Regional Factory Planning Capability Manager

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Supply

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen.

If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships.

About The Role
Reckitt is currently expanding its central planning functions as part of the Global Warsaw Hub and is looking for individuals to help take the next step in the central planning maturity. Regional Factory planning Capability Excellence Manager is part of the Regional Centre of Excellence team. We are looking for individuals who will support us in the implementation of a new operating model and will ensure its sustainability in the long term while implementing industry's best practices into the daily life of planners across Reckitt.

Your responsibilities

• Collaborate with factories, schedulers, material planners and logistics, providing best practices, process and technical guidance, training, coaching
• Continuous Improvement of Production Scheduling and Material Scheduling process, identifying opportunities and driving real improvement changes. Collaborating with IT developers, to ease everyday life of end-users.
• Engage with cross-functional teams to align planning processes ranging from materials management, production planning, RCCP, inventory management to demand planning, projects delivery
• Establishing SOPs in alignment with Regional Senior Leadership direction; Executing the implementation of the SOPs within the region and measure its adoption while governing process exceptions based on business needs
• Become a business representative in the process of defining priorities for system and process enhancements by collecting needs, assessing business cases and supporting the implementation
• Be a reliable business partner helping Region to achieve the service, inventory and project waste KPIs by monitoring process adherence and advising on how to improve

The experience we're looking for

• Minimum 3-5 years demand/supply/project planning experience
• Good understanding of demand, supply and production planning processes and their challenges
• Fluent spoken & written English
• Advanced understanding of ERP, supply & scheduling planning software

(SAP ECC/APO/PPDS, OMP, Kinaxis RapidResponse/Mastero, Blue Yonder, JDE)

• Strong interpersonal skills with a passion for development; ability to develop high profile, influential and collaborative relationships across teams, functions, and layers.
• Solid knowledge of supply/demand/project planning operations within a regional/global scope, with operational experience overseeing multiple sites/markets
• Strong analytical skills explaining complex issues/datasets + propose solutions
• Ability to challenge constructively and confidently
• Desired skills: Communication, Influencing, coaching, Stakeholder management, Readiness to travel
• Work permit in Poland

What we offer

• Friendly working atmosphere in a dynamic and professional team
• Opportunity for professional development
• Attractive annual bonus system for each employee
• MyBenefit cafetery system
• Mobile phone and laptop (for personal use)
• Possibility to work in hybrid mode
• Healthcare and life insurance (for you family as well)
• Additional holidays: 1 day off to celebrate your birthday & 1 day off for complex private medical check
• Discount on our products in our corporate shop
• Discount card for shopping at Careffour
• and many more

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.