Demand Planner

Job title: Demand Planner

Reports to: Supply Chain Manager

Location: Avila, Spain

Ornua (meaning “new gold”) is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, proudly bringing the unique taste of Irish dairy to the world for over 55 years.

Are you an analytical Demand Planner looking for the challenge of taking a mission driven organisation to its next level of success?

Ornua is actively seeking a Demand Planner to join our operational department as we continue our growth trajectory.

The Demand Planner will play a key role in creating the vital connection between customer demand and operational execution. By delivering accurate forecasts, robust supply plans, and effective cross-functional collaboration, it enables the business to maintain high service levels, optimize inventory, reduce costs, and support sustainable growth. Its contribution ensures that commercial ambitions are translated into achievable operational plans that drive business performance.

Why Ornua?

Ornua operates as a commercial organisation from 10 business units worldwide, including 12 production facilities located in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Africa. The commercial organisation is responsible for the marketing and sales of Ornua’s consumer brands including Ireland’s most successful food export: Kerrygold. It also manages the procurement of Irish and non-Irish dairy products, the sale of dairy ingredients to food manufacturing and foodservice customers globally, and the implementation of de-risking and trading strategies to manage market volatility. Our co-operative ethos lies at the heart of how we do business as a purpose and values-led organisation, creating value for Irish dairy farming families. Our Values lie at the core of everything we do. Our five values encourage us to Seek and Embrace New Ideas, Make It Happen, Be Our True Selves, Show You Care, and Achieve Great Things Together. We invest in our people and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement. Career Progression including Global Mobility opportunities. Comprehensive Benefits with regional specific offerings.

Why This Role Is Valuable:

As our Demand Planner you will;

• Lead the S&OP process and engage with the different stakeholders and ensure it works as expected.
• Liaise with Commercial to agree a consensus demand plan for publication in the S&OP process and to be driven into Demand+.
• Select algorithms for each product or product group to ensure most appropriate. Then generate a statistical baseline forecast.
• Recommend enriched demand plan for Commercial approval.
• Convert demand plan into a supply plan.
• Measurement and reporting of forecast accuracy, with a drive to continuously improve performance.
• Development of supply chain to supply chain relationships with strategic partner customers to develop collaborative forecasts.
• Support local site on SAE requirements.
• Engage with local site teams to understand process constraints to be worked into Supply Plans.
• Work with local site teams on a correct stock management process.
• Support the consolidation of Operations weekly and monthly reporting.

What You Bring To The Role:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, economics, engineering, administration or similar
• Previous experience in demand / production planning with knowledge of using statistical Forecasting Tools
• Competence in Microsoft Applications and Management of PowerBi and ERPs
• Good level of English; minimum C1
• Demonstrated ability to work cross‑functionally and build strong working relationships
• Strong analytical skills with ability to interpret data and prepare reports
• Strong communication and negotiation skills to influence stakeholders at various levels

Ornua has ambitious growth plans and we’re building a team to help enable and accelerate that growth. We are looking for people who share our values, are curious, forward-looking, take ownership and work together to build a future for themselves and Ornua. Would you like to make an impact? To learn more, please visit Ornua at www.ornua.com

Ornua values diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. We also strongly encourage women and other underrepresented groups in the manufacturing industry to apply. Your unique perspectives and experiences are highly valued and will be instrumental in driving our company’s continued success. Join us in shaping a more innovative, inclusive, and sustainable future.

Ornua is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace. We will make every effort to provide for any reasonable accessibility needs you may have during your employment with us. If you require accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process or in your role, please let us know — we’re here to support you.