Sr. Officer, Planning

City: Gurugram

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Supply

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

Seeking a leadership opportunity where you can mould the future of manufacturing? As a Coordinator at Reckitt, you'll be in the driver's seat, nurturing a team of dedicated factory employees. Your role is pivotal – you'll elevate your team's skill set, ensure the smooth running of our supply operations, and leave a lasting impact on our manufacturing process. We're inviting you to be a cornerstone of our continuous drive for excellence, where your influence will go beyond operations to truly shape our success.

Your responsibilities

- Substantial experience in manufacturing, well-versed in 5S, TPM, and root cause analysis. - A strong track record of leadership and team management. - Comprehensive knowledge of manufacturing processes and experience leading factory employees. - Solution-oriented approach to complex challenges, with a focus on process improvement. - Business acumen, paired with expertise in supply chain management and production optimisation.

• Ensure SKU-CHANNEL-DC level Forecast Accuracy as per yearly KPI targets
• Monthly update of master data for Demand planning system i.e. financials (GSV, STC), trade schemes
• Ensure efficient Master data governance across all systems
o SAP IBP & Kinaxis: Sales History/Product-Location-Customer Master & Master data realignment basis business changes in Customer master
• Conduct monthly forecasting exercise for government channels, B2B & Institutional business
• Generate Statistical forecast for short term/medium term/long term horizon basis historical data trends/Promo Uplifts/NPD Launches etc. in Kinaxis DP & SAP IBP
• Monthly upload of unconstrained forecast in SAP IBP & Kinaxis DP
• Ensuring right SKU codes and SKU Mix for Plan and FC1/2/3 workings with commercial finance
• Timely support to facilitate monthly SLOB Meeting and actions to track SLOB Liquidation & minimizing inventory write off
• Monthly update and maintenance of dashboards such as MRP dashboard, Volume dashboard, SKU Rationalization dashboard, SLOB dashboard.
• Drive regular S&OP process improvement projects to enable efficiency across different Supply chain stages
• Monthly preparation of Demand planning calendar & activity charter.
• Take up projects to improve the ways of working & further strengthen the S&OP process.

The experience we're looking for

- Substantial experience in manufacturing, well-versed in 5S, TPM, and root cause analysis. - A strong track record of leadership and team management. - Comprehensive knowledge of manufacturing processes and experience leading factory employees. - Solution-oriented approach to complex challenges, with a focus on process improvement. - Business acumen, paired with expertise in supply chain management and production optimisation.

• MBA in Supply Chain /Operations Management
• 3-5 Years of working in FMCG, Retail, Pharma with experience in Planning & Supply Chain Management/Inventory Management

• Has strong mathematical & analytical skills: Ability to define & frame problems, collect data, analyze, interpret results, and recommend solutions
• Commercial/Financial Awareness- Understands impact of supply chain KPIs on overall supply chain
• Achievement focused & entrepreneurial approach coupled with ability to perform under pressure and tough timelines
• Excellent communication & stakeholder management, presentation & persuasion skills
• Require experience in using planning systems such as SAP IBP, Kinaxis, Blue Yonder, OMP
• Require hands-on experience in data visualization tools such as Excel, Power BI, Tableau

The skills for success

Supply Chain Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Business Acumen, Productivity management, Improve business processes, Advanced Analytics, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Planning, Logistics Management.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.