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

As a Demand Planner at Reckitt, your expertise will drive our production, purchasing, and provide invaluable insights into our supply dynamics. In this strategic role, you are the maestro of data, understanding and interpreting market trends to predict demand with precision. 

Your responsibilities

• Final sales forecast quantity entered into the company planning system
• Securing the right level of Service and Inventories
• Define sales forecasting process and methods
• Define the monthly IBP cycle´s processes/ methodology and tool and drives Continuous Improvement

The experience we're looking for

• ​​​​​​​2-3 years of previous experience in Demand/ Supply Planning
• Understanding of supply chain flow between manufacturing sites and market
• Structured approach to work and good follow-up discipline to manage portfolio of 150+ SKUs
• Strong ability to navigate well a dynamic environment to manage changes in terms of portfolio transitions or short term requests
• Skillset to manage and prioritize among requests efficiently
• Able to build strong relationship with different teams in the organization
• Working knowledge of MS Excel is required, planning system/s such as Kinaxis or SAP would be beneficial
• Good communication skills (fluent in English and Czech or Slovak)
• FMCG experience is a plus but not mandatory

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

• An unique opportunity to gain experience in working in multi-functional / multi-national environment.
• A potential to build a career within Reckitt
• 25 days of vacation & 5 sick days, + 2 additional extra days, mobile phone and laptop, Multisport card, meal vouchers, pension contribution, home office and work from anywhere allowance too
• Start date: asap/upon agreement
• Work location: Flora

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

At Reckitt, 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.