Demand Planner

$80,000 - $100,000/Yr

The Henkel Group - Culver City, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Culver City, CA

10,001+ employees

About the position

At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 47,000 pioneers around the globe. Our teams at Henkel Consumer Brands continuously drive the evolution in dynamic categories: Laundry & Home Care and Hair. With our trusted brands, including Persil and Schwarzkopf, our cutting-edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop your skills. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth. As a Demand Planner, you will maintain detailed item level base business forecasts in volume and value and proactively anticipate and track risks and opportunities to the forecast. You will work closely with Sales and Marketing to analyze quantitative and qualitative inputs to the forecast such as trade promotion plans, competitive impacts, new item launches, and cannibalization in the development and delivery of the monthly demand plan. Additionally, you will lead a monthly drumbeat of meetings as part of the Sales and Operations Planning process, coordinating cross-functionally between sales, marketing, finance, and operations. Your role will also involve improving forecast accuracy to drive improvement in KPIs such as service level and inventory carry, as well as originating and implementing continuous improvements to the demand planning and S&OP processes. Supporting the company's culture and business mission by promoting communication, teamwork, and the respectful treatment of all individuals is also a key aspect of this position.

Responsibilities

• Maintain detailed item level base business forecasts in volume and value.
• Proactively anticipate and track risks and opportunities to the forecast.
• Work closely with Sales and Marketing to analyze quantitative and qualitative inputs to the forecast.
• Lead a monthly drumbeat of meetings as part of the Sales and Operations Planning process.
• Coordinate cross-functionally between sales, marketing, finance, and operations.
• Improve forecast accuracy to drive improvement in KPIs such as service level and inventory carry.
• Originate and implement continuous improvements to the demand planning and S&OP processes.
• Support the company's culture and business mission by promoting communication, teamwork, and respectful treatment of all individuals.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• 2+ years of experience in a Demand Planning or similar role is required.
• Excellent organizational and time-management abilities.
• Ability to influence and collaborate with personnel at all organizational levels.
• Demonstrated leadership and process improvement skills.
• Proven ability to identify, conduct root cause analysis and take action to fix issues.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of integrated business management processes.
• SAP experience preferred.