Associate Manager, Demand Planning Center of Excellence

SC Johnson•Racine, WI

3d•Remote

About The Position

We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join our team of Supply Chain Process and Planning experts! As the Associate Manager, Demand Planning Center of Excellence in North America, you will be responsible for establishing best practices and improving capabilities around Kinaxis Maestro, SAP ECC/S4HANA, and Reporting and Analytics for the North America region. You will sit in the Global Center of Excellence Organization that is on the forefront of system implementations and enhancements delivering process improvements and tools to deliver best in class performance. In this role, you will partner and support the regional demand planning and Global Center of Excellence teams by monitoring end-to-end system functionality, data input/output, and performance, while leading the implementation of globally defined policies, processes, and tools to strategically meet business needs. Also, you will work closely with cross-functional partners to identify and implement supply chain improvements.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Business Administration, Mathematics or related and 5+ years of Supply Chain experience (Logistics, Planning, warehousing, Manufacturing, etc.) in a Consumer-Packaged Goods Industry; OR an Advanced degree with 3+ years of experience.
Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Advanced understanding in Kinaxis Maestro, SAP ECC/S4HANA, and Reporting/Analytics and a passion for system-supported processes.
Advanced experience in supply chain end-to-end planning and S&OP within a CPG environment
Experience with SCM/APO.
Demonstrated results and working in a team-based, cross functional environment.
Strong knowledge of SCJ Supply Chain Practices, Policies, and Infrastructure.
Strong communication skills, with a proven ability to understand key concepts and communicate with business stakeholders.
Ability to drive action and influence decision making at all levels of the organization achieving win-win solutions through negotiation.
Ability to work within high-performing teams in highly collaborative environments.
Ability to deal with complexity and manage ambiguity.
Ability to perform under pressure and manage multiple priorities with competing demands.
Significant exposure to Project Management practice.
Strong training and coaching skills.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Advanced in Excel.
Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Microsoft Azure.

Responsibilities

Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Kinaxis Maestro, SAP ECC/S4HANA, SCJ Supply Chain data, Data infrastructure, and planning and Supply Chain policies and practices.
Ensure regional teams adhere to global tools/guidelines/processes and elevate variances to standard work as needed including optimal usage of SAP and Planning system.
Identify, assess, and implement planning process improvement opportunities, working closely with the Global Process owner and Regional Supply and Demand Planning Managers.
Coach a team of Demand Planners on best practices processes, policies, and tools.
Educate and oversee a team of regional Subject Matter Experts (SME), responsible for coaching planners on key processes and tools based on global guidelines from Global COE.
Collaborate with Planning COE peers globally to share best practices (COEs located in Buenos Aires, Manila, Milan).
Support digitalization initiative within Planning Community and be a key driver of system design, change management and rollout.
Owning documentation by maintaining training materials, quick cards, policy, etc., always striving for global standard harmonization.
Identify and implement associated technology improvements together with support provided by BPT.
Leverage system functionalities to produce reports from the available systems to enhance decision making (as needed).