Demand Planner

Henkel; Rocky Hill (CT); On-site; USD 105,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Work‑Life Balance

Financial: 401k matching and bonus

Family Support

Career Growth

Job summary

Henkel is seeking a Demand Planner within the Adhesive Technologies unit to drive forecasting, demand planning and collaboration across Sales, Product Management, Marketing and Finance. You will partner with distributors and NDAMs to review trends, ensure plan accuracy, manage safety stock, and maintain lifecycle data.

The role emphasizes strong analytics, ERP/BI tool experience and the ability to translate data into actionable insights for promotions, launches and discontinuations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline or equivalent experience.
• Experience in demand planning, forecasting, analytics or supply chain planning.
• Strong analytical judgment and ability to challenge assumptions constructively.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enrich forecasts for make-to-stock products, prioritizing the most impactful segments.
• Lead regional demand review meetings and coordinate rolling demand plan sign-off.
• Improve forecast accuracy and reduce bias with action recommendations.
• Partner with Sales, Market Strategy, Product Management and Marketing for demand‑driving events.
• Collaborate with distributor NDAMs and participate in QBRs to review trends and variances.
• Maintain and cleanse demand‑planning history, documenting adjustments for abnormal events.
• Validate demand assumptions for new product introductions, promotions and transitions.
• Maintain product lifecycle inputs in planning systems and reflect status and timing.
• Oversee safety stock levels for SBU‑owned IDHs with stakeholder alignment.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business, Analytics, Finance, Marketing or related discipline

Tools

SAP

BI tools

CRM software

ERP systems

Job description

About this Position

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping thefuture through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trustedbrands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and ourcutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore newpaths and grow.

This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit –where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customerswith a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functionalcoatings.

Dare to learn new skills, advance inyour career and make an impact at Henkel.

What you´ll do

• Develop and enrich forecasts for make-to-stock products, prioritizing the product and customer segments with the greatest business impact and incorporating available market, customer, distributor and commercial inputs.
• Lead regional demand review meetings and coordinate sign-off of the rolling demand plan.
• Identify, recommend and implement actions to improve statistical and consensus forecast accuracy and reduce forecast bias.
• Serve as the primary demand‑planning partner to Sales, Market Strategy, Product Management and Marketing for demand‑driving events, including competitive changes, market growth, new opportunities, promotions, customer gains or losses and product transitions.
• Partner directly with distributor National Distribution Account Managers (NDAMs) and participate in QBRs with key distributors to review demand trends, forecast accuracy, forecast bias, inventory signals, significant variances and corrective actions.
• Maintain and cleanse demand‑planning history, including documented adjustments for abnormal or non‑recurring events.
• Review and validate demand assumptions for new product introductions, promotions, customer gains or losses, discontinuations and other significant events.
• Maintain product lifecycle inputs in the applicable planning systems and ensure the demand plan reflects current product status and transition timing.
• Oversee safety stock levels for SBU‑owned IDHs, ensuring all changes are reviewed, documented, and aligned with appropriate business stakeholders prior to implementation.

What makes you a good fit

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business, Analytics, Finance, Marketing or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience: 5-7 years of related work experience with at least 2 years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, business analytics, supply chain planning or a related area.
• Business knowledge: Cross‑functional understanding of demand planning, sales, distribution, product management, marketing, finance and supply planning.
• Technical skills: Advanced Excel and data‑analysis capability; experience with enterprise planning, ERP, BI and CRM tools. SAP and demand‑planning system experience preferred.
• Capabilities: Strong analytical judgment, clear communication, meeting facilitation, stakeholder management, root‑cause analysis and the ability to challenge assumptions constructively.

Some benefits of joining Henkel

• Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
• Work‑Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
• Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
• Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
• Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary range for this role is $105,000.00 and $125,000.00. This range represents the good‑faith minimum and maximum wages the Company reasonably expects to offer for this role at the time of posting. In addition to base salary, this position may be eligible for incentive pay or other forms of compensation, as applicable. The Company also offers a comprehensive benefits package as described above. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, experience, education, training, and work location. This posting is intended to comply with all applicable state and local pay transparency laws.

Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.