Demand Planner Family Care & Professional Israel

Demand Planner Family Care & Professional Israel

Job Description

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25% of people in the world use Kimberly-Clark products every day.

And it takes the right people, in the right jobs and the right places, to make that happen.

At Kimberly-Clark, you'll be part of the best teams committed to driving innovation and growth.

We're founded on 150 years of market leadership, and we're always looking for new and better ways to perform—so what can you do with that? There's no time like the present to make an impact at Kimberly-Clark.

About the role:

As part of the IFP EMEA Supply Chain team, this role is responsible for providing the timely creation and communication of robust market demand to enable the delivery of Customer Service, Working Capital target and Operating profit goals.

This role will be contact point for Kimberly Clark Supply Chain to drive customer excellence, focusing on customer service levels, forecast accuracy and Customer Collaboration, and representing KC as a professional and reliable supplier.

The role is pivotal to drive optimal decisions between several functions including Sales, Customers, Supply Chain Team, Country Managers and Customer Business Managers, Business Analysts, S&OP Teams and Customer Services in the 1 month to 2-year horizon.

The role will translate consumer / sales demand, promotions, product introduction/delisting & rollover plans into an agreed forecast of market requirements on an on-going 24 month rolling basis, keeping systems and other information flows up to date.

The role will work closely with Country LT, Sales, Finance, Customer Order Management, Supply Chain Services and Logistics.

The role also includes the short-term management/coordination of the execution of plans, communication of changes, issues and shortages, avoidance of obsolete products and stock run outs.

This role will support continuous improvements on Demand Planning systems, meetings and processes.

The identification and delivery of process and capability improvement, and Cost Transformation and inventory optimisation opportunities are expected in order to deliver team and business objectives.

Duties & Responsibilities:


* Lead and continuously drive improvements in process and outputs of demand forecast (like Forecast Reconciliation and MBO sign off release process) as part of Golden S&OP cycle – IFP categories


* Develop and maintain a monthly demand schedule by maintaining a 24 month rolling forecast at invoice SKU and location level


* Ensure an accurate up to date view of market demand by maintaining a robust rolling forecast at the agreed level and time horizons required for planning and commercial decision making


* Ensure the utilization of statistical demand planning system capabilities and drive system usage improvements


* Manage the monthly MBO sign off / Demand Review forecast release process


* Drive improvements in ...