Reckitt

Demand Planner

Reckitt

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Nutley • New Jersey • United States

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Salary

💰 $81,000 - $121,000 per year

About the role

  • Direct responsibility for the management of a consensus enterprise forecast for assigned brands and business units.
  • Coordination of monthly demand planning meetings with Sales, Marketing, Customer Marketing, and Manufacturing.
  • Analysis of customer acceptance information and market penetration estimates to develop forecasts for new product introductions, identifying high side and low side risk to these estimates.
  • Maintaining inventory at appropriate level to ensure high customer service, while meeting brand inventory targets.
  • Review and challenge monthly/weekly production, inventory deployment and capacity plans to ensure proper flow of finished goods across the product supply chain for assigned consumer products.
  • Thorough management of Excess and Obsolete stock
  • The joint development of inventory strategies with Manufacturing, using accuracy statistics, forecast variability, and estimated risk to forecast projections.
  • Evaluation of consumer and trade promotion activities to establish meaningful projections of future promotions.
  • Contribution to the implementation of processes and systems tools to develop a customer demand driven demand-planning process.

Requirements

  • Must have a BS degree in engineering, supply chain management, logistics, business or another related discipline
  • 2+ years in a demand planning or similar supply chain role
  • Solid analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Work experience within the fast-moving consumer goods industry is preferred
  • Proven experience working in a fast-paced environment with ability to manage multiple priorities
  • Solid working knowledge using an MRP system (Kinaxis strongly preferred)
  • Strong computer skills, especially using excel with ability to create spreadsheets and perform advanced formulas and functions
  • Pro-activeness /self-learner
  • Team player - involves working with different departments
  • Data-driven & hands-on approach when necessary.
  • Effective leadership skills to be able to drive projects to completion
  • Excellent communication skills
Benefits
  • medical
  • prescription
  • dental
  • vision
  • life and disability insurance
  • paid time off for vacation, sick and Company recognized holidays
  • a 401(k) plan
  • 16-week paid parental leave or 26 weeks for the birthing parent
  • adoption and fertility support
  • tuition reimbursement
  • discounts
  • Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
demand planninginventory managementforecastingdata analysisproblem-solvingMRP systemsExceladvanced formulascapacity planningrisk assessment
Soft Skills
analytical skillspro-activenessteam playerleadership skillscommunication skillsability to manage multiple prioritieshands-on approachself-learnercollaborationadaptability