Senior Demand Planner
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 12, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 12, 2026. Fletcher Building scores A on the Alion truth index.
Shape the forecast that drives one of Australia's most iconic manufacturing brands.
At Laminex, we've been creating surfaces that Australians know and love for more than 90 years. As a market leader in decorative surfaces and building products, we're committed to innovation, operational excellence and delivering outstanding customer experiences. We're looking for an experienced Senior Demand Planner to join our Supply Chain team and play a critical role in our Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process. You'll connect customer and market insights with commercial priorities to build a trusted demand plan for our national business. If you're passionate about forecasting, cross-functional collaboration and influencing business decisions through data-driven insights, we'd love to hear from you.
About the Role
Reporting to the National Demand Manager, you'll lead demand planning across a diverse product portfolio, partnering with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply Planning and Operations to build consensus on an unconstrained demand plan supported by clear assumptions. As a key contributor to our Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process, you'll connect demand volumes with revenue and margin implications, identify risks and opportunities, and develop scenarios that support informed business decisions. Your insights will help align commercial plans, financial objectives and supply capability while maintaining a clear view of underlying customer demand.
What You'll Be Doing
- Own and continuously improve an unconstrained demand plan across multiple product categories, combining statistical forecasts with customer and market insights
- Lead monthly Pre-Demand Reviews, building cross-functional consensus on demand, assumptions, risks and opportunities within the IBP cycle
- Translate sales trends, customer activity, market insights and product lifecycle changes into clear planning assumptions
- Monitor and improve forecast accuracy and forecast bias performance
- Develop scenarios, quantify risks and opportunities, and recommend actions to close gaps against business plans
- Partner with Finance to connect demand volumes with revenue and margin implications, and with Supply Planning and Manufacturing to assess service, inventory and capacity trade-offs
- Develop clear reporting and insights that explain demand plan changes and support IBP decisions
- Drive continuous improvement of demand planning processes, systems and inputs to IBP
What We're Looking For
Essential
- 5+ years' experience in Demand Planning, Forecasting or Supply Planning, with hands-on experience contributing to an Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process
- Experience within manufacturing, industrial, FMCG or complex supply chain environments
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with the ability to translate demand changes into commercial and financial insights
- Advanced Excel skills and experience working with ERP/planning systems
- Proven ability to facilitate demand consensus, constructively challenge assumptions and influence cross-functional stakeholders
Highly Regarded
- Experience with SAP, SAP IBP, APO, Blue Yonder, Logility or similar planning platforms
- Power BI or other data visualisation experience
- APICS CPIM, CSCP or equivalent supply chain qualifications
- Experience leading Demand Reviews within an IBP cycle and partnering with Finance on revenue, margin and scenario analysis
Why Join Laminex?
- Hybrid working model with flexibility to work from home
- Opportunity to influence strategic business decisions
- National role with exposure across Commercial, Operations and Supply Chain functions
- Supportive, collaborative and high-performing culture
- Career development within one of Australia's leading manufacturing businesses
- Work with well-known Australian brands and products
Ready to make an impact?
Join a business where your expertise will directly influence customer outcomes, operational performance and future growth. Apply now and help shape the demand plan that drives Laminex forward.