Global Planning Excellence Manager

Global Planning Excellence Manager

Job Description

Become part of the team powering household names like Andrex®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Viva®, and WypAll®. At Arbex, everything you need is right here—innovation, growth, and the chance to leave a real mark. 

You were made to create what’s next: you’re a problem-solver – a connector – someone who thrives on bringing order to complexity and driving continuous improvement.

You hold the big picture while mastering the details, making sure every product, process, and partnership moves with precision and purpose.

You lead with the highest standards of integrity, efficiency, and collaboration, always turning today’s challenges into tomorrow’s success stories.

In this role, you’ll help shape the future of tissue and hygiene for billions of people worldwide. We’ll be Unstoppable Together.   

About You

As Global Planning Excellence Team Leader, you will lead the governance and continuous enhancement of global demand and supply planning processes, metrics, systems, S&OP process and organisational capabilities through system optimisation, analytical support and process improvement. 

This is not a behind-the-scenes role.

You will be the primary strategic leader for demand and supply planning processes and system enablement, partnering with and influencing senior executives, operational planning leaders and teams, IT, and external vendors across multiple business units and geographies.

You will also lead the Planning Centre of Excellence team, driving system optimization, global best practices, capability building, and performance improvement.

In this role, you will fundamentally transform how demand and supply planning are executed worldwide—elevating performance, consistency, and results.

In one of our Supply Chain roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the centre. Job responsibilities include:   


* Own and lead global demand and supply planning processes and systems, acting as the global process owner and primary authority across forecasting, supply planning, production scheduling, raw material planning, deployment planning, and S&OP.

Ensure all processes are aligned with business unit strategies, wider supply chain objectives, and customer requirements.


* Drive system and process optimisation, providing thought leadership on demand and supply planning tools and methodologies.

Partner closely with IT and external vendors to implement, enhance, and continuously improve planning systems that are scalable, future‑ready, and fit for purpose.


* Own the global Sales & Operations Planning process, supporting business units to achieve and sustain gold‑standard S&OP maturity.

Ensure strong cross‑functional integration, robust governance, and effective decision‑making to balance demand, supply, cost, cash, and service.


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