Kia ora!
Ready to apply your demand planning expertise in a role where your insights truly drive business impact? We're looking for a Senior Demand Planning Specialist to lead the development of demand plans and the S&OP process, ensuring our supply chain is tightly aligned with customer needs and business strategy.
A day in the life: You’ll develop robust demand forecasts, analysing data trends, collaborating cross-functionally, and turning insights into action. You’ll lead demand review cycles, bring teams together across supply, engineering, maintenance, operations and commercial functions, and drive continuous improvement in planning processes. You’ll also champion smarter forecasting methods, working closely with our Data & AI teams and ensure we’re equipped with the right tools and data to support long-term success.
This is more than just forecasting — it's about influencing at a strategic level, making data-driven decisions, and helping elevate planning maturity across the organisation.
Key outputs:
- Lead the development and continuous improvement of demand planning and forecasting processes.
- Drive the Demand Review and S&OP processes, aligning forecasts with business goals and customer needs.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth information flow and integrated planning.
- Analyse demand trends and performance metrics to enhance forecast accuracy and decision-making.
- Champion new planning methodologies and ensure accurate, up-to-date planning data and systems.
About you:
You’re a high-performing planning professional with a strong track record in leading demand planning and S&OP processes within complex supply chain environments. You bring a deep understanding of forecasting, planning methodologies, and end-to-end supply chain functions, along with a passion for driving continuous improvement and cross-functional collaboration.
Your success in this role will be powered by your strategic mindset, strong analytical capability, and ability to turn data into actionable insights. You’re a natural leader and influencer who thrives in a collaborative & agile environment, with the confidence to challenge the status quo and the skills to drive alignment across diverse teams.
In return:
- Be part of a large, iconic organisation where your work has real impact and where career growth is backed by strong support and development opportunities.
- Gain valuable exposure to the full end-to-end supply chain and wider airline operations.
- Join a passionate team on a transformative journey, helping to shape the future of Air New Zealand’s planning capabilities and global leadership in aviation.
- Work cross-functionally with stakeholders across the business to drive planning maturity and integration.
If you're ready to take on a meaningful challenge with a brand New Zealanders are proud of — take flight and apply online now. Advertising closes on 18th April 2025.
Additional Information
At Air New Zealand, we are proudly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and believe in creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and thrive. Our people are our greatest asset – because while everything else we do in our operation can be replicated by our competitors, it is our people that truly set us apart. We are firm believers in celebrating the differences and diversity of thought our people bring to their roles.
Whāia te pae tawhiti kia tata. Ko te pae tata whakamaua, kia tina.
"Seek to bring distant horizons closer. Once near, seize them and make them your reality."
