Global Planning Excellence Manager

Role Overview

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies, Kleenex, and Kimberly-Clark Professional. As a Global Planning Excellence Manager, you'll lead the governance and continuous enhancement of global demand and supply planning processes, metrics, systems, S&OP process, and organisational capabilities. You'll be part of a high-potential business that combines Kimberly-Clark's iconic brands and commercial excellence with Suzano's industrial and sustainability leadership.

What You Will Do

Lead the governance and continuous enhancement of global demand and supply planning processes, metrics, systems, S&OP process, and organisational capabilities. Drive system and process optimisation, providing thought leadership on demand and supply planning tools and methodologies. Define, oversee, and communicate key performance indicators for demand and supply planning and S&OP.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You'll need 10+ years of proven success in demand and supply planning, with expertise in commercially available ERPs and forecasting systems, team leadership, and ideally previous experience of leading S&OP processes globally. You'll also need strong experience of direct people management within supply chain, a knack for leading cross-functional teams, influencing stakeholders, and driving collective success, transformation, and change management programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, mathematics, economics, statistics, engineering, computer software, or a related field
• 10+ years of proven success in demand and supply planning
• Expertise in commercially available ERPs and forecasting systems
• Team leadership and ideally previous experience of leading S&OP processes globally
• Experience of implementing new technologies/systems
• Strong knowledge of statistical modelling, planning optimisation, and troubleshooting within demand and supply planning platforms
• Experience with deploying large-scale planning processes, or tools
• Knowledge of Six Sigma, Lean, and other continuous improvement methodologies and experience of project management
• Ability to apply complex mathematical and statistical techniques to improve demand and supply plan accuracy and performance
• Strong experience of direct people management within supply chain
• Knack for leading cross-functional teams, influencing stakeholders, and driving collective success, transformation, and change management programs

Benefits

• Market-leading pension contribution
• Bonus scheme
• Flexible Savings and spending accounts
• Private Medical Insurance
• Diverse income protection insurance options
• Additional programs and support for education, adoption, relocation, and childcare