Junior Demand Planner (Retail)

Location: The Engine Room, London; hybrid work arrangement

Company

hirify.global is a UK premium furniture and homeware brand founded in 2008, selling sofas, beds, mattresses, fabrics, and other homewares through its stores and online channels.

What you will do

• Forecast demand and plan orders for sofas, beds, mattresses, and fabrics.
• Provide weekly, monthly, and ad hoc category analysis and present findings in meetings.
• Trade categories to optimize sales, stock levels, and product availability while avoiding overstocks.
• Maintain linecards, forecasts, orders, category range plans, and launch data.
• Support Product Development with range planning, sales forecasting, and launch planning analysis.
• Manage phaseouts, stock and pricing activity, system and website checks, reporting, and cross-functional information requests.

Requirements

• Experience at Senior Assistant, Junior Merchandiser, or Demand Planner level.
• Highly analytical, organized, and able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Advanced Excel knowledge and a strong interest in business systems.
• Excellent communication skills for working with internal functions.
• Ability to identify and solve issues quickly and proactively improve processes and systems.
• Awareness of customers and the market to support sales forecasting and analysis.

Culture & Benefits

• 25 days of holiday, increasing by one day annually for three years, plus eight bank holidays.
• Enhanced family leave, healthcare cash plan, EAP programme, and life assurance worth four times annual salary.
• Staff and friends-and-family discount scheme and shopping discounts.
• Cycle-to-work scheme and half a day for Christmas shopping.
• Inclusive, customer-focused workplace committed to improving efficiency and service quality.