Associate Director, Integrated Business Planning - Network Planning - (Food/ Burt's)

Clorox • Alpharetta, GA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The IBP Associate Director is a critical leadership role within the Integrated Business Planning organization, responsible for end-to-end supply and production planning integration for the business unit. The role serves as the primary bridge between strategy and execution, aligning near-, mid-, and long-term plans with enterprise strategic objectives. It owns forecast and supply/production planning integration, guides the team’s day-to-day priorities, removes obstacles, and elevates the quality of insights, planning narratives, and decision support for senior leadership. The role also partners with the IBP Director on strategic integration, executive narrative building, and cross-functional alignment.

The Associate Director owns the integrated supply and production planning process, translating demand signals into feasible, optimized plans across planning horizons. The role oversees forecasting and scenario development, supports network optimization and risk/opportunity identification, and leads tradeoff discussions across capacity, inventory, service, and cost. It maintains a 2–5-year view of demand, supply, and network implications to support strategic objectives and growth initiatives.

This leader directly manages four Network Planning Managers for Food and Burt’s Bees. They set team priorities, coach and develop employees, and ensure consistent, high-quality planning deliverables. Working with the IBP Director, the role synthesizes complex demand, supply, and financial data into executive materials, insights, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations. It also partners with Finance, Marketing, Sales, Operations, and Supply Chain leadership to surface risks, align assumptions and actions, and improve IBP processes, tools, and governance.

The position is hybrid. Clorox describes its culture as inclusive and values-based, with an emphasis on employee wellbeing, flexibility, and helping people thrive.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive experience in Integrated Business Planning, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Network Planning, or related disciplines.
• Proven experience leading end-to-end IBP, S&OP, or ISA processes and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Experience managing and developing managers and/or senior individual contributors.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Strong understanding of P&L and working capital, including tradeoffs across cost, service, and inventory.
• Deep understanding of demand and supply planning drivers, scenarios, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Ability to translate complex information into clear, compelling leadership narratives.
• Ability to balance short-term execution with long-term strategy and frame tradeoffs in ambiguous, complex environments.
• Confident, credible leadership partner to senior leaders across functions.

Nice To Haves

• CPG or fast-moving consumer goods experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Analytics, or Business preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated supply and production planning process, aligning forecast, capacity, inventory, and financial outcomes.
• Translate demand signals into feasible, optimized supply and production plans across planning horizons.
• Ensure plans are unbiased, risk-informed, and aligned with long-term strategic objectives.
• Oversee forecasting and scenario development, including network optimization, risk and opportunity identification, and planning assumptions.
• Ensure supply, network, and production plans are robust, executable, and aligned to demand scenarios and financial commitments.
• Lead tradeoff discussions across capacity, inventory, service, and cost, escalating materially differentiated options to senior leadership.
• Maintain a 2–5-year view of demand, supply, and network implications to support strategic business objectives and growth initiatives.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders to assess strategic initiatives such as innovation, portfolio changes, network investments, and capacity decisions.
• Directly manage the Network Planning Managers for Food and Burt’s Bees (4 FTEs).
• Set team priorities, balance day-to-day execution with strategic deliverables, and coach and develop team members.
• Ensure consistency, quality, and cadence across supply and planning deliverables.
• Partner with the IBP Director to build integrated planning narratives, executive materials, and business storytelling.
• Synthesize demand, supply, and financial data into clear insights, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations.
• Prepare content for IBP forums, scenario reviews, leadership discussions, and executive decision moments.
• Partner with Finance, Marketing, Sales, Operations, and Supply Chain leadership.
• Drive proactive cross-functional engagement to surface risks early and align assumptions and actions.
• Support consistent IBP ways of working and continuous improvement of planning processes, tools, and governance.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health plans.
• 401(k) program with company match.
• Flexible time off benefits, including half-day summer Fridays depending on location.
• Inclusive fertility and adoption benefits.
• Participation in Clorox incentive plans, subject to applicable plan documents and policies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director