Category Supply Planner

Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we’ve grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter – one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands – including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® – lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now it’s time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose – to deliver better everyday health with humanity – at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

About the role

• Responsible for Supply Planning to ensure availability of the right stock at required location at the right time
• Optimize manufacturing allocation plan for pan India supply sites
• Ensuring efficient Supply Chain Performance, optimized costs, improved service levels and adherence to inventory targets
• Execute Supply Chain strategies to meet long term Business Goals
• Responsible for RCCP (Rough cut capacity planning) every month for Capacity Analysis
• Interface with Site / RDC / Transportation for timely stock movement and meeting the demand

Role Responsibilities

Distribution Resource Planning

• Generation of 24 month rolling net supply requirements from manufacturing on the basis of demand forecast and business plans, and planning for deployment and distribution of stock to ensure its availability in the right quantity, at the right place at right time.
• Ensure Net requirement Stability and ways to manage the Variability in Demand 
• Analyze the Supply trends, requirement and gaps in order to proactively influence ways to gear up the supply chain to meet the future business requirements
• Monitoring supply performance, identifying key issues and timely escalation of corrective actions to ensure high service levels and avoid OOS
• Lead Agreed Supply Plan meetings with sites to secure product supply for fulfilling customer demand
• Participate in Supply Chain Meetings to develop medium to long term supply chain capabilities
• Timely Stock availability across all Depots and proactively communicate supply constraints to Customer Service team
• Support new product introductions through setting up appropriate distribution strategy, timely launch and norm setting
• Awareness of plant operations and capacity management. Interfacing with manufacturing to optimize manufacturing allocations for supply sites basis demand
• Supporting integrated S&OP process through scenario analysis and sensitivity analysis in consideration with constrained supply through coordination with respective functions
• Lead initiative on SKU Rationalization and simplifying supply chain
• Efficient use of IT tools for planning, analytics and performance monitoring & reporting

Inventory Management

• Setting inventory management norms, lead time, Demand phasing to manage inventory levels, ensuring quick inventory turnover, timely exhaustion of aging inventory by conducting item aging analysis and escalating the same to respective stakeholders.
• Influence inventory norms by providing standard deviation to forecast & supply delays / variances
• Controlling demand / Inventories in case of supply constraints
• Maintain and deliver high product freshness through improved replenishment planning
• Control RM/PM, FG write offs through high NR stability

Team Management

• Improve Ways of Working with Site, Logistics and Marketing teams
• Roll out the process initiatives in a planned and face to face manner with adequate stakeholder participation.
• Leverage learning of other markets and incorporate for increased consistency.

Why You?

Basic Qualifications

• MBA with a specialization in Supply Chain Management.
• 2 to 3 years of experience in Supply Planning.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA from a premier institute preferred.
• 5 to 6 years of planning experience, including at least 2 years in Supply Planning.
• Knowledge of ERP systems such as SAP APO and SAP IBP is an advantage.
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated inclination toward process digitization and automation initiatives.

 

 

 

 Job Posting End Date

 

 

2026-08-27

 

 

 

Equal Opportunities

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected – all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It’s important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.

During the application process, we may ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development, refinement, and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees. 

The personal information you provide will be kept confidential, used only for legitimate business purposes, and will never be used in making any employment decisions, including hiring decisions.

 

 

 

Adjustment or Accommodations Request

If you require a reasonable adjustment or accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at Haleon at any stage of the application process, please let your recruiter know by providing them with a description of specific adjustments you are requesting. We’ll provide all reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process and treat all information you provide us in confidence. 

 

 

 

Note to candidates

The Haleon recruitment team will contact you using a Haleon email account (@haleon.com). If you are not sure whether the email you received is from Haleon, please get in touch.