Demand Planning Specialist

6 days ago

North Sydney Council, Australia Kimberly-Clark Full time

About Us:

Kimberly-Clark is a leading consumer goods company that has been serving people for over 150 years. Our mission is to improve the lives of people around the world by providing innovative products and solutions that make a difference. We are committed to sustainability, inclusion, and wellbeing, and we strive to create a workplace culture that is authentic, caring, and performance-driven.

Job Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled Demand Planning Specialist to join our team on a 12-month parental leave cover. As a key member of our planning team, you will be responsible for building robust customer demand plans, delivering accurate volume demand forecasts, and performing root cause analysis for forecast variance. You will also support sales and marketing in creating innovation plans and facilitate customer demand review sessions.

Key Responsibilities:

  1. Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Finance to develop and maintain accurate demand plans.
  2. Deliver high-quality demand forecasts as a key input into our Integrated Business Planning Process.
  3. Perform root cause analysis to identify and address forecast variance.
  4. Support sales and marketing in creating innovation plans and end-of-life-cycle planning.
  5. Facilitate customer demand review sessions and drive improved forecast quality.
  6. Collaborate with Supply Planning to manage inventory targets and CFR.
  7. Meet inventory and customer service targets, ensuring volumes, assumptions, and actions are shared and agreed.
  8. Highlight areas of risk to the annual and monthly P&L.
  9. Develop and communicate mitigation plans to balance supply, inventory, service, and cost.
  10. Lead the team to ensure communication on demand, supply, and inventory issues, including root cause analysis and corrective actions.

Requirements:

  1. At least 3+ years of experience in Demand Planning, Planning, or Forecasting.
  2. Strong analytical skills using third-party tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI, Prevail, SAP).
  3. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  4. Ability to think strategically and execute tactically with a bias for action.
  5. Experience with S&OP forums, reviews, and procedures.
  6. Logistics expertise (front and back end).
  7. SAP/APO-SNP knowledge.

Desirable:

  1. Tableau.
  2. Power BI.
  3. Prevail.
  4. Experience working in a matrix/global organization.

About You:

You are a driven and results-oriented individual who thrives in a performance-driven culture. You are passionate about making a difference and are committed to sustainability, inclusion, and wellbeing. You have a strong analytical mindset and excellent communication skills, and you are able to think strategically and execute tactically. You are a team player who is able to collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve business objectives.

What's on Offer:

We offer a competitive salary and incentives, as well as access to a range of benefits, including superannuation, career development opportunities, free health and wellbeing activities, and volunteering leave. We are committed to creating a workplace culture that is authentic, caring, and performance-driven.

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