Supply Chain Innovation - Category head

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.

What you´ll do

• Responsible for disciplinary governance of NPI Is responsible for monthly / weekly / daily coordination concerning Launches / Relaunches together with Marketing
• Ensures communication flow between cross functions
• Acts as central interface to cross functions on all NPI projects
• Reflects local timings and occurrences to evaluate impact on international timings and escalation
• Supervises process adherence in countries to Henkel launch standards
• Conducts consistent supply risk assessment
• Is responsible for controlling project KPIs
• Provides guidance and acts as gatekeeper of projects
• Conducts benchmarking and identifies best practices
• Aligns on capacity and demand analysis for critical production start-ups (Inhouse and CMTG)
• Steers capacity allocation in bottleneck situations based on quotation process; collaborates with production in capacity planning steering
  
  

What makes you a good fit

• Bachelor's degree required
• 5-7 year of experience - industry knowledge and supply chain experience a plus
• Strategic thinking
• Team building and motivation
• Influencing without authority and strong negotiation skills
• Risk, financial, stakeholder management
• Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal
  
  

Some benefits of joining Henkel

• 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 $150,000.00 - $170,000.00. 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.