Regional Business Planner IMEA

3 - 8 years

5 - 10 Lacs

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The Regional Business Planner IMEA plays a key role in translating market needs into accurate operational volume plans, enabling sustainable business growth across the IMEA region. This role partners closely with sales, product management, supply chain, and controlling teams to ensure demand forecasts are robust, data-driven, and continuously improving. You will lead the preparation and facilitation of demand review meetings, contribute to the advancement of the S&OP process, and represent Business Planning in both strategic initiatives and day-to-day operational escalations.
What you ll do
  • Ensure a high-quality demand plan at both regional and SBU level for IMEA, enabling business growth and translating market requirements into a volume plan for operations (monthly Demand Plan)
  • Collaborate closely with Sales Managers, Sales Head, KAMs, BDMs, PLMs, and Controlling across IMEA on activities impacting the forecast (e.g. localisations, new product launches, projects, market shifts)
  • Drive continuous improvement in forecast accuracy and bias reduction by conducting root cause analysis and constructively challenging inputs from Sales
  • Ensure thorough preparation and effective facilitation of Demand Review meetings at regional level; contribute to advancing the S&OP process to a higher maturity
  • Represent Business Planning in cross-functional strategic initiatives (e.g. complexity reduction, customer collaboration, production transfers, M&A execution)
  • Act as the Business Planning representative in crisis and shortage management, supporting daily demand escalations across IMEA
What makes you a good fit
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in Supply Chain or Planning, ideally in a regional or cross-market context
  • Bachelor s or master s degree in business administration, Supply Chain, or a related field
  • Strong cross-functional understanding of demand planning, supply, sales, product management, and marketing dynamics
  • Proactive and self-driven, with the ability to independently manage topics, challenge assumptions, and drive planning improvements
  • Skilled in translating data and trends into actionable business insights; comfortable navigating complexity Proficient in planning systems; SAP APO DP/SNP knowledge is a plus
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills; able to align diverse stakeholders behind a consensus plan
  • German is an advantage; fluent English is a must data analytics & BI process improvement
Some perks of joining Henkel
  • Diverse national and international growth opportunities
  • Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
  • Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
  • Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
  • Best-in-class Group Medical Insurance policy covering employee, spouse and up to 2 children
  • Competitive accident and term life policies for up to 3 times annual gross salary
  • Progressive OPD policy of INR 30,000 for employee, spouse and up to 2 children
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