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Job Number#170754 - Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries, specialising 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.

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Demand Planning and Supply Chain Coordinator to support our DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). In this role you will ensure accurate demand forecasts, seamless product lifecycle execution, excellent customer service collaboration and optimized inventory levels to drive service performance and customer satisfaction.

• Demand Planning
  • Generate baseline forecasts using historical sales data, market trends and statistical models for a specific category or region.
  • Participate in weekly and monthly discipline meetings; lead Demand Review meetings with Sales and Marketing to enrich the forecast with market intelligence (promotions, competitor activity, seasonality).
  • Improve forecast accuracy: monitor Forecast Accuracy (DPA) and Bias KPIs; conduct root‑cause analysis on significant variances.
  • Maintain data hygiene: preserve master data integrity for product hierarchies and customer groupings to ensure robust reporting.
• Portfolio Management (Lifecycle)
  • New Product Introductions (NPI): act as the supply chain lead for all new launches, collaborate with Marketing to size launch volumes and build ramp‑up forecasts based on distribution targets.
  • Transitions & Relaunches: manage the phase‑in / phase‑out process for product updates to minimize business disruption and ensure a smooth shelf transition.
  • Discontinuations (Delists): proactively identify tail products and coordinate discontinuations to minimize the risk of obsolescence (SLOBs – Slow Moving & Obsolete stock).
  • SKU Rationalization: regularly review portfolio complexity and recommend optimizations to commercial leadership.
• Customer Service and Order-to-Information (O2I)
  • Coordinate claims: handle complaints effectively and in a timely manner; arrange logistics when needed.
  • Order processing: coordinate with internal and external departments to secure order progression from entry to delivery, promptly addressing discrepancies or issues.
• 3PL Specialist
  • Inventory alignment: partner with Central Supply Planners to translate the demand plan into replenishment orders for the local warehouse.
  • Stock level monitoring: monitor Weeks of Coverage (WOC) and Safety Stock levels to ensure availability for key customers while adhering to inventory value targets.
  • SLOB management: ensure stock reporting from the local warehouse.
  • Planning parameters review: assure accuracy of critical parameters (e.g., MOQ, RV, TDOS).

• Education / Experience Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in logistics or a related field.
  • Minimum 3–5 years of experience in demand planning, inventory control and logistics.
  • Fluent in English (spoken and written); knowledge of German is preferred.
• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
  • General knowledge of end‑to‑end business processes and logistics (picking to delivery and billing).
  • Knowledge of order entry and its impact on promotional executions, trade fairs and related administrative work.
  • Analytical skills, initiative, self‑motivation and excellent judgment and communication skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities.
  • Preferred: cross‑functional supply‑chain experience; familiarity with SAP R/3 or S/4 (must); SAP APO or Kinaxis (preferred).
  • Confidence to challenge the status quo and promote new and better processes and ways of working through influencing people at all levels of the organization.
  • Computer literacy in Google Suite or Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Our journey begins with our people, developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.

Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions) or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please complete this request form should you require accommodation.

Employment Type: Full Time

Vacancy: 1