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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

This is your chance to apply your analytical skills and business acumen to make impactful decisions that drive our brand forward. Be at the core of ensuring our products not only meet but exceed customer expectations. Your role is essential to the smooth delivery of our leading consumer products, and you'll have the opportunity to tackle meaningful projects that improve our processes and efficiency. You’ll have strong connection with Sales, Finance, Production, Supply Chain, Marketing and Customer Service.

Your responsibilities

• Develop demand forecasts as basis for supply chain activities for entire organization using tools JDE, SNP
• Establish and manage enterprise consensus forecasts for assigned brands and business units at stock-keeping-unit (SKU) level
• Lead monthly demand planning and S&OP meetings with Trade Marketing and MKT
• Data analysis, gap analysis and creation of monthly / bi-monthly report
• Effectively communicate and explain about new methodologies
• Managing shortage alerts and allocations

The experience we're looking for

• University degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Economics or Similar-Mandatory.
• At least 3-4 years of working experience in a similar position, preferably in FMCG /Pharma sector
• Strong communication skills and assertiveness
• Challenging mindset and easy to adapt to continuous change
• A critical thinker with an eye for continuous improvement
• Advanced Excel skills, knowledge in SAP-APO is a plus
• Data-driven approach
• Fluent in English

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.