Welcome to Haleon. 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.

Our 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.

Now 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.

As Demand Planner you will be responsible for developing and embedding a robust market and channel specific demand planning process to support the operating model.  You will also manage the end to end demand planning across all categories to improve customer service levels and reduce end to end working capital.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career.  These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Manage the Demand Planning process across all categories

• Maintain a detailed knowledge of all components of the Demand Forecast, statistical baseline, promotion and repacking uplifts, and cannibalization effects

• Support the sales and marketing intelligence, new product introductions, consumption, stock in trade, and market data

• Ensure full volume and value alignment of market Demand Forecast

• Interpret the key trends impacting the market, sector, category, and brand performance

• Lead Demand Planning input into the key Market Core Commercial Cycle meetings and 3/1 planning cycle with responsibility for the delivery of a detailed volume budget

• Challenge the sales forecast and ensure that the volume and value forecast are aligned

• Facilitate alignment and verification of sell-out and Stock in trade evaluations

• Lead an effective product lifecycle management process

• Lead process to clear residual and slow-moving stocks within the commercial teams

• Partner with Finance on the definition of the financial plan

• Provide expert Demand Planning input into the Customer Supply Chain Lead and develop effective working relationships with in-Market Warehouse & Distribution, Customer Service, and Local Customization teams

• Build a strong network of contacts with senior managers in the Commercial, Supply Planning, and Category teams

• Lead Demand Planning expertise across the scope

• Share and agree with Medical Marketing the forecast for samples and align with the in-market Supply team regarding productions and deliveries

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering

• 3+ years’ experience in demand or finance planning preferrably in FMCG industry

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Master’s degree

• Understanding of sales / commercial processes

• Understanding of supply planning and customer service processes

• SAP /Planning systems experience

• IBP experience is a plus

• Excellent organization, managerial, and multi-tasking skills

• Exceptional interpersonal skills and problem-solving capabilities

• Strong influencing and negotiation skills

• Ability to work independently and build cross-functional partnerships across the organization

• Proficiency in excel is a must & PBI knowledge is plus

• Good oral and written English communication skills

 

 

 

 Job Posting End Date

 

 

2026-06-28

 

 

 

Equal Opportunities

Haleon 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.

During 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. 

The 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.

 

 

 

Adjustment or Accommodations Request

If 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. 

 

 

 

Note to candidates

The Haleon recruitment team will contact you using a Haleon email account (@haleon.com). If you are not sure whether the email you received is from Haleon, please get in touch.