Job Title:  Category Demand Planner - TB

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number #166094 - Piscataway, New Jersey, United States

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.
 

Job Summary

To manage the preparation, alignment, and communication of a high quality Subcategory and/or Sub brand Demand Plan with a planning horizon of current year + 1. The planner will be responsible for the entire toothbrush range, the Oral Care part of Hello and the At Home Whitening portfolio.

Main Responsibilities

The North America Demand Planner is responsible for managing all activities to develop, align, & communicate the demand plan for their portfolio.  Will be a key team member of the monthly business planning process. The final demand plan must balance cross functional input and reflect the latest commercial/customer plans in order to meet business objectives. 

• Build Collaborative Demand Plan - Regularly interact with commercial teams (Retail marketing, brand, marketing, and CPFR/customer engagement) to gather customer plans & other demand inputs. Use these signals in the preparation of the monthly commercial process. Determine deviations vs. statistical demand plan as well as Sales plans, gain alignment & document key assumptions. 

• Review Demand Plan - Validate demand plans, and leverage customer and sales intelligence data in fine-tuning the demand plan. Make use of customer instock, sell thru and tracking signal reports to identify early warning indicators for potential upside-downside demand risks and proactively take steps to mitigate those risks working in partnership with customer engagement

• Measure & Track Performance - Measure, report and drive the forecast accuracy and bias improvement in the consensus demand plan and monthly item-location level forecast for the subcategory. 

• Communicate & Manage Demand -  Monitor orders and shipments on a regular basis. Identify/Communicate significant changes to supply network planner, SD&S Manager and CPFRs. Facilitate Fast Track requests for changes to the demand plan within the frozen horizon

• Support Synchronization of Supply and Demand Plan - Support the alignment of final demand plan to supply plan. In partnership with SD&S, communicate demand risks/opportunities due to supply chain constraints and work on possible solutions. Set and monitor allocations with customer engagement team and retail marketing, in the case of supply risk to achieve the demand plan. 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree 
• At least 3 years of experience in Supply Chain / Demand or Supply Planning, Analytics or Commercial Role

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain management, statistics, economics, engineering or similar field.
• Knowledge of integrated business management processes and tools (SAP, APO, IBP, Kinaxis).
• Broad understanding of Supply Chain management challenges and how data can help address them.
• Experience with Domo, Looker Studio, SQL, Appscript and language models

Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range $101,500 - $114,000 USD

Pay is determined based on experience, qualifications, and location. Salaried employees may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing, and long-term incentives for Executive-level roles.

Benefits: Salaried employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements. Additional benefits include a minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days (hourly employees receive a minimum of 120 hours) and 13 paid holidays (vacation days are prorated based on the employee's hire date within the calendar year). Paid sick leave is adjusted based on role and location in accordance with local laws. Detailed information regarding paid sick leave entitlements will be provided to employees upon hiring and may be subject to adjustments based on changes in legislation or company policies.

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