Senior Manager - Demand Planning

Senior Manager - Demand Planning

Job Description

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU. 

In this role, you will:

Provide day-to-day direction to Demand Planners for the assigned Business Unit, Adult/Feminine Care. Own and lead the development and delivery of an accurate demand forecast for 0–24-month time horizon as part of the IBP process for the assigned Business Unit. Partner with BU sales, Brands, Finance, Supply Chain and Product Supply Teams to provide input into decision making, gather inputs into forecast, assist in execution of business plans and gap management.  Participate in key projects as needed to enhance forecast capabilities and drive overall value.  Assist Personal Care team leader in development of team roles and responsibilities. Train, coach and develop demand planning team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership for 0–24-month demand forecast and related collaboration processes, including Sales and Operations Planning, Annual Operating Plans, Customer Transition Planning, Innovation Management and key customer level forecasts.  Efficiently satisfy BU Sales, Product Supply, Finance and Customer Management timing and business needs.
• Partner with cross functional teams in the development of Consumption-Based Forecasting.  Own the development and deployment within your BU, paving the way for more responsive and agile planning cycles.
• Assist in the execution of demand planning to meet or exceed key performance indicators for assigned brands.  Utilize analytics to identify gaps, recommend solutions, and drive improvements that enhance forecast accuracy and inventory health.  Drive data-driven demand plans. 
• Participate in the strategic development and implementation of sustainable management tools and processes that support demand forecasting and gap management, such as statistical forecasting and consumption planning.     
• Proactively manage situations in which supply, and demand are out of balance, including the development and execution of demand management and/or supply allocation strategies where appropriate.
• Ensure applications of established corporate financial controls are maintained within areas of responsibility.
• Provide work direction for planning team to ensure delivery of expected business support. Create a collaborative environment and communicate effectively with cross functional partners.
• Enhance position by thoroughly reviewing all activities performed in order to improve quality and productivity of services provided.  Keep informed of industry initiatives/trends, new technologies and process enhancements through benchmarking and best practices research to be leveraged in support of team objectives, while linking development plans with front-end learning agendas.
• Shape and sustain effective, motivated teams to deliver desired results by providing vision direction, building trust, coaching and developing team members, leveraging individual abilities, and ensuring best practices are utilized. Develop and maintain sustainable business relationships with key customers.
• Partner with Analytics and COE teams to elevate current Demand Planning capabilities, including the use of the Kinaxis Statistical Forecasting model, Range-Based and Threshold-Based Demand Planning approaches, and other Demand Planning analytics tools and processes.  Leverage advanced analytics and cross-functional expertise to better anticipate market shifts, reduce risks, and enhance supply chain resilience.
• Collaborate in the development and seamless integration of innovative forecasting methods.
• Implement state-of-the-art analytics tools to support data-driven decision making.
• Focus on continuous improvement to achieve measurable gains in accuracy and bias reduction.
• Drive a high-performance, result-oriented culture.  Lead by example. 

About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re al