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Commercial Planning Manager for Beauty

At Henkel, you'll be part of an organization that's shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil, 'all, Loctite, Snuggle, and Schwarzkopf and our cutting-edge technologies, you'll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow. This position is with our Consumer Brands business unit where we empower our employees to bring the best Laundry & Home Care and Hair products to people around the world.

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.

Reporting to the Director, Commercial Strategy, the Commercial Planning Manager for Beauty is responsible for ensuring our go-to-market pricing and promotional strategies are adhered to by the sales team. Additionally, the Planner takes the lead on strategic inventory planning including allocation, runout, closeout and development of In-Store Merchandising vehicles. The Planner is a key business partner to Sales, Marketing, Demand Planning, Planning Managers on other categories and the rest of the Beauty Commercial Strategy Team.

Responsibilities include:

• Optimization of commercial team plans with a focus on price and promotion guideline exception reviews, approvals and tracking
• Recommend changes to promotional plans based on available data (such as TPO) to help optimize promotional plans
• Approval of funding tied to Markdowns and IMF
• Leading strategic inventory planning when it comes to allocation, runout and options for the closeout channel
• Developing In-Store Merchandising vehicles, working with Marketing, Sales and external partners to lead the steps from design through forecast
• Develop scorecards, reporting & analytics to support brand growth strategies
• Work with the full Beauty Commercial Strategy team on special projects, improvements in processes and serve as backup for team

Qualifications include:

• Strong analytical & financial acumen
• Min 5 years of CPG sales or marketing experience
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, or a related field; equivalent experience considered
• Experience partnering with retailers preferred
• Positive can-do attitude -- collaborative, team-oriented approach -- diligent work ethic
• Ability to work effectively within a fast-paced, complex, matrix and fluid environment
• Strong computer skills, including MS Office applications and Syndicated POS data

Benefits include:

• Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
• Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
• Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
• Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
• Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary for this role is $120000.00 - $165000.00. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.

Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.

Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.