EU Hub Supply planner (1 year contract)

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 ?

Job Purpose:

The purpose of this role is to plan the assigned portfolio of SKUs in order to ensure continuity of supply to the business at optimum financial levels and within compliance standards, following global agreed supply planning processes

Key Responsibilities:

Supply Planning Processes and Improvement

• Generate supply plans with production sites to deliver stock to support sales forecasts. Ensure on-time order placement aligned with contractual agreement. Management of Open Order Book, ensuring alignment with manufacturing production plans.
• Liaise within market supply coordinators / Demand Planners to understand the forecasted requirements, NPIs and promotional activities, seasonality and manage supply to achieve and maintain high levels of customer service whilst meeting inventory targets.
• Proactively identify key supply / demand imbalance, assess the risk, run root cause analysis, evaluate options and propose solutions. Ensure corrective / preventive actions in place. Review weekly supply issues (Open out of stocks, predicted stock outs), and provide necessary input for weekly SCIM process
• Develop, agree with a supplier/ Scheduler and implement flexible repeated schedule (FRS) options / campaigns and use it to optimize production line outcome.
• 0-13 weeks supply plan, outside the manufacturing Lead Time, ensuring weekly load levelling of supply plan against available capacity and inventory targets, considering agreed campaigns
• Lead weekly review meetings with suppliers as per standard process to ensure effective management of short / medium term supply period.
• For Global / internal sites, manage monthly RCCP process in terms of graph generation and provide input to Supply planning manager on foreseen risks. Work with Supply Planning Managers on risk mitigation options and scenario Planning and preparation for SRM meetings.
• Review existing KPIs and lead / lag measures to prevent undesirable effects of supply and demand changes. Action agreed performance improvement plans and integrate new improvements into current standard ways of working

Master data & Inventory

• Optimise stock holding levels within the total supply chain and tweak MRP requirements through a detailed governance of all the supply planning parameters and E2E process (safety stock, lead times, supply reliability, demand variability, service objectives etc) and in line with Working Capital targets
• Liaise with hubs master data team to provide input with the correct supply planning parameters set up of SKUs. Be responsible for the regular review and maintenance and improvement plan of basic supply planning parameters to reflect current supply chain performance indicators and protect customer service level targets

NPI/Artwork:

• Work closely with Hub NPI Coordinator and provide timely information as necessary (e.g. first production date) , to allow effective tracking, risk identification and issue resolution of NPIs and Artworks
• Work closely with sites Coordinate to ensure timely launches of new products launches (NPI), artwork changes or product transfers. Work on phase in / phase out strategy to ensure minimisation of write offs linked to artwork

Knowledge/ Education/ Previous experience required:

• 3 years experience in Supply chain experience within a FMCG / Pharmaceutical business
• Graduate with a degree in science, IT, engineering or business
• SAP knowledge
• Demonstrated experience of managing a complex multi sourced SKU portfolio and Order Book Management
• Demonstrated experience of managing supply issues and find and propose solutions to mitigate service disruption.
• Demonstration of understanding of using planning parameters to improve service and inventory levels.
• Pro-active in analysing root causes and proposing alternative solutions
• Disciplined in approach to tasks and good attention to detail
• Excellent track record in getting things done
• Good customer service and communication skills
• Manage high degree of flexibility and the ability to work calmly under pressure at the rapidly changing nature of the business and the dynamic market conditions

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone.

We’re striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives.

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

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At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone. We're striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.
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