Arbex
Global Planning Excellence Manager
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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.
- Define, oversee, and communicate key performance indicators for demand and supply planning and S&OP.
- Drive measurable improvements in forecast accuracy, service levels, inventory performance, cost to serve, and overall supply chain effectiveness.
- Work closely with the Analytics team to turn data into strategy, developing performance frameworks that convert raw data into actionable insights.
- Enable smarter, faster decision-making that directly improves cost, cash, service, and operational performance.
- Build organisational capability through training and enablement, designing and deploying capability roadmaps, playbooks, standards, and best practices with a strong continuous improvement mindset.
- Oversee master-level training, upskilling programs, and system adoption initiatives across regions.
- Conduct system usage and process effectiveness insights, identifying gaps in adoption, data quality, and execution discipline, and driving targeted actions to improve planning performance and maturity.
- Lead cross-functional and cross-geography transformation initiatives, acting as a visible change leader to modernise planning ways of working and embed consistent, high-performing global processes and systems.
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Qualifications
To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, mathematics, economics, statistics, engineering, computer software, or a related field.
- 10+ years of proven success in demand and supply planning, with expertise in commercially available ERPs and forecasting systems, team leadership and ideally also previous experience of leading S&OP processes globally.
- Experience of implementing new technologies/systems, strong knowledge of statistical modelling, planning optimisation and troubleshooting within demand and supply planning platforms.
- Experience with deploying large-scale planning processes, or tools.
- Knowledge of Six Sigma, Lean and other continuous improvement methodologies and experience of project management.
- Ability to apply complex mathematical and statistical techniques to improve demand and supply plan accuracy and performance.
- Strong experience of direct people management within supply chain as well as a knack for leading cross-functional teams, influencing stakeholders, and driving collective success, transformation and change management programs.
- Proactive problem-solver with a strategic mindset, exceptional communication skills, and a collaborative approach.
- Exceptional ability to engage, persuade, and align teams across all levels of the organisation.
Total Benefits
We believe that our employees are our greatest asset, and we're committed to providing them with the resources they need to be successful. If you're looking for a rewarding career with a company that cares about its employees, then ARBEX is the place for you.
- Market-leading pension contribution.
- Bonus scheme.
- Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximise health care options and stretch pounds when caring for yourself or dependents.
- Private Medical Insurance, great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options.
- Diverse income protection insurance options to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.
- Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.
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Flex That Works at ARBEX
We believe great work happens when people come together with purpose. That’s why we offer a flexible work model that blends remote work with intentional in-person collaboration — helping you connect, grow, and innovate while maintaining the balance you value.
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And finally, the fine print…
For ARBEX to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that shape the future of tissue and hygiene, which is why we seek to build a workforce that encompasses the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to ARBEX, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position. Employment is subject to verification of local policies. This role is available for local candidates already authorised to work in the role’s country only. ARBEX will not provide relocation support for this role.
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Thank you for your interest in Arbex. Backed by the power of over 100 years of legacy brands, we are the world’s next leading producer of consumer goods. When it comes to product development, we go beyond everyday needs to anticipate what life will require in the future—while keeping innovation, sustainability, and consumers at the core of every decision. From fibre to shelf, and beyond, we act with intention at every step of the way. Because scale isn’t measured by size, it’s determined by positive impact. And that’s how we deliver what the world needs next.
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