Description

Who We Are:

At Kenvue, we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we're the house of iconic brands - including Aveeno®, BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages, Johnson's®, Listerine®, Neutrogena®, and Tylenol® that you already know and love. Our global team is made up with 22, 000 diverse and talented people, passionate about insights, innovation and committed to delivering the best products to consumers. With expertise and empathy, being a Kenvuer means to have the power to impact life of millions of people every day. We put people first, care fiercely, earn trust with science and solve with courage. Join us in shaping our future - and yours.

Role:

The role is to provide supply chain leadership within their Franchise Team, contributing supply chain expertise to the development of franchise strategies and goals, and partnering with AP Supply Chain (APSC). Success in this role will require excellent communication with key stakeholders within the business and APSC, and the ability to identify and advise approaches to achieve congruence between demand generation initiatives and supply capabilities. The role requires an understanding of, and leadership within, demand planning and S& OP processes, Supply Chain KPIs(Customer Service, Inventory, Forecast accuracy), Supply Chain latest knowledge to drive agility and NPI project management and execution.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Key Result Areas

Key Tasks

Performance Indicators

Customer Service

• Ensure all key stakeholders within the business franchise are knowledgeable and compliant regarding key processes that contribute to customer service within the business.

• Drive the forecast review process within the franchise team, partnering with other key stakeholders in Demand Management and APSC, to achieve optimal outcomes for the franchise.
• Collaborate with the local Sub Con Planner to ensure optimal customer service and inventory outcomes for locally reworked product.

• Identify and drive tactical intervention opportunities for APSC and the business resulting in service recovery in instances where customer expectations would otherwise not be met.
• Analyze reasons for service failures. Recommend and drive initiatives to prevent future occurrences.

• OTiF, UFR

Free Cashflow Management

• Agree appropriate safety stock parameters with regional SC to ensure customer service levels are met with responsible levels of inventory.
• Systematically review inventory related opportunities with the business, to ensure that the business derives maximum financial return on its inventory.

• SLOB, Inventory $, DOS and Write-Off's

Sales & Operations Planning

• Drive 50: 50 Forecasting and S& OP processes within franchise team, partnering with other key stakeholders in Demand Management and AP supply chain to achieve optimal outcomes for the franchise.
• Ensure that S& OP contributes to a robust S& M business planning process.
• Ensure that S& OP contributes to a robust S& M business planning process

• MAPE, Bias

NPI

• Partner with NPI project management and APSC team to ensure timeliness of completion of NPI executions.

• # of NPI's launched according to plan.

Cross Functional Team Membership

• Serve as the Supply Chain representative within the relevant JP Franchise Team (Baby/Beauty, OTC).
• Collaborate and partner with other functional representatives to develop franchise strategies, initiatives and goals that are congruent with overall business strategies.
• Communicate with APSC to drive supply chain capabilities against the business priorities and with the business to ensure congruence of demand generation activities with supply chain capabilities.

People Development

• In partnership with own manager, take personal accountability for own professional development.
• Develop subordinate/s and other members within functional team to produce capable supply chain managers for the future.
• Develop subordinate/s and other members within functional team to produce capable supply chain managers for the future.

• Accomplishment of Personal Development Plans and conduct of Performance Planning and Evaluation.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

Essential

Desirable

Experience

A minimum of 6 years experience in Supply Chain role

A minimum of 2 years experience in demand & supply planning as well as S& OP.

A minimum of 2 years experience in a leadership role with direct reports.

Ideally FMCG or Pharma experience

Leadership skills

- Think ideal state first

- Influence

- Results orientation

- Trustworthiness

- Business Intuition

Team skills

- Collaboration

- Organizing

- Decision making

- Motivating

- Oral communication

Change

Flexibility, adjusting to meet requirements of changing conditions

Information Technology (skills)

Enterprise Resource Planning tool (ERP)
Microsoft Office

SAP R/3 and/or APO Supply Chain Management solutions.

Communication (and languages)

Japanese & English