Demand Planner— United States, Rocky Hill, CT, Adhesive Technologies

Henkel ibérica portugal, unipessoal, lda; Rocky Hill (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Work-Life Balance

Financial benefits

Job summary

Henkel Adhesive Technologies Marketing United States, Rocky Hill, CT is seeking a senior demand planner to develop and enrich forecasts for make-to-stock products and coordinate rolling demand plans. You will partner with Sales, Market Strategy, Product Management and Marketing, lead regional reviews, and drive actions to improve forecast accuracy while managing safety stock and lifecycle inputs.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field, 5–7 years in demand planning or analytics,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience.
• 5-7 years in demand planning, forecasting or analytics.
• Strong Excel and ERP/BI/CRM familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enrich forecasts for make-to-stock products and prioritize segments.
• Lead regional demand review meetings and coordinate rolling demand plan sign-off.
• Identify and implement actions to improve forecast accuracy and reduce bias.
• Serve as demand-planning partner to Sales, Market Strategy, Product Management and Marketing for events.
• Partner with distributor NDAMs and review demand trends in QBRs.
• Maintain and cleanse demand-planning history and adjustments for abnormal events.
• Review assumptions for new product introductions, promotions and discontinuations.
• Maintain product lifecycle inputs in planning systems and reflect status and timing.
• Oversee safety stock levels for SBU-owned IDHs with stakeholder alignment.

Skills

Forecasting

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication

Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or related

Tools

SAP

ERP systems

BI tools

CRM tools

Job description

Adhesive Technologies Marketing United States, Rocky Hill, CT, CT Full Time Regular

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.

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

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your 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

JOB ID:26102319

Job Locations:United States, CT, Rocky Hill, CT

Application Deadline: As long as the vacancy is listed on our Career Site, we are happy to receive your application

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