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Demand Planning Manager - Nutrition

City: Ho Chi Minh City

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

As the lifeblood of our supply chain excellence, we're seeking an insightful Demand Planner to join our vibrant Reckitt team. You will have the significant responsibility of crafting accurate demand forecasts within a bustling large market, ensuring our products meet the hands of our consumers efficiently. Your role bridges the gap between sales surges, marketing campaigns, and our dedicated supply and manufacturing teams by translating complex data into action. We're looking for someone who thrives on collaboration, embraces challenges, and communicates with clarity and conviction.

Your responsibilities

Demand Forecasting & Analytics

Lead the monthly demand planning cycle using IBP process, ensuring timely and accurate forecasts at multiple levels (SKU, category, channel).
Analyze historical sales trends, market intelligence, promotional plans, and seasonality to improve forecast accuracy.
Collaborate with commercial teams to incorporate business insights into the forecast.
Load the demand forecast in system for factory (in APO or Kinaxis system)

Integrated Business Planning (IBP)

Facilitate the Demand Review step of the IBP process, ensuring cross-functional alignment and accountability.
Partners with Supply Planning, Finance, and Marketing to ensure demand plans are aligned with financial targets and supply capabilities.
Drive continuous improvement in the IBP process, leveraging system capabilities and best practices.

Supply Planning Alignment

Collaborate closely with the Supply Planning team to ensure demand signals are accurately translated into production plans within Kinaxis.
Monitor and manage production plans across SLoB and NWc (Net Working Capital) targets, ensuring alignment with inventory and service level goals.
Act as a liaison between Vietnam demand planning and regional factories, facilitating timely communication on production constraints, capacity planning, and order fulfillment.
Contribute to monthly Supply Review meetings by sharing demand-driven supply risks and opportunities, and ensuring alignment with overall IBP cycle.

Stakeholder Management

Act as the key point of contact for demand and Supply planning in Vietnam.
Build strong relationships with local commercial and supply chain teams to understand market dynamics and ensure alignment with regional strategies.
Present forecast insights and risks/opportunities to senior leadership during IBP and S&OP meetings.

System & Process Excellence

Champion the use of Kinaxis, SAP IBP and other digital tools to enhance forecast accuracy and visibility.
Lead or support local and regional projects related to planning transformation, data governance, and system upgrades.
Ensure data integrity and consistency across planning systems.

Team Leadership

Lead and develop a high-performing planning team.
Provide coaching, training, and performance feedback to team members.
Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement within the team.

The experience we're looking for

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field; Master’s degree is a plus.
5+ years of experience in demand planning, preferably in FMCG or Nutrition industry.
Strong experience with SAP IBP or similar advanced planning systems.
Proven track record in leading S&OP/IBP processes in a country or regional context.
Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Fluent in English and Vietnamese.

The skills for success

Supply Chain Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Relationship management, Business acumen, Productivity management, Logistics management, Project management, Improve business processes, Advanced analytics, Data analytics, Manufacturing excellence, Ecommerce, Demand planning.

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.

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