Demand Planner at Ascentech Services Limited

Ascentech Services Limited is a full-fledged Human Resource Solution Provider incorporated in 2013 with its Head Office in Lagos, Nigeria. We are committed to forging long-term partnerships with our clients by creating and delivering robust and flexible services that address the changing needs of their business.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Demand Planner

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Industry: FMCG

Job Brief

• The Demand Planner will be responsible for developing, managing, and executing effective supply and replenishment plans aligned with sales forecasts and business strategies across all the warehouses in Nigeria.
• This role is critical in optimizing stock allocation, load factor planning, and inventory health, ensuring timely product availability, and supporting cross-functional coordination with Sales, Warehousing, and Procurement.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a rolling inventory plan based on sales forecast, historical trends, and real-time market input.
• Prepare and manage load factor planning to maximize dispatch efficiency across PAN Nigeria.
• Allocate SKUs across all warehouse locations based on region-wise sales velocity, shelf life, and projected demand.
• Track and analyze TO raised vs TO GRN, LPO vs GRN, and service levels (CDC and Regional WHs) daily, and share a Daily MIS.
• Coordinate with procurement and warehousing teams to ensure timely and accurate inbound stock movement.
• Work closely with the Sales Team to validate forecasts and adjust plans in real-time.
• Conduct monthly demand review meetings.
• Lead initiatives for inventory balancing and minimize stock-outs or overstock scenarios.
• Monitor and report near-expiry and non-moving SKUs at all warehouse locations.
• Raise alerts and coordinate SKU liquidation or reverse movement.
• Ensure compliance with handling short-shelf-life products.
• Generate and share dashboards including TO vs GRN, LPO vs GRN, Daily service levels, Stock ageing and expiry reports.
• Recommend improvements in planning tools, processes, or formats.
• Liaise with Logistics, Sales, and Warehousing.
• Ensure all stock movement plans are cost-effective, feasible, and tracked against KPIs.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering or related field (MBA preferred)
• Associate Member of Certified Institute of Warehousing and Materials Management or any SCM Certification/ Demand Planning Certification
• Good Working knowledge in MS Office (Excel / PowerPoint/ Word/ Outlook)
• Minimum of 5-8 years’ cognate experience as a Supply Chain Manager working at a Food & Beverages, Home & Personal Care and Warehouse
• Strong understanding of Demand Planning, load optimization and stock allocation.
• Experienced managing a team
• Proficient understanding of the fundamental concepts, practices and procedures of Supply Chain, Material Management, Warehouse Management and forecasting.
• Hands on experience with SCM software and databases.
• Knowledge of ERP is desirable (SAP, Oracle Netsuite).

Salary
N600,000 - N650,000 Monthly.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: cv@ascentech.com.ng using  “Demand Planner” as the subject of the mail.