Supply Chain Leader, Demand Planning

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Newell Brands is a leading consumer products company with a portfolio of iconic brands like Graco®, Coleman®, Oster®, Rubbermaid®, Sharpie® and Yankee Candle® - and 24,000 talented teammates around the world. Our culture is built on values in action:
Integrity, Teamwork, Passion for Winning, Ownership, and Leadership. We work together to win, grow, and make a real impact—supported by a high‑performing, inclusive, and collaborative environment where you can be your best, every day.

The L&D Customer Demand Planning Leader is a critical leadership role responsible for owning the demand planning process for our baby business. This position ensures accurate and reliable forecasts within the S&OP and S&OE frameworks, serving as key inputs for supply planning, inventory management, and financial alignment. The role requires strong cross‑functional collaboration with Sales, Operations, Supply Planning, Finance, Marketing and Distributor Partners to align demand signals with business objectives and operational capabilities.

As the leader of the L&D demand planning team, this individual drives Baby segment process excellence by preparing and presenting demand plans with clear assumptions, drivers, and risks, identifying gaps, and implementing countermeasures. He/She also monitors and improves process metrics to enhance forecast accuracy and performance. Success requires a proactive, resourceful individual with exceptional leadership skills, a strong analytical mindset, and the ability to influence and align diverse stakeholders toward common goals.

• Facilitate Baby segment demand review meetings within the S&OP cycle and manage S&OE execution windows to address fulfillment exceptions, risks, and disruptors.
• Monitor process metrics (forecast error, bias, attainment) and lead initiatives to improve accuracy, efficiency, and system capabilities. Investigate root causes of forecast errors, implement corrective actions, and drive continuous improvement.
• Own performance reporting, post‑performance analysis, and predictive insights to inform strategic decisions.
• Represent supply chain interests in cross‑functional project teams to implement changes to business processes.
• Act as a strategic thought leader and change agent, collaborating on initiatives that optimize service, inventory, and cost across the value chain.
• Mentor and train team members on systems, processes, and best practices, fostering collaboration across business units.
• Identify opportunities for improvement, make constructive recommendations, and drive results.
• Lead the demand planning process for planner’s assigned strategic and distributor channel customers across short‑term (0–12 months) horizons, ensuring forecast accuracy and attainment. Clarify ambiguity, address bias, and develop approaches to new conditions to deliver unconstrained customer‑level demand forecasts.
• Work with planners to develop consensus demand plans by integrating statistical baseline forecasts, customer insights, POS data, Innovation assumptions and promotional calendars. Drive alignment with Sales, Finance, and Marketing teams.
• Assess customer‑level POS forecasts, establish metrics, and facilitate guardrail forecasting related to promotions and expectations.
• Lead forecast collaboration with Customer and Channel Trade teams to provide a baseline dollar forecast for alignment at lower levels.
• Identify and quantify risks within the demand plan, review gaps with Customer and Trade teams, and implement appropriate countermeasures.
• Understand key business drivers at major customers to identify growth opportunities and risks to current plans.
• Align trade marketing expectations internally through IBP/PRM processes and integrate development activities.
• Review system‑generated statistical forecasts for account‑level SKU/DC inconsistencies and make adjustments using prior shipments, POS data, business trends, and upcoming promotions.
• Manage demand history to realign forecasts based on item version changes, customer entity changes, and other factors.
• Ensure all discrete forecasts are accurately entered into the…