Regional IMEX Planning Capability Excellence 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

Regional Imex Planning Capability Excellence Manager plays a pivotal role within supply chain process by assessing respective processes for opportunities for continual improvement and standardisation, and taking the ownership for the Demand and Supply Planning process area within supply chain planning, providing both process and tech best practice. S/He is responsible for the capability build/upskilling of planners within the region of their responsibility. The individual works with the regional market planning teams in order to provide a standard of process execution and maximum efficiency.

Your responsibilities

· Collaborate closely with IMEX planners to provide guidance, training, monitor process execution

· Engage with cross-functional teams to align IMEX planning processes with overall supply chain goals

· Support the global team in establishing global SOPs for the markets in alignment with Regional Senior Leadership

· Execute the implementation of the SOPs within the region and measure the adoption of it, while governing process exceptions based on business needs

· Track and define the continuous improvement agenda for the regions in scope on planning processes

· Work with IT and system experts to configure and optimize planning tools

· Become a business representative in the process of defining priorities for system and process enhancements by collecting needs, assesing business cases and supporting the implementation

· Help the business achieve the service, inventory and Supply chain losses KPIs by monitoring process adherence and advising on how to improve

The experience we're looking for

• Solid knowledge of end to end supply chain processes(connecting Demand, Supply and S&OP), ability to understand and explain complex issues/datasets + propose solutions

• Ability to challenge constructively and confidently

• Strong ability to develop high profile, influential and collaborative relationships across teams, functions and layers.

• Good understanding of ERP/Supply & demand planning software(SAP APO/IBP, Kinaxis, Blue Yonder, JDA, OMP, O9,)

• Good understanding of sales forecasting and/or order fulfillment processes and its challenges

• Fluent spoken & written English

• 4-6 years demand/supply planning experience

The skills for success
Supply Chain Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Relationship management, Business acumen, Productivity management, Logistics management, Project management, Improve business processes, Advanced analytics, Data analytics, Manufacturing excellence, Ecommerce, Demand planning.

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.