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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.\nOur 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.\nNow 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.\nAbout the Role\nReporting to the Customer Supply Chain Lead FBNL, the Demand Planner is responsible for driving end-to-end demand planning across all channels and accounts within the Benelux business. The role plays a critical part in ensuring product availability, optimizing inventory levels, and improving forecast accuracy to support business growth and customer service objectives.\nWorking at the intersection of Commercial, Finance, and Supply Chain teams, the Demand Planner develops and maintains robust demand forecasts, leads key elements of the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process, and provides actionable insights to support decision-making. The role also drives continuous improvement initiatives to enhance planning performance, forecasting capabilities, and supply chain efficiency.\nKey Responsibilities\nDemand Planning and Forecast Management\nOwn the end-to-end demand planning process for assigned channels and accounts across all Consumer Healthcare categories.\nDevelop and maintain consensus-based demand forecasts across short-, medium-, and long-term horizons (0-36 months), ensuring alignment with Commercial teams.\nIntegrate customer insights, market intelligence, and commercial assumptions into demand plans to improve forecast quality and reliability.\nMaintain a detailed understanding of all demand forecast drivers, including statistical baselines, promotional uplifts, repacking activities, cannibalization effects, consumption trends, inventory levels, and market data.\nSales & Operations Planning (S&OP)\nContribute to and facilitate key market Commercial Cycle and S&OP meetings.\nProvide expert demand planning insight to support business decision-making and cross-functional alignment.\nEnsure promotional activities, innovation pipelines, and new product launches are accurately reflected in demand forecasts.\nInventory and Lifecycle Management\nCollaborate closely with Inventory Planners to optimize stock levels and ensure product availability.\nSupport effective product lifecycle management, including new product introductions and product discontinuations.\nProactively manage residual and slow-moving inventory in partnership with Commercial teams to minimize waste and working capital impact.\nPerformance Management and Continuous Improvement\nOwn and improve key demand planning KPIs, including forecast accuracy, forecast bias, statistical forecasting performance, and forecast completeness.\nPrepare and manage regular reporting of demand planning performance metrics.\nConduct root cause analyses of forecast variances and service issues, developing mitigation and improvement plans.\nDrive continuous improvement initiatives within demand planning processes, tools, and ways of working.\nCross-Functional Collaboration\nWork effectively with Commercial, Finance, Customer Supply Chain, Inventory Planning, and broader Supply Chain teams.\nInterpret key trends impacting channel and account performance and translate findings into actionable recommendations.\nActively contribute to supply chain transformation projects, planning workstreams, and capability-building initiatives.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree or equivalent qualification in Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, Operations Management, or a related field.\nMinimum of 2 years of experience in Supply Chain Planning, Demand Planning, Forecasting, or related Supply Chain functions.\nStrong understanding of end-to-end Supply Chain processes and planning principles.\nExperience working with forecasting and planning systems, including SAP and/or Advanced Planning Systems (APS).\nAdvanced Microsoft Excel skills and strong data analysis capabilities.\nGood commercial awareness and financial acumen.\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage complex datasets and processes.\nAbility to prioritize effectively and manage multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.\nFluent in English; proficiency in Dutch and/or French is considered an advantage.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience within FMCG, Consumer Health, Pharmaceutical, or similarly fast-paced environments.\nExperience participating in or leading Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes.\nKnowledge of statistical forecasting methodologies and demand planning best practices.\nExperience driving continuous improvement initiatives and process optimization.\nFamiliarity with inventory management and product lifecycle planning.\nKey Competencies\nStrong analytical and critical thinking skills.\nResults-oriented with a continuous improvement mindset.\nExcellent stakeholder management and influencing capabilities.\nStrong communication and collaboration skills.\nHigh level of accuracy and attention to detail.\nAbility to work autonomously in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.\nStrong business acumen and customer-centric mindset.\nResilience and adaptability in managing changing priorities.\n\nEUR 53,020.00 - EUR 72,902.50\n\nThe salary range for this position is indicative and provided as a guide. The final offer may vary depending on factors including relevant experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations. Further details regarding the total reward and benefits package will be shared during the recruitment process. Salary ranges may vary by location in line with local market conditions and applicable pay transparency regulations.\n\nCompensation information is shared for the primary location of this role. Where the position is advertised with additional locations the compensation range will be discussed during the recruiting process.Job Posting End Date\n2026-10-23Equal Opportunities\nHaleon 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. \nDuring 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. \nThe 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.\nAdjustment or Accommodations Request\nIf 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.\nNote to candidates\nThe Haleon recruitment team will contact you using a Haleon email account (@haleon.com). 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