Planning Manager

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

Elevate your career at Reckitt as the Planning Manager for our Site in Hull. You'll be the critical link, ensuring our top customers receive exceptional service while optimising efficiency and fostering collaborative partnerships. In this pivotal role, you'll spearhead the transformation of our systems and processes, maximising the satisfaction of our customers and driving our ambitious goals. If you thrive on challenges and strive for continuous improvement, we're looking for your expertise to innovate and inspire our dedicated team.

Your responsibilities

-Primary point of contact as the department lead for all escalations.

-Responsible as a leader for attendance and effective participation in: L3, GROW meetings, L2 as needed, Connected Planning Calls, Monthly Supply Review Meetings, Performance Review Meeting.

-Responsible for mid to long term capacity review for the cell and coordinating any actions required with internal and external stakeholders.

-Ensure that Exceptions are actioned from the planners, Traffic Light Review is done weekly, and relevant actions are done for production and execution planning.

-Ensure that campaigns planned for the rolling 4 weeks are reviewed and actioned with operations, ensuring alignment between processing and packaging.

-Manage escalations from internal stakeholders, assist the team in corresponding support required for wider actions.

-Manage and maintain Planning Rate reviews and OEE understanding.

-Lead, train, mentor, and coach the Planners and act as a point of escalation.

-Accountable for schedule adherence targets; review and improve on going under / over performance.

The experience we're looking for

- A proven track record in Supply Chain leadership with outstanding customer service results.
- Experienced in supply chain or sales roles with a keen understanding of crucial supply chain metrics.
- Skilled at building strong partnerships with stakeholders and empowering your team to deliver impeccable results.
- Proficient in business process improvement, aiming to boost efficiency and cut costs.
- Well-versed in advanced analytics and data-driven decision-making.
- Knowledgeable in Supply Chain Planning and Logistics Management.

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.