Demand Planning Analyst

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for billions of people.

By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re in control of. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question.

With category leading brands such as Sensodyne, Voltaren and Centrum, built on trusted science and human understanding, and combined with our passion, knowledge and expertise, we’re uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong, successful business.

This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special.

Are you looking for an opportunity to provide expert demand planning input into the Customer Supply Chain Lead across all markets and brands? If so, this is the role for you.

Your Responsibilities:
This position is a key support function for the Haleon Consumer Health GBI Demand Planners, responsible for a variety of key reporting functions in the Demand Planning Team. Not only will you deliver regular reports for use by the demand planners, but you will be expected to spot opportunities for continuous improvement and positive change in these processes. You will provide impact and analysis insights and will be tasked with removing inefficient activities from the process and establishing new and improved ways of working.
You will be a central planning point of contact for projects, fresh innovations and initiatives. Will assess the impact of major changes on the demand forecasting group. This will include assigning responsibilities around the team and running meetings designed to use project performance to identify key learnings which can be applied moving forward.
Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Creating and update regular reports – drawing out key insights and delivering them in a range of forums.
• Driving a better understanding of forecast accuracy and forecast bias metrics across demand team (shared with Commercial).
• Working with Finance, Insights, Sales & Marketing teams to drive meaningful demand insight into brand reviews
• Interpreting the key trends impacting individual account performance.
• Provide an accurate volume and value demand plan, based on Sales & Marketing Intelligence
• Supporting the allocations process, able to make decisions in line with strategy, participate in weekly meetings and meet all timelines in the daily and weekly rhythm of this process
• Working effectively with managers (to Controller level) in the Commercial, Finance and Supply organisations and will become a member of the Multi-Function Team for designated Brand
• Liaison with central supply chain and commercial category organisations concerning NPI forecasts
• Developing demand forecasts (operational forecasts) at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons as part of a demand planning function.
• Reviewing historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, support transition towards statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results.
• Coordinating cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions.
• Use and maintenance of the Demand Planning software (SAP) as the primary forecasting system tool as a CERPS Super User
• Manage Phase In / Phase Out Tracker and maintain ‘Ready to Plan’ for Demand Planning for GB Product Portfolio changes

About You:

• Genuine curiosity for improvement.
• Self-motivated and driven enough to seek out work and opportunities
• Adept communicator (balance the expectations of a wide variety of senior stakeholders and have the analytical know how and approach required to communicate data and insights)
• High performing trusted and highly regarded team so you will need to maintain high levels of accuracy while delivering actionable intel which can inform wider decision making across the business.

Why You?
Basic qualifications:

• Experience in a role where regular reporting and analytics is required
• Some understanding of a consumer environment
• Good level of numeracy with the ability to manage, analyse and interpret complex data
• Strong communicator with team building skills
• Extensive spreadsheet analysis
• Ability to consolidate and articulate insights concisely.

Preferred qualifications:

• Degree
• Experience in supply chain or demand planning role
• Training in Macro’s for Excel
• SAP 
• Knowledge of processes and supporting systems within a Commercial FMCG industry environment
• BI experience and interest in digital technology would be an advantage 

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