Demand Planner

Adhesive Technologies Marketing United States, Rocky Hill, CT, CT Full Time Regular
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About this Position

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.

This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit – where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings.

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel. 

What you´ll do

  • Develop and enrich forecasts for make-to-stock products, prioritizing the product and customer segments with the greatest business impact and incorporating available market, customer, distributor and commercial inputs.
  • Lead regional demand review meetings and coordinate sign-off of the rolling demand plan.
  • Identify, recommend and implement actions to improve statistical and consensus forecast accuracy and reduce forecast bias.
  • Serve as the primary demand-planning partner to Sales, Market Strategy, Product Management and Marketing for demand-driving events, including competitive changes, market growth, new opportunities, promotions, customer gains or losses and product transitions.
  • Partner directly with distributor National Distribution Account Managers (NDAMs) and participate in QBRs with key distributors to review demand trends, forecast accuracy, forecast bias, inventory signals, significant variances and corrective actions. 
  • Maintain and cleanse demand-planning history, including documented adjustments for abnormal or non-recurring events.
  • Review and validate demand assumptions for new product introductions, promotions, customer gains or losses, discontinuations and other significant events. 
  • Maintain product lifecycle inputs in the applicable planning systems and ensure the demand plan reflects current product status and transition timing.
  • Oversee safety stock levels for SBU-owned IDHs, ensuring all changes are reviewed, documented, and aligned with appropriate business stakeholders prior to implementation.

What makes you a good fit

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business, Analytics, Finance, Marketing or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Experience: 5-7 years of related work experience with at least 2 years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, business analytics, supply chain planning or a related area.
  • Business knowledge: Cross-functional understanding of demand planning, sales, distribution, product management, marketing, finance and supply planning.
  • Technical skills: Advanced Excel and data-analysis capability; experience with enterprise planning, ERP, BI and CRM tools. SAP and demand-planning system experience preferred.
  • Capabilities: Strong analytical judgment, clear communication, meeting facilitation, stakeholder management, root-cause analysis and the ability to challenge assumptions constructively.

Some benefits of joining Henkel

  • Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1 
  • Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program 
  • Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement 
  • Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships 
  • Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary range for this role is $105,000.00 and $125,000.00. This range represents the good‑faith minimum and maximum wages the Company reasonably expects to offer for this role at the time of posting. In addition to base salary, this position may be eligible for incentive pay or other forms of compensation, as applicable.  The Company also offers a comprehensive benefits package as described above. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, experience, education, training, and work location. This posting is intended to comply with all applicable state and local pay transparency laws.
 
Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.
 
At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.

JOB ID: 26102319

Job Locations: United States, CT, Rocky Hill, CT

Contact information for application-related questions: talent.acquisition@henkel.com

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