About this Position
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 Consumer Brands business unit – where we empower our employees to bring the best Laundry & Home Care and Hair products to people around the world.
Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.
What you´ll do
We are seeking a seasoned professional to join our team in a senior capacity, supporting one of our largest Beauty Professional brands. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence brand direction, drive innovation, and contribute meaningfully to business growth. As a senior member of the team, you will bring leadership, expertise, and a collaborative mindset to help shape and execute initiatives that elevate the brand’s market presence. You’ll work cross-functionally with internal stakeholders and external partners to ensure alignment with business goals and strategic objectives.
- Maintain detailed item level base business forecasts in volume and value and proactively anticipate and track risks and opportunities to the forecast
- Partner with Sales and Marketing to ensure the demand consensus process delivers an agreed upon, workable volume forecast (mid and long term); ensuring gaps and overlaps are addressed, scenarios are completed, and issues appropriately escalated to meet business objectives
- Work closely with Sales and Marketing to analyze quantitative and qualitative inputs to the forecast such as trade promotion plans, competitive impacts, new item launches, and cannibalization in the development and delivery of the monthly demand plan
- Lead weekly S&OE and monthly S&OP meetings for the brand under responsibility to align a consensus plan with Sales, Marketing, and Finance
- Build and review forecasts for new product innovations based on similar products and cross-functional insights
- Lead customer collaboration projects for planning activities to successfully deliver service, Forecast Accuracy, and inventory targets
- Collaborates with the Regional Planning team to reduce inventories, obsolescence, and improve service
What makes you a good fit
- Bachelor’s degree required, Business Administration or Supply Chain Management preferred
- 5+ years of proven experience in a senior role within Demand Planning, Forecasting, Sales & Operations Planning, CPG experience strongly preferred
- Excellent organizational and time-management abilities and the ability to influence and collaborate with personnel at all organizational levels.
- Demonstrated analytical and process improvement skills (ability to identify, conduct root cause analysis and take action to fix issues)
- Knowledge of integrated business management processes.
- SAP experience preferred.
- Strong MS Office skills, including fluency with advanced Excel skills
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
The salary range for this role is $115,000.00 and $140,000.00. This range represents the good‑faith minimum and maximum wages the Company reasonably expects to offer for this role at the time of posting. In addition to base salary, this position may be eligible for incentive pay or other forms of compensation, as applicable. The Company also offers a comprehensive benefits package as described above. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, experience, education, training, and work location. This posting is intended to comply with all applicable state and local pay transparency laws.
Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.
At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.
