S&OE Manager

Clorox • Alpharetta, GA

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: The S&OE (Sales & Operations Execution) Manager supports the Kingsford & Brita Business Units (BUs) by leading the S&OE process across the BUs and working cross-functionally to identify variances in actual performance on both demand and supply within the designated execution window. They orchestrate and recommend strategic decisions to re-synchronize demand and supply by clearly identifying the problem statement, recommending proposed solutions, and highlighting relevant tradeoffs in order to execute the plan.

Requirements

• BS/BA Degree from an accredited institution (or equivalent experience)
• 5+ years of work experience in Business Planning, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Supply Chain, or similar roles
• Experience using advanced planning software tools
• Consumer Packaged Goods experience, including internal and external manufacturing, operations, and logistics
• Leadership and influence in both proactive and reactive, and ambiguous situations
• Experience in setting priorities and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated strong aptitude in analysis, root-cause identification, and problem solving to clearly articulate next steps towards resolution
• Exceptional communicator
• Ability to build strong relationships across the functions and levels
• Previous Management of direct report (train, develop)
• Forward looking, strategic thinking to create clear problem statements to assess level of risk, potential solutions
• Ability to synthesize disparate data into coherent, forward-looking business strategies and tactics for advancing business priorities, with management/LT support.
• Strong financial competence, including understanding of working capital & P&L implications of overall supply chain and network balancing choice
• Strong analytic skillset and familiarity with data science applications, systems
• Ability to recognize trends within data and translate that back into short-term demand & supply plan narrative.
• In depth understanding of how to build an inventory strategy and the drivers that impact inventory strategy
• High data fluency and digital dexterity
• Exposure to customer operations with capacity to be able to understand and respond to changes in demand drivers
• High fluency / dexterity in working with data.
• Strong understanding of E2E supply chain, potential tradeoffs, and impact on short term execution
• Ideally candidate has experience in SAP, Kinaxis Rapid Response or similar systems

Responsibilities

• S&OE Planning Drives weekly S&OE process across 0–2 month time horizon, implementing near-term planning against BU constrained forecast and integrated business plan. Tracks execution, identifies demand and supply gaps to S&OP plan with data-driven insights, and drives balanced demand / supply resolution, in coordination with impacted functions and stakeholders. Assesses and balances tradeoffs to strategically to meet near-term BU goals, which are escalated in weekly BU S&OE Meeting/Report to IBP Lead and GM as warranted. Develops and embeds new tools, process improvements, and systems changes (including ATP, Rapid/Kinaxis, Power BI) to drive delivery of business goals and improve customer service levels.
• Execution Proactively identifies and escalates risks to shipment forecast, service levels, and inventory to deliver against the demand plan. Highlights opportunities and drives execution of issues/opportunities to improve delivery of plan (e.g. higher service level, lower cost, etc.) within the execution window by tracking production variances, FDOS, Case Fill, Working Capital. Monitors innovation, promotions and item transitions to ensure proper supply and demand plans are in place. Triggers and co-leads allocation strategy & demand shaping actions as needed.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration Coordinates across BU (e.g. BU Leadership Team / Supply Chain Squad) to ensure delivery of short term plan, and appropriately escalates of issues in a timely manner. Acts as the primary BU lead with Supply Chain Logistics and Customer Operations – actively escalating and resolving issues. Coordinates with Business Planning Mgr. / Network Planning Mgr. to flag trending issues that need to be incorporated into longer term supply plans going forward. Actively champions and contributes to S&OE community for best practice sharing.
• Talent Development Directly manages Brita and Kingsford inventory planners (e.g. performance evaluations, career development). Mentors, develops, and trains team members with clarity and candor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees