Demand Planner

About the role

As a Demand Planner at Reckitt, you will play a strategic part in ensuring product availability while balancing customer service and inventory management. You will create and maintain accurate SKU‑level demand forecasts that guide production planning, purchasing decisions, and third‑party sourcing.

Key responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end demand forecasting by integrating sales data, promotions, trends, and seasonality.
• Reconcile and analyse Stock on Hand, In‑Market Sales, and shipments monthly to identify variances, risks and corrective actions.
• Drive the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process, leading cross‑functional meetings and challenging assumptions using forecast accuracy metrics.
• Translate forecasts into shipment and replenishment plans to meet service level targets while controlling inventory.
• Collaborate closely with commercial teams, supply points and Finance to align forecasts, production plans and business targets.

Required profile

• Relevant university degree in Supply Chain, Procurement or related fields.
• Strong FMCG supply chain experience across demand & supply planning, inventory management, logistics and S&OP.

Required skills