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EMO Planning Lead

City: Parsippany

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 vision of the EMO Planning team is to be an effective enabler to delivery of sustainable best in class service levels, with optimum inventory and cost management. This is achieved through development and deployment of efficient tools and processes, clear and transparent communication, and cross functional collaboration and alignment with our Compass at the heart of everything we do.

The EMO Planning Lead is a smart, analytical, driven and knowledgeable and passionate supply chain professional who is looking to take the next step in their career and gain Area/Global exposure to multiple stake holders across the Reckitt business.

As the roles and responsibilities of the position will evolve as industry trends evolve, the individual will be expected to show an interest and keep up to date with disruptive concepts and work closely with Centre of Excellence Teams and identify opportunities to leverage and incorporate these concepts in the Reckitt business.

Your interpersonal skills will be as critical as your technical skills in this role as you collaborate across markets, factories, copackers etc. Key that you will be interacting with both Multi-functional teams both in and outside of Reckitt.

Your responsibilities

Full ownership of the supply plan for external manufacturing
Works with EMO’s to ensure continuity of supply and maximize service to market
Direct management and personal development responsibilities
Chair supply review for their respective EMOs
Works with IMEX Demand Planners to ensure that there is right forecast enrichment done which reflects the latest Demand.
Provides governance around demand & supply balancing with a holistic, un-biased viewpoint managing all stake holders.
Leads and streamlines the communication between markets and sites. Becomes the voice of the Region
Proactive management of service to the markets and management of the full planning horizon. Always actions on the Distress skus making sure that they don’t do in the OOS zone.
Produces stock tunnel report for markets & sites. Ensure the best visibility of service level projections for markets
Setting up inventory targets and managing their execution. Coordinate input from the markets & factory and ensure the agreed targets are adhered to by the business
Scenario planning: Conduct ad-hoc cost/ benefit analysis on various options to balance supply and demand, to be presented to category / regional leadership and in various forums.
Negotiate targets (provided by Inv. Optimizers) with input from the Markets & ensure the agreed targets are adhered to by the business
Track the KPIs and lead the discussions between factories and countries to over-deliver the targets.
Work closely with EMOs and Demand Planning teams to optimize the end-to-end supply chain in terms of cost, efficiency, go-to-market lead time reduction.
Monitor and consolidate Obsoletes/Provisioned items across markets (finished goods + raw/pack) to align clearance strategies with Obsoletes Hub and assure full clearance.
Coordinate and chair Service calls

The experience we're looking for

5+ years demand/supply planning experience.
Solid knowledge of Supply systems / tools and E2E Knowledge (connecting Demand, Supply and S&OP)
Strong influencing and communication skills
Strong analytical ability; analyze complex data, identify issues, explain variances and recommend solutions
Strong ability to build Relationships with enhanced ability to manage these relationships with good communication ability. This is needed to effectively manage stake holders across functions, regions.
Ability to challenge constructively and confidently while making sure that all stake holders are heard.
Strong ability to develop high profile, influential and collaborative relationships across teams, functions and layers,
Good knowledge of SAP & JDE ERP systems.
Good knowledge on Stat Forecasting, Forecasting Enrichment and understanding the issues on Forecasting.
Strong presentation, communication and interpersonal skills
Passionate about customer service and know how to manage internal customers and complex processes / supply chains.
You’re self-motivated and able to collaborate effectively to influence other teams.
Positive & Can-Do attitude with a clear and effective communication style.
Able to deal with ambiguity and make quick decisions

The skills for success

Supply Chain Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Relationship management, Business accumen, Productivity management, Project management, Improve business processes, Advanced analytics, Data analytics, Manufacturing excellence.

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.

US salary ranges

USD $115,000.00 - $173,000.00

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.

Nearest Major Market: New York City
Nearest Secondary Market: Newark
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