North Africa Supply Planning Section Head

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer healthcare company. Shaped by all of us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for millions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands - including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum - through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re building together. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question.

Job Purpose:
The purpose of this role is to plan the assigned portfolio of SKUs in order to ensure continuity of supply to the business while maintaining optimal inventory levels, following global agreed supply planning processes

Job Related Experience:
Supply Planning Processes and Improvement:
- Generate supply plans to production sites to deliver stock to support market sales forecasts. Ensure on-time order placement aligned with contractual agreement. Management of Open Order Book, ensuring alignment with manufacturing production plans- Liaise within Market Demand managers to understand the forecasted requirements, NPIs and promotional activities, seasonality and manage supply to achieve and maintain high levels of customer service whilst meeting inventory targets. - Proactively identify key supply / demand imbalance, assess the risk, run root cause analysis, evaluate options and propose solutions. Ensure corrective / preventive actions in place. Review weekly supply issues (Open out of stocks, predicted stock outs), and provide necessary input for weekly SCIM process- Have weekly review meetings with Supply Hub as per standard process to ensure effective management of short / medium term supply period.- PCH planning process: Calculate Production plans using the Net requirements of each market. Plan optimum inventory to cover markets as per agreed SOP levels.

Master data & Inventory- Optimize stock holding levels within the total supply chain through a detailed understanding of the key planning parameters and e2e process (safety stock, lead times, supply reliability, demand variability, service objectives etc) and in line with Working Capital targets- Slob reviews : Monitor Inventory at site/MMW to minimize write offs and SLOBs- Liaise with hubs master data team to provide input with the correct supply planning parameters set up of SKUs. Be responsible for the regular review and maintenance and improvement plan of basic supply planning parameters to reflect current supply chain performance indicators and protect customer service level targets

NPI/Artwork:
- Work closely with sites Coordinate to ensure timely launches of new products launches (NPI), artwork changes or product transfers. Work on phase in / phase out strategy to ensure minimization of write offs linked to artwork

Why you?

Qualifications & Skills- Bachelors degree in Business Administration with area of specialization in Business ,Pharmaceutical studies ,Engineering- Three to five years of relevant experience is required for this role- This role requires strong knowledge and experience in dealing with international sites, different global markets and knowledge of cross border logistics- Supply Chain certification (APICS/CIPS), Six Sigma Certification, SAP knowledge

Why Join Us?

The future of everyday health is changing. And we’re the people changing it. In front of us is an incredible opportunity to go beyond what any of us have done before. And make everyday health more achievable, more inclusive and more sustainable. For more and more people.

So join us, as we build one of the world’s leading consumer healthcare companies. Join us to innovate our category-leading brands. To better understand people’s everyday health needs. To tackle the biggest barriers that stand in their way. To change individual and societal behaviour.

In our efforts to further tackle barriers that may be standing in our way, we have implemented what we call a Hybrid Working model, known as Home office. Home office in the country of employment is permitted for all employees whose position allows it. The employee and the manager agree on the circumstances in which working from the office is required and in which the employee can work remotely or specific local arrangements. This helps us with ensuring that we maintain a healthy work-life balance, and give our best to our people

Join us to work with colleagues who share your restless energy. To explore your interests. To stretch yourself to do the best work of your career. And join us, as together we build a working experience that encourages us all to lead happier, healthier, more productive lives.

The way we see it, every day is an opportunity for better. And we’re going all in to realise it.

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