Demand & Supply Planning Supervisor

Job ID: 8551 

Newell Brands is a leading $8.3B consumer products company with a portfolio of iconic brands such as Graco®, Coleman®, Oster®, Rubbermaid® and Sharpie®, and 25,000 talented employees around the world. Our high-performance culture, unparalleled curiosity about the world around us, and talented people fuel our success. Our culture is enabled through our core values which guide all we do and how we win as One Newell. They are Integrity, Teamwork, Passion for Winning, Ownership & Leadership.

Job Responsibilities:

• Collect and analyze monthly sales forecasts (Excel) from each sales rep and DTC.
• Aggregate each forecast and load it into IBP in a timely manner, and check if the forecast is loaded properly.
• Develop comprehensive supply plans to fulfill demand and control inventory with SPI sheet.
• If any risk within the demand plan, review demand gap and supply plan, develop contingency plan to close the gap.
• Support Japan sales growth and innovation on developing, monitoring and changing of the demand plan.
• Based on forecast, customers’ orders and inventory status, project supply plan and overview timely release of purchasing orders to suppliers.
• Develop contingency plans to mitigate risk when there’s unexpected issue and delay.
• Coordinate with warehouse operations, supply chain analysts, the commercial team, and Finance to clearly communicate and align the demand plan throughout the organization.
• Prepare and maintain regular business performance reports
• Capable of designing KPIs for forecast accuracy, inventory etc. Provide analysis and reports as required in support of KPI improvement
• Prepare E&O report and provide action plans to reduce E&O.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or above
• 3-4 years in demand planning / supply chain management
• Working experience in international companies is preferred
• Knowledge of forecasting, strategic purchasing
• Skills in analyzing demand forecast.
• Business communication (meeting, negotiation, e-mail) in English
• Advanced Excel. Word, PowerPoint
• SAP(ECC)

The annual base pay range for this position is from JPY 5M to 7M. Salary will be based on prior experience related to the skills required for this position.

Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Graco, Coleman, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Yankee Candle, Paper Mate, FoodSaver, Dymo, EXPO, Elmer’s, Oster, NUK, Spontex and Campingaz. We are focused on delighting consumers by lighting up everyday moments.