Senior Manager, Integrated Business Planning Lead - (Brita)
About The Position
The Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Lead for Brita owns end-to-end integrated business planning, aligning near-, mid-, and long-term demand and supply plans with business objectives and enterprise strategy. The role partners across functions to translate demand, supply, and financial insights into recommendations, guide tradeoffs across service, inventory, cost, and capacity, and support executive decision-making. The lead manages the planning team and balances near-term execution with long-term growth priorities. The role leads consolidation of the business-unit demand plan, maintains an ongoing view of demand versus forecast, and oversees discussions of planning tradeoffs. It maintains a two-to-five-year perspective on demand, supply, and network implications; assesses strategic initiatives and high-impact scenarios; and owns IBP metrics and risks across the value chain. The lead partners with Finance, Marketing, Sales, R&D, Supply Chain, and the IBP Center of Excellence to develop business insights and improve planning processes, tools, and governance. The position translates demand, supply, and financial data into clear narratives and recommendations for IBP forums, scenario reviews, and executive decisions. It directly manages the Brita S&OE Manager, Network Planning Manager, and Business Planning Manager, sets priorities, and coaches team members in technical rigor, business acumen, and executive communication.
Requirements
- 10 or more years of progressive cross-functional experience in planning, demand, forecasting, sales, or marketing, including leadership of IBP, S&OP, or S&OE processes.
- Experience managing and developing managers and/or senior individual contributors.
- Strategic problem-solving ability, including framing tradeoffs, setting clear expectations, and driving results in complex, ambiguous environments.
- Strong financial acumen, with experience managing a P&L and working capital and making tradeoffs across cost, service, and inventory.
- Strong communication and influencing skills, including the ability to translate complex topics into actionable insights and build cross-functional and enterprise partnerships.
- Analytical rigor and a strong understanding of demand and supply planning drivers, scenarios, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Bachelor’s degree required.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Analytics, or Business preferred.
Responsibilities
- Own consolidation of the business-unit demand plan across planning streams, incorporating general manager and functional feedback to produce an integrated, accurate forecast.
- Oversee tradeoff discussions across demand, capacity, inventory, service, and cost; identify forecast tensions and decisions for leadership-team discussion.
- Maintain a real-time view of demand compared with the latest forecast and expectations.
- Maintain a two-to-five-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, including innovation, portfolio changes, network investments, and capacity decisions.
- Prioritize and assess high-impact scenarios, balancing risks, opportunities, and tradeoffs to achieve business-unit goals.
- Own IBP metrics and risks across the value chain and assign actions to improve execution.
- Partner with Finance, Marketing, Sales, R&D, and Supply Chain to understand forecast drivers, identify risks and opportunities, and translate planning outputs into business insights.
- Support consistent IBP practices and continuous improvement of planning processes, tools, and governance in partnership with the IBP Center of Excellence.
- Translate demand, supply, and financial data into clear insights and recommendations for IBP forums, scenario reviews, and executive decisions.
- Ensure building-block assumptions (VBR) explain forecast and actual shipments and consumption.
- Directly manage the Brita S&OE Manager, Network Planning Manager, and Business Planning Manager.
- Set team priorities, balance daily execution with strategic deliverables, and coach team members in technical rigor, business acumen, and executive communication.
Benefits
- Comprehensive, competitive benefits supporting wellbeing and flexibility.
- Robust health plans.
- Market-leading 401(k) program with company match.
- Flexible time off benefits, including half-day summer Fridays depending on location.
- Inclusive fertility and adoption benefits.
- Eligible to participate in Clorox incentive plans, subject to applicable plan documents and policies.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
