Strategic Network Planner – S&OP & Inventory Strategy

The Clorox Company; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 91,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

The Clorox Company is seeking a Network Planner to lead the 3-24 month demand-to-capacity plan, linking demand, capacity, inventory, and financials across the horizon. You will identify risks, analyze scenarios, and translate findings into a leadership-ready narrative.

Responsibilities include maintaining a single IBP plan, coordinating with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Manufacturing, and driving portfolio and innovation projects to ensure successful go-lives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Engineering, Supply Chain, Predictive Analytics, or a related field.
• Proficiency with enterprise and supply planning tools; Kinaxis, SAP S/4HANA experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the 3-24 month demand-to-capacity plan, including inventory policy, working capital requirements, and rough-cut capacity planning.
• Evaluate supply sufficiency, constraints, risks, opportunities, volume trade-offs, and P&L implications across scenarios.
• Incorporate new products, discontinuations, promotions, and other portfolio decisions into inventory and capacity plans.
• Maintain an accurate single IBP plan by monitoring assumptions, constraints, performance, errors, and deviations.
• Identify long-term bottlenecks and recommend solutions across capacity, inventory policy, and network design.
• Translate data and planning insights into a clear supply plan narrative for leadership decisions.
• Serve as the primary long-term planning contact for the Business Unit Supply Chain team and partner with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Supply Chain Services.
• Lead supply chain budgeting assumptions including sourcing plans, inventory targets, production targets, and warehousing/distribution requirements.
• Connect short-term operational trends with long-range supply assumptions and contribute to planning community of practice.
• Co-lead cross-functional portfolio optimization considering product complexity, capacity, inventory, cost, and service.
• Co-lead cross-functional innovation projects to evaluate readiness, risks, constraints, and mitigations for go-live.

Skills

Network planning

Scenario analysis

Portfolio integration

Planning management

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Data analysis

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Predictive Analytics

Tools

Kinaxis

SAP S/4HANA

Job description

The Clorox Company is seeking a Network Planner to lead the 3-24 month demand-to-capacity plan, linking demand, capacity, inventory, and financials across the horizon. You will identify risks, analyze scenarios, and translate findings into a leadership-ready narrative.

Responsibilities include maintaining a single IBP plan, coordinating with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Manufacturing, and driving portfolio and innovation projects to ensure successful go-lives.