SAP Business Process Owner - Manufacturing Planning

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.

​IT & D​

In IT&D, you'll be a force for good, whether you're championing cyber security, defining how we harness the power of technology to improve our business, or working with data to guide the innovation of consumer loved products.

Working globally across functions, you'll own your projects and process from start to finish, with the influence and visibility to achieve what needs to be done. And if you're willing to bring your ideas to the table, you'll get the support and investment to make them happen.

Your potential will never be wasted. You'll get the space and support to take your development to the next level. Every day, there will be opportunities to learn from peers and leaders through working on exciting, varied projects with real impact. And because our work spans so many different businesses, from Research and Product Development to Sales, you'll keep learning exciting new approaches.

About the role

Could you turn complex SAP processes into a streamlined success? Do you thrive in transforming business workflows across diverse modules? Reckitt is searching for an SAP Business Process Owner like you; an innovative thinker armed with SAP expertise, ready to redefine efficiency in our finance processes. Embark on an exciting journey where your influence will be pivotal in advancing our global SAP landscape, ensuring our systems are future-ready.

This is a strategic and challenging role designing & deploying optimized Manufacturing Planning business processes and technologically driven solutions in SAP systems. 

The role also involves working alongside Global Process Owners, Super Users, Site Management, Site End Users, other BPO’s, SAP Business Analysts & Solution Architects to enable successful continuous improvements and support to the deployments.

Person joining this function will support country/factory project teams with functional expertise in Manufacturing Planning processes, by leading or supporting in fit gap, development, testing, organizational readiness, change management, go live and hyper care - enabling a clear and error proof deployment.

Your responsibilities

• Define & deploy global E2E Manufacturing Planning processes to both SAP and JDE factories.
• Compile and maintain respective Template Process documentation.
• Review, challenge and process change requests for approval as required.
• Lead Process Governance Meetings and attend Change Control meetings.
• Review local process variations to standard model in alignment with principles defined by the Global Process Owners.
• Minimize the number of ‘local’ process exceptions or deviations from the Global Template.
• Support change management or business readiness activities triggered from any planning initiatives.
• Lead/drive appropriate continuous improvements in process area.
• Write, review and sign off process documentation & SOP’s including country localizations.
• Ensure early identification of country variances to standard processes.
• Work with country/factory teams to drive the implementation of pre-requisites and alignment to operating model.
• Compile/maintain the Global Template Documentation.

The experience we're looking for

• Degree qualified or equivalent
• Experience of working in a Planning function in a complex, matrix organization with a global scope (ideally, 10+ years manufacturing/factory planning experience).
• Similar FMCG experience desirable but not essential.
• Previous experience in a Business Process Owner role an advantage, but not essential.
• Demonstrable knowledge, experience and understanding of End-to-End Planning, with specific strength in Manufacturing/Factory Planning, knowledge in other process areas where there are touchpoints with Planning like Procurement, Production, Warehousing etc. an advantage.
• Demonstrable ability to engage and manage different level stakeholders and multicultural audience/s through superior communication and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to deal with and manage conflict.
• Demonstrable ability to manage multi-layered project/s with inter-dependencies.
• Project Management experience an advantage, 6 Sigma qualifications desirable but not essential.
• Knowledge of SAP (User Level), S4 HANA and Rapid Response is a distinct advantage.

The skills for success

SAP Production Planning, SAP APO, S4 HANA, Kinaxis Rapid Response, Production Planning, Supply Planning, Manufacturing Planning, Change Management, Change Control, End-to-End Planning, Project Management, Supply. 

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.