Head of Demand Planning to Henkel!

MultiMind Bemanning AB offers staffing and recruitment services. Our niche is to supply staff with language skills and international experience within Logistics, Accounting/Finance, Marketing, HR and IT.

We’re now looking for a Head of Demand Planning to our customer Henkel! This is a recruitment for an indefinite period with a six-month trial period.

This is a great opportunity if you’re looking for responsibility from day one in a dynamic and fast-paced environment where you will get to lead and develop a diverse and multi-faceted team. To fit in this role you need to be a strategic problem solver with excellent relationship building skills and the ability to make quick decisions.

In this role your main responsibilities will be driving the Demand Planning and best practice for S&OP. You will cover two different business units in a branded environment. This is a challenging but exciting role suitable for someone with drive and determination combined with a focus on delivering excellent day to day service.


Job Description: Enable the development of superior demand plans in dynamic markets with most accurate sales forecasts and a high end-to-end visibility while ensuring ideal stock levels
Support and run optimal Co-Packing setup in alignment with Sales and Global Supply Chain requirements
Lead, coach and develop a diverse and multi-faceted team of 8 employees in the Demand Planning and Co-Packing team.
Lead the monthly S&OP Process and the respective meetings with special focus on demand alignment
Support launches, relaunches and promotions by providing business with visibility on existing stock and secure a proper implementation of projects with respect of timings and limitation of costs
Lead a regular complexity reduction process and the alignment with all stakeholders
Develop performance KPIs for Demand Planning including budget for scrapping and regularly track and review them.
Act as a deputy/backup of the Head of Supply Chain
Experience and skills: Leadership experience ideally within Demand Planning or FMCG
Change & People Management experience
Commercial & Business Awareness
Preferably broader experience of Supply Chain including Warehouse, Logistics and Customer Service  
Fluency in  English  is a requirement.  Swedish  is not required but is an advantage
You have strong  Excel  skills.  SAP  skills is seen as a merit
Master’s Degree (or comparable) in a related field is an advantage
Personal characteristics: Excellent communication and relationship building skills
Excellent decision-making skills
Results and customer focused
Very good analytical skills and the ability to prioritize short and long-term goals
Team player with a LEAN mindset – you see opportunities rather than problems
Good strategic and problem-solving skills
Humble personality
Ability to make quick decision                                                                                  
Interested? If you are up for the challenge and reckon that this position fits your profile, we would like to hear from you. Apply today, as we are reviewing applications ongoingly and the position might be filled before the application deadline.