Demand Fulfillment Planner at Colgate-Palmolive

Job description

Colgate-Palmolive is a leading global consumer products company, tightly focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. Colgate sells its products in over 200 countries and territories around the world under such internationally recognized brand names as Colgate, Palmolive, Speed Stick, Lady Speed Stick, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sorriso, Kolynos, elmex, Tom’s of Maine, Sanex, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Science Diet, Hill’s Prescription Diet and Hill’s Ideal Balance.

Location: Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa
No Relocation Assistance Offered

Scope Of Responsibility

The Demand Fulfillment Planner is responsible for the daily interaction between the Subsidiary demand planning and the CBS SNP organizations to achieve Customer Service targets and Inventory objectives. This position requires the daily communication and prioritization of the Sub alerts to avoid OOS and lost sales whilst optimizing the Hub/Sub inventories. The Demand Fulfillment Planner also represents the Sub in the weekly/ monthly disciplines/ calls between DP/ CBS SNP. The Demand Fulfillment Planner also has full responsibility for SLOB and Simplification management processes for the subsidiary.

Main Duties / Responsibilities

• Daily alert prioritization and communication of the alerts/ priorities to avoid Out Of Stocks and Inventory excess. The Demand Fulfillment Planner will create a priority list for the subsidiary and communicate a consolidated priority list to the SNP Planner
• Understand Commercial activities and goals
• Determine the required reservations, allocations and quotas within the subsidiary CD
• Work with SNP and Demand Planning to identify potential stock availability issues
• Develop plans to mitigate Mid Term- Long term stock outs, ensure they are profit enhancing & work with CBS SNP & Commercial Teams
• Life Cycle Management (NPI / Short term discontinuation/Substitutions/Transitions)
• Owns and coordinates the Slow Moving and Obsolete stock management process, SLOB clearance, destructions for the Hub by collaboration with Sub Demand Planning and Customer Development.
• FG Playbook results review and alignment with division and CBS
• Support the SKU management process, inclusive of SKU simplification processes and management.
• Manage the co-packing administration and processes within the subsidiary.

Key interfaces ; are Supply Network Planning, Demand Planning, Customer Development Teams (CDT’s), Customer and Consumer Marketing, Finance.

Education
Bachelor’s/Hons Degree in Finance, Supply Chain, Engineering, Business Administration. MS or MBA a plus

Experience
3+ years’ experience of Finance/Planning in Consumer Goods or Manufacturing

Key Competencies

• Leadership Competencies
• Business/Global Perspective
• Analysis/Decision Making
• Consumer/Customer Focus
• Effective Execution
• Planning/ Priority Setting
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Relationship building
• Influence / Negotiation
• Global Supply Chain Competencies
• Partnership & Collaboration
• Project Management
• Business & Financial Perspective
• Leveraging systems and analytics
• Synchronized Demand & Supply
• Technical Competencies
• Supply Chain / Commercial / Financial concepts
• Report Analysis
• Interpret Master Data
• Statistical Forecast