Haleon

MEACSCLead

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“MEA CSC Lead at Haleon. Skills: Customer Supply Chain, Demand Planning, Logistics, Customer Engagement. Lead Customer Supply Chain (CSC) for the Consumer Healthcare MEA Operating Unit. Develop and execute customer strategies”

What You'll Achieve.

deliver on business objectives including approximately 1B GBP in annual gross sales; optimize service level, customer inventory and cost to serve; delivering when, where, and how our customers and consumers want our products; impact top line sales and profit; driving productivity, flexibility, cost; support the changing customer delivery needs; impact on revenues and costs for both Haleon and our customers; provide key insights on how supply chain activities impact customer and Haleon performance; support our customer operation/customer supply chain activities; ensure that all risks and opportunities are identified and reported; proactively contributing to the development and execution of the BU/region’s strategy

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

analytical skills and attention to detail; ability to assimilate large quantities of data; challenging replenishment, customer operations, supply chain, and collaborative account forecast problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

15+ years of relevant experience, 10+ years in a similar supply chain lead role, FMCG/CPG incl. food or Consumer Health/OTC experience, 10+ years of proven experience in customer engagement and collaboration at high level, Multimarket/Regional experience, Proven leadership experience in a multicultural environment, learning and adaptability mindset, Thorough understanding of and experience in Supply Chain function areas, such as forecasting, inventory control or demand planning, Knowledge of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems, statistical forecasting software, and demand planning software, Required knowledge and experience with forecasting tools and understanding of forecasting algorithms such as time series based demand forecasting

Nice to Have

MEA experience is a plus, analytical skills and attention to detail, ability to assimilate large quantities of data, APICS (Association for Operation Management) certification, CPIM (Certification in Production and Inventory Management) would be considered an asset, Knowledge of SAP is preferred along with a solid understanding of Excel, PowerPoint, PBI and relational database concepts are required, Previous experience with Logistics Software Solutions is an asset, Demonstrated ability to simultaneously handle multiple assignments and prioritize shifting workloads, Excellent professional verbal, written communication, Strong, demonstrated networking skills, Global mobility support will be evaluated on a case-to-case basis

What You'll Do.

Lead Customer Supply Chain (CSC) for the Consumer Healthcare MEA Operating Unit

Develop and execute customer strategies

Optimize service level

customer inventory and cost to serve

Advance and maintain integrated collaboration with other functions

Identify and advance capabilities for eCommerce and Direct to Consumer

Own the Customer supply chain relationship

Establish and maintain strategic supply chain relationships

Ensure Customer voice is embedded and heard

Responsible for all aspects of MEA Supply Chain

Lead warehousing and logistics team

Develop and implement new capabilities

Direct the CSC teams to collaborate with retailers

Provide strategic leadership impacting change

Provide strategic direction for improving business processes

Architect and oversee implementation of solutions

Partner cross-functionally to develop best practices

Oversee the collaborative account forecasting process

Provide thought leadership to the industry

develop and grow the Team resources

Grow and develop senior leaders and team

Manage CSC&L cost to plan

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Advancing and maintaining integrated collaboration with other functions of Quality Supply Chain and Commercial; Primary contact between the Quality & Supply Chain Procurement (QSCP) and Sales organisations; member of the MEA QSCP Leadership Team; understanding the cross-functional, broader OU business context; Establish and maintain strategic supply chain relationships with Senior Supply Chain and Operations Leadership resources at our customers; Ensure that the Customer voice is embedded and heard across all QSCP; Direct the CSC teams in their efforts to collaborate with and influence our retailers; Partnering cross-functionally to develop and influence best practices; Oversee the collaborative account forecasting process between CSC and Sales; Provide thought leadership to the industry by serving as the Haleon representative on key supply chain leadership forums; Demonstrate enterprise leadership skills on the MEA QSCP Leadership Team

Communication Scope

Excellent professional verbal, written communication

Process & Methodology

Demonstrated ability to simultaneously handle multiple assignments and prioritize shifting workloads

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