
- Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
- Career progression and development opportunities
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Market leading pension scheme and life assurance
- Healthcare benefits including Aviva Digital GP
- ‘MyPerks’ giving you discount with over 850 retailers
- Free parking onsite
- Enhanced Family, Maternity and Paternity Leave
- Annual bonus scheme
- Private healthcare
At Myton Food Group, we have a legacy to be proud of. We’re British farming’s biggest single direct customer. We buy from highly valued suppliers. And we’re passionate about the quality of our food. Today, we have 19 manufacturing sites across the UK, where we pack and process fresh meats and fish, savoury and sweet pies, fruit and veg, flower bouquets, bread and lots more.
We really do stand out in the world of food manufacturing. But what we’re especially proud of is the way we all get stuck in and work as a team, in partnership across our supply chain. Read more about what we do at our Myton Food Group website.
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