United States, Westlake, OH, Adhesive Technologies

　　Director Demand Planning AC NA

　　At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 50,000 pioneers around the globe. Our teams at Henkel Adhesive Technologies help to transform entire industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings. With our trusted brands, our cutting-edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop your skills. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth.

　　Dare to make an impact?

　　YOUR ROLE

　　Defines and implements the demand planning strategic roadmap and related processes

　　Aligns annual business planning objectives with strategic goals of the division Strategic Business Unit’s including NES, ECSL, Inventory and Backlog

　　Own's the SBU 18 - 24 month rolling demand plan and ensures alignment with SBU Heads

　　Accountable for SBU's achievement of Demand Planning metrics around accuracy, value add and bias,

　　Implements corrective actions when gaps persist

　　Presents the SBU Head's Demand Plan monthly to Operations and other SBU leaders

　　Communicates significant changes in markets and escalates demand gaps relative to relative to annual plan

　　Ensures functional alignment with Corporate RACI and collaborates at global level on changes to functional responsibilities

　　Manages critical escalations to supply operations as required

　　Leads the identification and implementation of new technology and other tools that advance the capability of the business planning team

　　Lead business collaboration process with sales and marketing to influence business forecast (long-term) and understand profile of customer demand for near-term forecast.

　　Partners with Finance, Marketing and other key functions to provide strategic insights on demand requirements as it relates to new product initiatives, raw material constraints, capacity investments and other key initiatives relevant to the SBU Managers

　　Coaches, trains and develops members of the business planning team; leads the development of the talent pipeline

　　Facilitates global collaboration across the SBU's Business Planning Teams to define and implement best practices

　　YOUR SKILLS

　　8-10 years experience

　　4-6 years in supply chain / demand planning or product line management roles

　　Previous sales / Marketing Experience Preferred

　　Bachelors Degree / Masters Degree Preferred

　　Strong analytical capabilities

　　Strong communication and collaboration skills

　　Leadership skills to lead and develop teams

　　Capability to lead and influence cross functional and cross regional teams

　　The salary for this role is $135,000 - $150,000. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range.  This salary range may also be modified in the future.

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　　JOB ID:23057443

　　Contract & Job type:Full Time, Regular

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