Demand Planning Lead

Welcome to Haleon. Were a purpose-driven world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of just three years since our launch weve grown evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands including Sensodyne Panadol Advil Voltaren Theraflu Otrivin and Centrum lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now its time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose to deliver better everyday health with humanity at the heart of everything we do. It unites us inspires us and challenges us to be better every day driven by our agile performance-focused culture.

About the role

The Demand Planning Lead is a crucial part of our Supply Chain team reporting to the Demand Planning Manager. As the Demand Planning Lead you will be responsible for aligning the Haleon supply chains more closely with the businesses and leading collaboration across Sales Marketing Finance and Supply Chain for Haleon. You will drive excellence in demand forecasting S&OP IBP and ensure efficiency in the delivery of critical KPIs across a complex network.

Role Responsibilities

• Maintain high-quality relationships with commercial teams and QSC counterparts to fully understand the whole supply chain and impact of decisions made.
• Generate and analyze baseline forecast to ensure robust & realistic demand signals.
• Supports demand shaping through market intelligence and drives product life cycle management in close collaboration with supply chain functions and commercial organization.
• Analysis of demand trends and the competitive landscape.
• Consolidate demand scenarios and assumptions to validate aggregated forecast to be brought into the Demand Review Meeting.
• Monitor demand plans for promotions and new products working closely with the commercial teams to ensure the plan effectiveness is evaluated & linked into demand plans.
• Identify risk and opportunities to the demand forecast and elevate to the commercial teams.
• Accountable for shared Key Performance Indicators (Forecast Accuracy Forecast Bias On Time in Full (OTIF) Daily Sales Conformance Customer Metrics/Feedback).

Why you

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree.
• Minimum 3 years of related professional experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with exporting and manipulating large data sets within Excel and familiarity with key formulas (VLOOKUP XLOOKUP PIVOT SUMIFS etc.)
• Individual contributor who works independently with minimal supervision
• Highly developed analytical skills
• Ability to be proactive in leading and managing information and data from the supply chain organization.
• Organizational skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Strong written and communication skills.
• Leadership and influencing skills.
• Relationship builder.
• Strong awareness of customer impact to demand signals
• Strong problem solving and negotiation skills.
• Ability to apply strategic and lateral thinking to deliver large scale network solutions.
• Familiarity with Power BI and MS Office Programs (Word Excel PPT)

This role is located onsite 3 days a week at our Warren NJ headquarters.

The expected salary range will be $104505 - $156757.

Haleon offers a robust Total Reward package that consists of competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits program. This includes a generous 401(k) plan tuition reimbursement and time off programs including 6 months paid parental leave. On day one you are eligible for benefits including our healthcare programs where the company pays for the majority of your medical coverage for you and your family. We also offer the opportunity to receive a discretionary bonus based on the achievement of key business performance and other incentive/recognition programs as part of the offering.

Equal Opportunities

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. Its important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.

During the application process we may ask you to share some personal information which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development refinement and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees.

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