Integrated Business Planning (IBP) BU Leader

The Clorox Company • Durham, NC

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Clorox is the place that’s committed to growth – for our people and our brands. Guided by our purpose and values, and with people at the center of everything we do, we believe every one of us can make a positive impact on consumers, communities, and teammates. Join our team. #CloroxIsThePlace Your role at Clorox: This is a senior leader who owns the end-to-end integrated business planning for the Burt's/Food businesses. This role is part of the business leadership team and partners across the business and functions to drive results. This role leads our S&OP and S&OP functions to clearly execute our business processes that enable strategic priorities and business results. In this role, you will: Forecast ownership: Consolidate & support in development of the demand forecast for the BU, Iris demand forecast, incorporating in GM and functional feedback and adjusts as needed to arrive at an integrated and accurate plan Driver attribution and business analysis: Oversee assessing and pressure testing of key forecast drivers, seeking a deep understanding demand forecast driver attribution and their influence the forecast, risks, and opportunities.. DP narrative design: Constructs BU LEDP narrative with support from IBP lead, proactively identifying key forecast tensions, tradeoffs, and decisions needed for discussion in LEDP & Scenario Selection Meeting and GM Signoff Meeting Forecast consolidation: Single point of consolidation and articulation of full BU Demand plan from different demand planning streams inside a large BU Cross Functional Collaboration: Conducts proactive cross-functional outreach to understand forecast and key drivers, extract business insights, understand risks & opportunities, correctly incorporate adjustments to lock DP scenario, and explain the output of the model to the business Tool feedback: Provides feedback to the IBP hub on Iris tool functionality Community of practice: Actively foster and contribute to a community of like practitioners Scenario framing & prioritization: Identify, prioritize, frame, and setup most likely impactful scenarios for deep dive analysis, developing strategies to mitigate risks and enhance likelihood of opportunities. • Assess and balance tradeoffs and strategies to meet BU goals. Develop, coach and drive performance accountability with IBP team. Understand and own IBP metrics & risks across the value chain and assign actions to prevent leakage; conduct root cause analysis and facilitate retrospective-analysis with any misses to create sustainable solutions

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive related experience spanning across multiple disciplines (e.g., Planning, Demand, Forecasting) with increasing responsibility and a demonstrated track record of success
• Experience in managing IBP / S&OP / S&OE processes
• Proven experience operating in and influencing a large-scale transformation
• Demonstrated strong financial acumen by successfully owning and managing Profit & Loss (P&L) statements, ensuring financial health and sustainability of the business
• Ability to clearly communicate on complex topics, bringing relevant strategic insights, to shape and influence BU decisions
• Enterprise thinker and strong problem solving skills (solution mindset)
• Strong resilience and ability to manage and drive results through ambiguity in a dynamic environment
• Relentless focus on supporting and enabling the continued evolution of IBP, within the BU and enterprise wide, in alignment with IBP and Clorox goals
• Sets clear expectations and delivers consistent results within a volatile and unpredictable climate
• Attracts, develops, and retains top talent aligned with enterprise goals
• Influences and works effectively across organizational boundaries – effectively builds cross functional and enterprise partnerships
• BS/BA Degree

Responsibilities

• Forecast ownership: Consolidate & support in development of the demand forecast for the BU, Iris demand forecast, incorporating in GM and functional feedback and adjusts as needed to arrive at an integrated and accurate plan
• Driver attribution and business analysis: Oversee assessing and pressure testing of key forecast drivers, seeking a deep understanding demand forecast driver attribution and their influence the forecast, risks, and opportunities.
• DP narrative design: Constructs BU LEDP narrative with support from IBP lead, proactively identifying key forecast tensions, tradeoffs, and decisions needed for discussion in LEDP & Scenario Selection Meeting and GM Signoff Meeting
• Forecast consolidation: Single point of consolidation and articulation of full BU Demand plan from different demand planning streams inside a large BU
• Cross Functional Collaboration: Conducts proactive cross-functional outreach to understand forecast and key drivers, extract business insights, understand risks & opportunities, correctly incorporate adjustments to lock DP scenario, and explain the output of the model to the business
• Tool feedback: Provides feedback to the IBP hub on Iris tool functionality
• Community of practice: Actively foster and contribute to a community of like practitioners
• Scenario framing & prioritization: Identify, prioritize, frame, and setup most likely impactful scenarios for deep dive analysis, developing strategies to mitigate risks and enhance likelihood of opportunities.
• Assess and balance tradeoffs and strategies to meet BU goals.
• Develop, coach and drive performance accountability with IBP team.
• Understand and own IBP metrics & risks across the value chain and assign actions to prevent leakage; conduct root cause analysis and facilitate retrospective-analysis with any misses to create sustainable solutions

Benefits

• robust health plans
• a market-leading 401(k) program with a company match
• flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays depending on location)
• inclusive fertility/adoption benefits

What This Job Offers

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