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Supply Planning Manager

City: Slough

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 Supply Planning Manager is responsible for the development and execution of strategy for the Planning Organization with the key KPIs focused on service (PFR), optimal inventory and minimal waste and supply chain losses. You will lead a team of Supply Planners and report directly to the Planning Director NEU, with regular interactions and accountability to the Supply Services Director as part of the extended leadership team, with a high level of cross-functional stakeholder management across Supply and Commercial functions.

Your responsibilities

Lead the delivery, execution and consistency of the Supply Planning KPIs (PFR, SCL and inventory) via a team of Supply Planners and central Distribution Requirement Planner.
Builds and maintains relationships with key business stakeholders (internal/external) and demonstrates personal accountability to achieve inventory and SCL objectives and deliver service.
Own & analyze inventory levels, historical usage, and anticipate products at risk of short dating or obsolescence. With strong business partnering with our Connected Planning and EMO teams to ensure accountability and responsiveness, as well as proactive management of targets and opportunities.
Provide support for the inventory plans developed by Supply Chain as they pertain to days on hand, obsolescence and short dating.
Routinely monitors production, finished good inventory and customer service performance metrics, with a clear understanding of our manufacturing process and impacts of and to our factories and EMO partners.
Analyzes data to identify potential business issues in advance. Addresses root cause and resolves business problems impeding performance and develops process improvements to reduce the risk of reoccurrence.
Partners with the NPD and Embellishment teams as well as Marketing counterparts on projects.
Develops and prepares “what if” business scenarios as required including financial analysis.
Maintains broad working knowledge of demand planning inputs and influences and adapts them as needed to align with supply planning.
Analyzes business issues and determines root cause to develop action plans to drive improvements in KPIs, as well as focusing on continuous improvement initiatives to drive cost and time saving productivity projects.
Verifies key assumptions and parameters to take corrective action so that integrity of planning data is maintained and sustainable. Expected to suggest, test and implement improvements to both data and SAP processes.

The experience we're looking for

Experience in Supply Chain, Planning and Forecasting processes in a consumer goods industry with clear demonstratable understanding of manufacturing and demand planning.
People management experience (minimum 2 direct reports).
Passion for building strong, dynamic and performance driven teams.
Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain and inventory management.
High attention to detail and strong operational discipline.
Demonstrated ability to lead improvement initiatives (e.g., cost-saving, productivity projects).
Ambitious, proactive, and impact-driven mindset.
Innovative and forward-thinking (interest in AI / new technologies is a plus).
Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Ability to quickly adapt and perform in a fast-paced environment.

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.

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