Demand Planning Manager

2 weeks ago

Lawrenceville, United States KIK Consumer Products Full time

We Create Products and Brands That People Trust to Clean, Sanitize, and Protect Their Homes and Pools

When you join KIK Consumer Products, you’re joining a team that cares about the work we do and also about each other. We bring exceptional brands and products to consumers that help them protect the health and wellness of their families and the cleanliness of their homes and pools. We are committed to building a culture of performance driven by accountability, collaboration, and agility that enables timely fact-based decision-making and exceptional execution with unwavering ethics. As one of North America’s largest independent manufacturers of consumer products, KIK helps a large portfolio of brands and retailers bring their products to life.


Your Role at KIK

The Demand Planning Manager leads the Demand Planning team and manages the critical S&OP link between the sales forecast, the production signal, and the actual customer orders. This high-visibility role requires strong analytical skills, cross-functional leadership ability, and a personal drive for continuous improvement. The consensus demand plan, the ultimate output of the demand planning team, plays an indispensable part in meeting our customers’ needs.


What You’ll Be Doing

  • Manage the S&OP “Demand Review” process
  • Drive forecast accuracy and bias performance improvement through a collaborative forecasting process leveraging point of sale data, Sales and Marketing input as well as historical trends
  • Provide dependent (component) demand requirements to assist in supplier management
  • Facilitate life cycle planning management to assist in proper ramp up and run out resulting in optimal service levels and reduced risk of waste
  • Facilitate inventory target setting process
  • Create and maintain inventory strategies by product/location types
  • Responsible for developing and maintaining key demand management performance metrics
  • Report out forecast accuracy vs. target and bias vs. target
  • Maintain planning-related item master data in the ERP
  • Perform detailed reconciliations between systems; identify and correct any gaps is data flows Other Demand Management metrics as required
  • Performs all work in accordance with all established regulatory and compliance and safety requirements.
  • Other duties as assigned


What You’ll Bring

  • Minimum of 5 years of people leadership experience with 3 years or more of Demand Planning experience
  • Experience leading teams and the ability to motivate towards achieving targets/expectations
  • Degree in in Supply Chain Management or Business Management preferred
  • CPIM or CSCP Certified or working towards certification preferred
  • Experience managing within a Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) or Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Organization
  • Extensive ERP experience and demand planning software knowledge is required
  • Strong demand planning background in a multi-location network
  • Knowledge of demand planning best practices including statistical baseline and seasonal profile creation
  • Proven track record of driving metric-based organizations and results
  • Superior cross functional communication skills and influencing without authority
  • Continuous Improvement methodology including Root Cause Analysis (RCA) acumen and corrective action mindset


What You Will Get

KIK offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including health, wellness, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance. You can plan for your future with KIK's retirement savings options including employer match. KIK also recognizes the importance of continuing education and offers Education Assistance to our employees to encourage continued personal development and growth.


About KIK

We create the products and brands that people trust to clean, sanitize, and protect their homes, pools, and cars. We are one of North America’s largest independent consumer product manufacturers with 16 North American manufacturing facilities. We also operate globally in Canada, Europe, and Australia. We are known for our portfolio of notable brands including Spic and Span® and Comet® cleaning products, Clorox® Pool&Spa™ (under license), BioGuard®, and Natural Chemistry® pool chemicals. We are also the #1 producer in North America of store-brand (“private label”) bleach and a leading private-label provider of laundry detergent and additives, dishwashing products, general-purpose cleaning, and other home care products.

Our global team of over 2,300 employees drives our capabilities in product development, product formulation, strategic sourcing, manufacturing, packaging design, brand marketing, project management, quality assurance, compliance, distribution, and logistics.

Our organization is constantly evolving and is driven by a set of “One KIK” values – a dedication to following through on commitments in a customer-focused, profit-motivated way; while never compromising on safety, ethics, or integrity.


KIK is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. KIK does not discriminate against qualified applicants or employees based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, status in uniformed services, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, genetic information or any other status protected by law.


KIK is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application, or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of the job, please contact Human Resources immediately.


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