The posting
Make Your Mark as an Demand Planner at Storio group
About the role
Storio Group produces millions of personalised photo products every year across brands like Photobox, Hofmann, and Albelli. Our business is highly seasonal and promotional, and planning is how we stay ahead of it. Everything we sell is made to order. We turn sales data and commercial insight into forecasts of sales, volume and ASP that give the business sales and margin visibility and drive stock and production capacity decisions across Europe.
As Senior Demand & Merchandise Planner, you will be a core Subject Matter Expert in our rapidly developing S&OP function. Reporting to the Head of Demand Planning, you will bridge top-line commercial forecasts with item-level operational reality. You will validate B2C category sales, volume and ASP forecasts, own the sub-category and item mix beneath them, establish B2B forecasting, and improve forecast phasing across our peak cycles. This is a high-impact role where you will build quality into our planning process and support commercial and operational readiness.
How you embrace curiosity daily
- Validate and check Commercial & Marketing's monthly, weekly, and daily category top-line forecasts of sales, volume and ASP against run rates, promotional plans, and customer strategies
- Challenge forecast assumptions constructively across key markets and products, including mix and ASP shifts, when inputs diverge from historical trends or operational reality
- Own the detailed item planning process, splitting category forecasts into granular sub-category and item variant forecasts across sales, volume and ASP, providing item sales mix and margin visibility, and Operations with accurate production requirements
- Decompose forecasts into their parts (baseline, commercial initiatives and new products), so each can be challenged and tracked
- Drive continuous improvement in weekly and daily forecast phasing, reviewing and validating sales forecasts against promotional mechanics, seasonal uplift spikes, and Last Order Dates for key gifting events
- Build pragmatic models and tools that help forecast owners submit higher-quality phasing inputs
- Take end-to-end ownership of forecasting for B2B vendors, integrating these streams into the central S&OP process
How you make your mark
- Support robust commercial consensus by bringing planning expertise to cross-functional partners
- Validate and check promotional phasing directly to Last Order Dates to improve peak season operational readiness
- Provide sales, volume, ASP and margin visibility through accurate, granular item forecasts aligned to category forecasts from Commercial & Marketing
- Close unforecasted blind spots by building baseline forecasts for B2B channels
- Prepare variance analysis and scenario reporting packs for monthly demand review meetings
- Partner with Supply Planning so item-level forecast changes translate smoothly into capacity planning
- Identify opportunities to refine planning spreadsheets and models to remove manual friction and improve data integrity
What you bring to the team
- Demand Planning, Merchandise Planning or Merchandising experience in a fast-paced environment like Retail, E-Commerce or FMCG
- Experience forecasting sales value and ASP, not just volume, and using category and product mix to give margin visibility
- Proven track record of managing item-level planning, category and product mix modelling, and promotional uplift analysis
- Hands-on experience challenging commercial, trading or marketing teams on forecast assumptions using clear data
- Advanced MS Excel or Google Sheets data modelling skills with complex multi-category and multi-country datasets
- Strong commercial mindset with the ability to manage defined processes independently
- Practical problem-solving approach that favours workable tools over complex theoretical models
What sets you apart
- Career experience with exposure to adjacent functions like Supply Planning, Trading, Marketing, or Finance
- Background in seasonal, promotion-led, high-volume direct-to-consumer or multi-market businesses, along with experience using Demand or Merchandise Planning systems
- Relevant formal education or degree in business, supply chain, or a related analytical field
Why Storio?
You will join a function that is investing in its planning capability and has the scale to make your work genuinely matter — millions of orders, dozens of markets, seasonal peaks that test every part of the supply chain. You will have a clear scope, a supportive manager, and real opportunity to grow your expertise within a business that takes supply chain seriously.
No two months look the same.
If you want to build your demand planning career in a business where accuracy has real consequences and planning as a concept is step-changing every year, we’d love to hear from you.
About us
At Storio Group, we help people hold onto life's moments. We make personalised photo products that turn fleeting memories into things you can keep, share, and re-live.
Every person at Storio Group helps create our products and shape our company. You will see the impact of your work daily. We invite you to make your mark on our business, products, and customers' lives.
We act with heart by putting people first and valuing diverse perspectives. We give our best and aim for high standards in all we do. We own our work, taking initiative to find solutions. We embrace curiosity, always learning and trying new things. We find the joy in our work and create a positive environment.
Equal Opportunities & Right to Work
Storio Group is an equal opportunity employer, celebrating diversity and fostering an inclusive environment. If you require reasonable adjustments during interviews please contact our HR team.
Applicants must also have the legal right to work in the position's country without requiring sponsorship.
