Specialist, Demand Planning

Why Ansell?

At Ansell, we stay two steps ahead of workplace risk to deliver innovative safety solutions that enhance people's quality of life. As a global leader in protection solutions, we design and develop a wide range of products including gloves, clothing, and other protective gear to keep workers safe and productive across industrial, medical, and consumer applications.

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Ansell is looking for a Specialist, Demand Planning to join our team in India!

In this position you will play a vital role in the creation of a volume/value rolling 18 months integrated set of forecasts consisting of an unconstrained demand plan, a shipment plan, a constrained revenue recognition plan, and resultant inventory plans.

What benefits and opportunities does Ansell offer? 

• Competitive compensation plan, including a performance based annual incentive.

• Flexible and hybrid work model.

• A culture of belonging and inclusion, collaboration thrives, and everyone feels seen, heard, and empowered—across our global community. 

• Ansell University, LinkedIn Learning and Mentorship programs to develop professional and interpersonal skills.

• Opportunities to advance and grow within the company through LinkedIn Learning and Mentorships.

What your role will be?

• Drive the Demand Review Sign-off, NPD and Opportunities meetings with Sales and Marketing by leveraging inputs including but not limited to sales forecasts, sales opportunities, supply committed plan, and point of sale.
• Connect with L3 SBU via demand/supply reviews.
• Provide demand input for the annual product sales plan within the budgeting process
• Tracking changes and plan accuracy and striving for the improvement of information quality and flow with clear bridges and root causes
• Provide guidance to commercial on the onboarding of new opportunities
• Work with Global Supply on new business and end of life transitions outside of EOL descriptions
• He/she/they is responsible for developing and executing intra-region allocations as required during period of constraints.
• Optimize inventory levels in region to balance service and cost, and remain within budget targets
• Actively participates in the product rationalization process (phase-in/phase-out) from a Demand Planning and Regional execution perspective.
• He/She/They will be a great communicator, able to deal with various levels of commercial team and key point of contact for all other regional stakeholders\: Customer Service, Marketing, Sales, Warehouse & Logistics, Quality & Procurement, Master Data Management (MDM) and Finance.
• Be a change agent and drive continuous improvement.
• Any other activities at the request of the Regional Planning Leadership

What will you bring to Ansell?

• Bachelor’s degree in a supply chain, engineering or business-related field
• 3-5 years' supply chain experience in a best practice dynamic in FMCG / Healthcare / Pharmaceutical company.
• E2E planning experience beyond Demand / S&OP / Inventory Planning in a regional / global scope

Equal Opportunity Employer

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Our Commitment to Belonging and Inclusion

Ansell’s vision is about creating safe spaces where all perspectives are valued alongside individual contributions. When we say that everyone deserves to belong, feel included and empowered at work., it's not just words. We want applicants to know that we endeavor to create an inclusive environment that will consider all, regardless of age, gender, background, disability, veteran status, or experience alone! It’s what drives Ansell as an organization towards a workforce that reflects the communities in which we operate, it’s what drives us to serve our customers and stakeholders with pride, and it’s what differentiates Ansell. 

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