Demand Planning Lead

GSK • Warren, NJ

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Demand Planning Lead is a crucial part of our Supply Chain team, reporting to the Demand Planning Manager. As the Demand Planning Lead, you will be responsible for aligning the Haleon supply chains more closely with the businesses and leading collaboration across Sales, Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain for Haleon. You will drive excellence in demand forecasting, S&OP, IBP and ensure efficiency in the delivery of critical KPIs across a complex network.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum 3+ years of related professional experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience with exporting and manipulating large data sets within Excel and familiarity with key formulas (VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, PIVOT, SUMIFS etc.)
• Individual contributor who works independently with minimal supervision
• Highly developed analytical skills
• Ability to be proactive in leading and managing information and data from the supply chain organization.
• Organizational skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Strong written and communication skills.
• Leadership and influencing skills.
• Relationship builder.
• Strong awareness of customer impact to demand signals
• Strong problem solving and negotiation skills.
• Ability to apply strategic and lateral thinking to deliver large scale network solutions.
• Familiarity with Power BI and MS Office Programs (Word, Excel, PPT)

Responsibilities

• Maintain high-quality relationships with commercial teams and QSC counterparts to fully understand the whole supply chain and impact of decisions made.
• Generate and analyze baseline forecast to ensure robust & realistic demand signals.
• Supports demand shaping through market intelligence and drives product life cycle management in close collaboration with supply chain functions and commercial organization.
• Analysis of demand trends and the competitive landscape.
• Consolidate demand, scenarios, and assumptions to validate aggregated forecast to be brought into the Demand Review Meeting.
• Monitor demand plans for promotions and new products, working closely with the commercial teams to ensure the plan effectiveness is evaluated & linked into demand plans.
• Identify risk and opportunities to the demand forecast and elevate to the commercial teams.
• Accountable for shared Key Performance Indicators (Forecast Accuracy, Forecast Bias, On Time in Full (OTIF), Daily Sales Conformance, Customer Metrics/Feedback).

Benefits

• competitive pay
• comprehensive benefits program
• generous 401(k) plan
• tuition reimbursement
• time off programs
• 6 months paid parental leave
• healthcare programs where the company pays for the majority of your medical coverage for you and your family
• opportunity to receive a discretionary bonus based on the achievement of key business performance
• other incentive/recognition programs

What This Job Offers

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