ANZ Demand Lead

About the role

As Demand Planning Lead, you will own the end-to-end demand forecasting process across all categories, ensuring strong forecast accuracy and alignment to customer service targets and external benchmarks. You will lead and develop a high-performing team, embedding best-practice demand planning processes aligned to both local and global standards. This is a highly visible role, partnering closely with Sales, Marketing, Category and Finance to drive sharper, insight-led business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end demand planning process, driving continuous improvement in forecast accuracy and bias
• Establish and embed best-in-class demand planning frameworks across the ANZ business
• Own the delivery of long-term volume forecasts for annual plans and periodic updates
• Define clear roles, responsibilities, and governance to align cross-functional teams and improve forecast transparency
• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Category and Finance to ensure demand inputs are accurate, timely and insight-led
• Lead and facilitate Demand Review / IBP forums, enabling effective decision-making and alignment
• Partner with Category and Marketing to validate NPI forecasts, assumptions, and launch readiness
• Provide clear KPI reporting and insights to drive improvements in forecast accuracy and performance
• Ensure seamless handover of forecasts and market intelligence to supply planning hubs
• Identify opportunities across markets, innovation pipelines and competitors to optimise and accelerate demand planning outcomes
• About You
• Proven leader with a track record of building and developing high-performing teams and delivering strong business outcomes
• Significant experience in senior Demand Planning roles within FMCG or Consumer Healthcare
• Deep expertise in forecasting methodologies, with strong understanding of commercial and operational impact
• Advanced systems capability including and strong analytical use of data to drive decisions
• Highly proficient in SAP/APO (or equivalent) to translate data into actionable insights
• Strong stakeholder influence and collaboration skills, with ability to drive alignment across Sales, Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain
• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain or other relevant fields preferred
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone.
• We're striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives.
• We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportu

Benefits

Additional Information

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.

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