Senior Demand Planning Analyst

About The Team

We’re looking for a Senior Demand Planning Analyst who is as comfortable writing SQL as they are explaining a forecast miss to a Procurement Director. This is a hybrid role: part data engineer, part forecaster, part cross-functional operator.

You’ll own the demand signal that drives every operational decision at HelloFresh, from how much food we buy to how many staff we schedule and how many trucks we book. Your forecasts directly determine food waste, labour costs, and customer experience for millions of meals across Europe.

Our Demand Planning team is transitioning from a legacy operating model to a unified, automated, data-driven global function. You will bridge that gap — building the next-generation forecasting capabilities while keeping daily supply chain execution accurate and agile.

What You’ll Do

Build & Automate Forecasting Systems

Write and maintain SQL queries daily to extract, validate, and transform demand data across cloud data platforms (e.g., Databricks, BigQuery, Snowflake).

Develop and refine forecasting models in Python, applying statistical and machine learning techniques — from simple trend and seasonality models through to more advanced approaches as the function matures.

Design dashboards and automated reporting using visualisation tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) that give stakeholders self-service access to demand insights.

Work alongside forecast engineers to architect scalable pipelines, ensuring local market nuances are handled without breaking the unified codebase.

Build “What-If” scenario simulations (e.g., “What if we run an aggressive promo in a key European market next week?”) to stress-test operational capacity and quantify supply chain risk.

Own the Demand Plan

Generate and validate daily and weekly demand plans for European markets. You are the guardian of the Decision-Time forecast — the plan must be accurate at the exact moment Procurement and Production need to act.

Monitor trends, seasonality, and