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Henkel holds leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses: Our portfolio includes well-known hair care products, laundry detergents, fabric softeners as well as adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings.
Demand & Business Planning Manager,IMEA
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Demand & Business Planning Manager,IMEA
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About this position
At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 47.000 pioneers around the globe. Our teams at Henkel Adhesive Technologies help to transform entire industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings. With our trusted brands, our cutting-edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop your skills. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth. Dare to make an impact?
What you'll do
- Plan events and refine the demand plan; also lead Demand Review meetings for the IMEA region.
- Act as a key counterpart to sales and marketing for all demand-influencing projects and parameters, integrating them into the demand plan (e.g., information on competitors gaining market share, increasing market growth, advertisements, and promotions).
- Manage Phase-In and Phase-Out processes for new launches, source changes, and global projects.
- Work in close collaboration with country heads, sales managers ,marketing and PM on business activities impacting the demand such as promotions/activations, tenders, new product introductions, product phase out, projects, wins/losses, price changes or market changes.
- Influence organization to go to the next level of S&OP process e.g. assist the implementation of integrated business planning, support the determination of a high-quality RFC, secure the demand plan sign-off.
- Lead Obsolete and Slow-Moving Inventory management across the region, identifying root causes, implementing preventive actions, and developing stock depletion plans.
- Steer biweekly S&OE meetings to track supply chain KPIs and ensure necessary actions are taken.
- Lead escalation to Supply Planning to enable commercial opportunities & mitigate risks
- Steer critical supply chain decisions and investments as part of S&OP Processes.
- Drive Portfolio Optimization by managing the end-to-end process for complexity reduction with relevant stakeholders.
- Define and maintain material supply strategies for the portfolio.
- Continuously improve the business planning process in line with the global planning operating model.
What makes you a good fit
- University degree in Industrial Engineering or related departments
- Minimum 9 years of experience in demand planning, ideally in FMCG and/or Chemical sector
- Advanced user of MS Office applications, SAP know-how is plus
- English with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of management
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with aptitude in building relationships with professionals of all organizational levels
- Team management experience is preferred
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. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We look for a diverse team of individuals who possess different backgrounds, experiences, personalities and mindsets.
JOB ID: 24072018
Job Locations: Turkey, Istanbul, Ümraniye
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Yes – simply fill out your profile in our online application system. Once your online profile is complete, you can apply for multiple positions.
The job offer is written in English – should I write my application in English as well?
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Do I get feedback during the application process about the state of my application?
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Can employees move between business areas and/or to a different country?
Yes, in fact it is an expectation within Henkel that our talent is flexible and mobile. This helps to support the company on a broad, global level.
Our “Triple Two” philosophy promotes this expectation, by allowing you to work in at least two different roles, in two different business areas and two different countries. The reason behind this philosophy is that we believe working in different roles, business units and functions is good for your personal development and improves your understanding of Henkel as a global company.
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