Demand Planner

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

The role offers the opportunities to manage famous and fast-growing power brands in Hong Kong with direct impact to the business result on Net Revenue, Net Working Capital and Cost. By providing demand analysis and managing replenishment, this role acts as the centre of operation for all Supply related matters. 

The job duties include demand planning, accurate gross sales forecasting & delivery, inventory optimization and order fulfilment for assigned brands in order to deliver KPIs in both service and cost sides.

Your responsibilities

•Direct responsibility for delivering accurate monthly consensus demand forecasts by collaborating with cross functional teams to review confirm upcoming 24 months+ Forecast via historical data, evaluating trade promotion activities, and understand market trend.
•Monitor the supply plan via systems and oversee daily replenishment process to ensure stock availability by closely communicating and working with factories all over the world and logistics service providers.
•Proactively identify and communicate constrains and propose solutions to resolve service and/or inventory issues
•Maintain an optimal level of inventory level and well manage the excess & obsolete stock
•Work closely with product team to respond to product changes and support new product launch
•Perform planning related duties in ERP systems, e.g., system set up, material master maintenance, order proceeding, etc

The experience we're looking for

•University graduation in Business, Supply Chain, Finance or related field.
•At least 3+ years’ experience in a demand/supply planning or similar supply chain role in a sizable company
•Exposure to S&OP process and/or experiences in Greater China role preferred
•Strong Excel skills is preferred, and eager to learn and apply on new technologies
•Previous experience using ERP software, e.g., SAP will be an advantage.
•Experience in FMCG/Retail industry is a plus
•Good data analysis skills required 
•Have good negotiation & communications skills, being comfortable to lead the decision-making process within cross-functional teams
•Able to manage deadlines in a fast-growing and dynamic environment under pressure

The skills for success

Supply Chain Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Business accumen, 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.