We are Reckitt
Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.
Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.
Manufacturing
Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen.
If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships.
Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.
About The Role
As the Production Planner for Midsized / Small ranges at Reckitt, your insights not only predict the pulse of our business but also shape it. Your skill in demand forecasting becomes the cornerstone of our production and supply planning; a critical element that influences our success. With every detail of sales or market changes, you adjust the sails of our operations. In this pivotal role, harmony between departments begins with you, as you embody the collaborative spirit that drives Reckitt forward.
Your responsibilities
- Collaborate with Sales and Marketing to develop precise forecasts, improving accuracy and efficiency.
- Maintain continuous dialogue with manufacturing to ensure product availability and optimal customer service levels.
- Facilitate the Sales & Operations Planning (S & OP) process, galvanising sales meetings to ensure alignment.
- Evaluate promotional impacts, adjust forecasts as necessary, and recommend solutions.
- Manage in-transit and safety stock requirements, ensuring effective inventory control.
- Provide analysis to support decision-making and address any potential supply challenges.
- Encourage Sales to achieve the best possible supply outcome and financial projection.
The experience we're looking for
- Exceptional analytical skills, able to decipher complex data and recommend solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to forge strong relationships and effectively communicate across functions.
- Prioritisation and workload management prowess.
- Experience in demand / supply planning within a commercial environment.
- Constructive challenge abilities, confident in shaping the best outcomes.
- An understanding of how to enhance supply efficiencies and question existing practises for improvement.
- Proven business acumen and adeptness in navigating the intricacies of supply chain, logistics, and ecommerce.
The skills for success
Supply Chain Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Relationship management, Business acumen, Productivity management, Logistics management, Project management, Improve business processes, Advanced analytics, Data analytics, Manufacturing excellence, Ecommerce.
What we offer
With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.
We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.
Equality
We recognise that in real life, great people don't always tick all the boxes. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.
