Corin Group is a global orthopaedics innovation business, headquartered in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Across 7 units in Love Lane, we manufacture knee and hip implants that are shipped around the world to help improve patients' quality of life. With over 500 employees, we are focused on precision, quality and innovation to ensure we deliver the highest standards in everything we do.
We are looking for a Demand Planner to join our Integrated Business Planning (IBP) team, supporting either our European or Australian region. This role is pivotal in ensuring accurate demand forecasts, enabling informed business decisions and supporting sustainable growth across international markets.
You'll be the key link between Planning and Sales, building trusted relationships with commercial stakeholders, understanding market dynamics and creating robust forecasts that balance customer demand with operational capability. We're seeking an adaptable individual who is comfortable working in a fast-moving environment and confident challenging assumptions to improve forecast quality and business performance.
This is a full-time position, Monday to Thursday 8:30am-5:00pm and 8:30am-4:30pm on Friday.
Following successful completion of the initial training and 3-month probationary period, the role will move to a hybrid model with the option to work 2 days a week from home and 3 days on-site.
As a Demand Planner, you will;- Own the demand planning and forecasting process for your assigned region
- Partner with regional Sales teams to understand market activity, customer demand and growth opportunities
- Build strong stakeholder relationships and facilitate constructive forecasting discussions
- Review, challenge and refine forecasts to improve accuracy and identify potential risks or opportunities
- Analyse market trends, product performance and business data to support planning decisions
- Maintain regional planning data, ensuring accuracy and consistency within forecasting tools and reports
- Develop business cases to support inventory and instrument investment decisions
- Present forecasting performance and key planning metrics during monthly review meetings
- Monitor forecast accuracy and implement actions to improve planning effectiveness
- Support product launches, product transitions and other business initiatives impacting demand
- Collaborate with global and cross-functional teams to ensure alignment across planning activities
- Contribute to process improvements that enhance forecasting reliability and business insight
- A minimum of 2 years' experience in Demand planning, forecasting, Supply Chain planning, Sales & Operations planning (S&OP) or a related role
- Experience working closely with commercial teams and supporting market-led forecasting activities
- Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at different levels
- Confidence to challenge forecast assumptions and drive data-based conversations
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to identify trends, risks and opportunities from complex data
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience using forecasting or planning systems
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- A proactive, resilient and solutions-focused approach
- The flexibility to adapt to changing priorities, market conditions and business requirements
- Experience within manufacturing, medical devices, healthcare, pharmaceuticals or another regulated industry would be advantageous
Competitive salary of £40,000.00 - £45,000.00, dependent on experience.
We offer great benefits which include;- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- An annual discretionary bonus
- A free canteen where you are able to enjoy hot and cold meals!
- Excellent pension - starts at 6%, going up to 9.7% after 18 months
- Life assurance - six times your basic salary
- Private medical insurance with BUPA for you and your family
- Free annual eye tests and flu vaccinations
- Employee referral programme where you can earn from £1,000 for each successful hire you recommend
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Skills Required
- Minimum 2 years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, supply chain planning, S&OP, or a related role
- Experience working closely with commercial teams and supporting market-led forecasting activities
- Strong relationship-building skills and ability to influence stakeholders at different levels
- Confidence challenging forecast assumptions and driving data-based discussions
- Excellent analytical skills, including identifying trends, risks, and opportunities from complex data
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience using forecasting or planning systems
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proactive, resilient, and solutions-focused approach
- Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities, market conditions, and business requirements
- Experience in manufacturing, medical devices, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, or another regulated industry
What We Do
As a leader in orthopaedic innovation, Corin has pioneered a number of landmark developments since its foundation and is proud to have been able to improve the quality of life of thousands of patients around the world through these groundbreaking products. The company’s talented and dedicated teams share a common commitment to deliver quality orthopaedic products and services to patients, surgeons and healthcare providers which exceed expectations and positively impact lives. With an increasingly active and demanding patient population, the need to provide state of the art conservative treatment pathways, in addition to more traditional interventions, has never been more important. Corin’s product portfolio is designed to provide each patient with the optimal solution, utilising some of the most advanced technologies available in the world to enhance implant longevity and performance.
