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Associate Business Planning Manager
Associate Business Planning ManagerClorox • Oakland, CA, US
Associate Business Planning Manager

Associate Business Planning Manager

Clorox • Oakland, CA, US
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Integrated Business Planning Leader

Clorox is the place that's committed to growth for our people and our brands. Guided by our purpose and values, and with people at the center of everything we do, we believe every one of us can make a positive impact on consumers, communities, and teammates. Join our team.

Your role at Clorox :

Clorox is on a transformation journey to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of its integrated business planning (IBP) processes with the objective of enhancing Clorox's ability to provide a complete, unbiased, and objective understanding of how integrated planning actions impact BU financial health and the business as a whole. As part of this transformation journey, Clorox is piloting its new, IBP capabilities within and is testing new processes, systems and operating structures to bring this new capability to life. We are looking for a dynamic leader who can help drive the enhancement of Clorox's IBP capabilities and help build Clorox's IBP capability for the future. This role will serve as a core part of the IBP team within the BU and be a lynchpin for project success.

In this role, you will :

Be in charge of demand forecast analysis activities by accomplishing the following :

  • Develop demand forecast for the Glad Business Unit (BU), incorporate General Manager (GM) and functional feedback as needed to arrive at an integrated and accurate plan.
  • Assess and pressure test key forecast drivers, seeking a deeper understanding of demand forecast driver attribution and their influence of the forecast, risks, and operations.
  • Identify key forecast tensions, tradeoffs, and decisions needed for discussion in Demand Scenario Lock Meeting and GM Alignment Meeting.
  • Be the single point of consolidation and articulation of full Glad Demand plan from different demand planning streams.

Additionally, you will be in charge of scenario coordination activities such as :

  • Drive scenario analysis, leveraging scenario manager tool, identifying impact of changing demand drivers (e.g. pricing, promo, marketing, and distribution) based on business acumen.
  • Analyze demand forecast impact of different risk and opportunity scenarios.
  • Support framing and strategy development against most likely impactful scenarios, in alignment with Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Lead / Mgr. and BU Leadership Team.

    • You will work cross-functionally will be a key responsibility in this role including :

  • Conduct proactive cross-functional outreach to understand forecast and key drivers, extract business insights, understand risks & opportunities, correctly incorporate overrides to lock DP scenario, and explain the output of the model to the business.
  • Review and validate inputs and, if needed, hold input owners accountable for delivery, collecting updates via standardized tools, templates, and processes.
  • Provide feedback to the IBP hub on tool functionality.
  • Actively foster and contribute to a community of like practitioners.

    • You will be part of the following people management activities :

  • Oversee demand planning forecast and scenario analysis in the BU, support team members and providing business guidance, framing support, and sense checks as needed.
  • Line manage commercial planning team (e.g. performance evaluations) and coach, develop, and train team members.

    • What we look for :

  • Forward-looking strategic thinking : Ability to synthesize disparate data into coherent, forward-looking business strategy and tactics for advancing business priorities, with mgmt. / LT support
  • Strong financial acumen
  • Strong data science / analytical skillset, including : In depth understanding how a forecast model works, strengths / pitfalls of the ML model and the core elements of the model predictively
  • Able to analyze and diagnose core forecast drivers and understand impact on forecast with Iris tools
  • Fluency and dexterity in working with data
  • Ability to recognize trends within data and translate that back into forecast narrative
  • Deep understanding of both customer operations, with capacity to understand, explain, and reconcile demand drivers and how they interact to drive the business
  • Strong foundation in supply chain network management and operations
  • Executive communication and presence
  • Ability to act fast paced environment, rapidly prioritize and adapt to change
  • Ability to network cross-functionally and influence without authority
  • Intellectual curiosity / tenacity including creative problem solving
  • Ability to lead and manage a team of direct reports up to 5 individuals
  • 6-10 yrs industry experience, CPG / fast moving consumer preferred
  • Recent S&OP / demand planning experience
  • Deep experience in statistical modeling / predictive analytics
  • Experience interfacing and influencing across multiple functions
  • Preference : experience in a customer-facing role
  • Masters or equivalent in Engineering, Supply Chain, Data Science, Predictive Analytics, or equivalent experience required.

    • Workplace type : Hybrid - Preference for Alpharetta, GA, Oakland, CA, or Pleasanton CA, - 3 days onsite at any of these offices.

    Our values-based culture connects to our purpose and empowers people to be their best, professionally and personally. We serve a diverse consumer base which is why we believe teams that reflect our consumers bring fresh perspectives, drive innovation, and help us stay attuned to the world around us. That's why we foster an inclusive culture where every person can feel respected, valued, and fully able to participate, and ultimately able to thrive.

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