Demand Planning Lead

About the role

The Demand Planning Lead is a crucial part of our Supply Chain team, reporting to the Demand Planning Manager. As the Demand Planning Lead, you will be responsible for aligning the Haleon supply chains more closely with the businesses and leading collaboration across Sales, Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain for Haleon.

Role Responsibilities

• Maintain high-quality relationships with commercial teams and QSC counterparts to fully understand the whole supply chain and impact of decisions made.
• Generate and analyze baseline forecast to ensure robust & realistic demand signals.
• Supports demand shaping through market intelligence and drives product life cycle management in close collaboration with supply chain functions and commercial organization.
• Analysis of demand trends and the competitive landscape.
• Consolidate demand, scenarios, and assumptions to validate aggregated forecast to be brought into the Demand Review Meeting.
• Monitor demand plans for promotions and new products, working closely with the commercial teams to ensure the plan effectiveness is evaluated & linked into demand plans.
• Identify risk and opportunities to the demand forecast and elevate to the commercial teams.
• Accountable for shared Key Performance Indicators (Forecast Accuracy, Forecast Bias, On Time in Full (OTIF), Daily Sales Conformance, Customer Metrics/Feedback).

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum 3+ years of related professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with exporting and manipulating large data sets within Excel and familiarity with key formulas (VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, PIVOT, SUMIFS etc.).
• Individual contributor who works independently with minimal supervision.
• Highly developed analytical skills.
• Organizational skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Strong written and communication skills.
• Leadership and influencing skills.
• Relationship builder.
• Strong awareness of customer impact to demand signals.
• Strong problem solving and negotiation skills.
• Familiarity with Power BI and MS Office Programs (Word, Excel, PPT).

Location

This role is located onsite, 3 days a week at our Warren, NJ headquarters.

Pay

The expected salary range will be $104,505 - $156,757.

Benefits

Haleon offers a robust Total Reward package that consists of competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits program. This includes a generous 401(k) plan, tuition reimbursement and time off programs including 6 months paid parental leave. On day one, you are eligible for benefits, including our healthcare programs where the company pays for the majority of your medical coverage for you and your family. We also offer the opportunity to receive a discretionary bonus based on the achievement of key business performance and other incentive/recognition programs as part of the offering.

Equal Opportunities

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected – all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It’s important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.