Demand Planner

03 / 05 / 2025

  • Auckland
  • Permanent / Full Time
  • Manufacturing / Planning

Description

About the company:

Our client is a global leader in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry is behind many of the snacks and treats you know and love. With a strong presence across Australia and New Zealand, their Auckland-based team is passionate about delivering great products, building strong customer relationships, and driving continuous improvement. The culture is fast-paced, collaborative, and supportive—with a strong focus on quality, innovation, and doing things better.

About the role:

As one of our clients Demand Planners, you will be responsible for building and maintaining accurate forecasts that help the business plan ahead. This role sits within a team of Demand Planners that are category split. In this role you will work closely with sales, marketing, and supply chain teams to anticipate customer demand, support product launches, and ensure the right stock is available at the right time.

This role is key to balancing supply with demand, reducing waste, and maintaining high service levels across New Zealand. You’ll also contribute to ongoing improvements in forecasting tools, processes, and cross-functional communication.

About you:

You have proven experience in demand planning and a solid understanding of how forecasting impacts the broader supply chain. You’re comfortable working with data, drawing insights from trends, and collaborating across functions to drive accurate and reliable outcomes. FMCG experience is essential, and experience within the New Zealand market is highly desirable—you understand local customer behaviours, promotional cycles, and how these influence demand. You’ll also bring strong systems knowledge, a high level of capability on Excel (you will be working on very large datasets), excellent communication skills and a proactive, solutions-focused mindset.

Interested?

If this opportunity is of interest, please submit your CV by following the link below. If you would like to find out more or for a confidential discussion please call Katherine Biggelaar on 021 225 4735 or email katherineb@huntercampbell.co.nz

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  • Demand planning experience required
  • NZ FMCG knowledge a big plus
  • Work with great people across sales, supply & marketing

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Katherine (Kat) Biggelaar
Senior Consultant, Supply Chain, Operations and Procurement

I am a specialist recruiter focused on recruiting permanent, temporary and contract planning roles within the planning and purchasing area of the supply chain. I have experience in working with an assortment of small, medium and large enterprises throughout New Zealand. Being a specialist recruiter dedicated to this area means I truly understand what planning…

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