Supply Chain Planning Center of Excellence Lead

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re in control of. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question. 

With category leading brands such as Sensodyne, Voltaren and Centrum, built on trusted science and human understanding, and combined with our passion, knowledge and expertise, we’re uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong, successful business.  

This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special. 

About the role 

The Supply Chain Planning Center of Excellence Lead is a new leadership opportunity in our recently formed Supply Chain Planning Centre of Excellence (CoE) organization that will foster innovation and explore new technologies. In this role, you will lead an organization with the focus on Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and End-to-End (E2E) Planning across Haleon. You will be the subject matter expert and leverage your expertise on a global scale and influencing senior management. 

This position is based in London, United Kingdom and reports to the E2E Planning Excellence Head. We offer a unique opportunity to step into a newly created leadership role within our Supply Chain Planning Centre of Excellence (CoE) — a team at the forefront of innovation, transformation, and digital enablement. 

We’re on an exciting transformation journey, focused on planning excellence, inventory optimization, customer satisfaction, and gaining a competitive advantage within our Business Units and Planning Service Centres (PSC). If you’re passionate about supply chain innovation and want to make a difference in a fast-paced, purpose-driven organization, we’d love to hear from you.   

Key Responsibilities 

Planning Excellence 

• Identify key priorities, set performance targets and KPIs, and establish a comprehensive framework for enhancing effectiveness across the entire end-to-end supply chain planning organization.  

• Assess Planning Maturity processes. (Owning End to End Planning Self-Assessment Guidelines, auditing planning organisations periodically against these guidelines.) 

• Manage and audit E2E Planning Self-Assessment Guidelines, periodically reviewing planning organizations against them. 

• Set and enforce the blueprint for E2E planning processes and ensure 100% compliance by the planning organisations. 

• Maintain and review detailed documentation of standard planning practices in detail. 

• Architect best practices and capabilities to effect change at a leadership level. 

• Drive break-through improvements based on established sound fundamental processes. 

• Redefine processes with the Supply Chain Planning organization for agility and the innovation of new and disruptive capabilities and technologies. 

• Oversee master data accuracy and governance. 

• Develop use cases to evolve systems and processes with Tech, Planning, and Data Science teams. 

Talent Development 

• Lead a team of 10 E2E supply chain planning global process owners. 

• Manage talent strategy for CoE and planning service centers. 

• Lead change management and capability development programs. 

• Oversee the Planning Academy and onboarding training plans. 

• Build bimodal capabilities to balance current support and future readiness. 

Qualifications and skills 

• A minimum of Bachelor’s degree, majoring in business or engineering as well as a certification in supply chain is desired.   

• 10 years of experience in managing Integrated Business Planning (IBP) practices successfully. 

• Thought Leadership: Demonstrated ability to use strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on data-driven decision-making on a global scale influencing senior management. 

• People Leadership: Proven capacity to inspire and manage high-performing teams effectively while building a knowledge sharing culture. 

• E2E Planning Mastery: Thorough understanding of end-to-end planning, lean principles, and their financial implications. 

• Process Excellence: Ability to maintain industry-leading standards and implement best practices for operational efficiency through new technology solutions. 

• Capability Development: Track record of building and scaling training programs to enhance team capabilities. 

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion  

At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone. 

We’re striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives. 

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.