Job Description

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Job Number #173521 - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

The Planning Solution Architect is the technical and functional visionary for the global supply chain planning landscape. This role is responsible for designing a seamless, end-to-end planning architecture that integrates Demand, Supply, Inventory, and S&OP processes. You will lead the strategic transition from legacy SAP APO environments to modern platforms like Kinaxis Maestro, ensuring that the organization achieves "Concurrent Planning" capabilities and real-time visibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Architectural Strategy: Design the target-state architecture for global planning, defining the co-existence or migration strategy between SAP APO, SAP IBP, and Kinaxis.

• End-to-End Planning Integration: Ensure seamless data and process flow between Demand Planning (DP), Supply Network Planning (SNP), and Production Planning/Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS) within the planning hub.

• Concurrent Planning Excellence: Configure Kinaxis to enable instant "what-if" scenario analysis, ensuring that a change in demand is immediately reflected across the entire supply network.

• Algorithm & Solver Optimization: Lead the selection and configuration of planning engines, including Heuristics, Optimizers (Linear Programming), and Statistical Forecasting models.

• S&OP Transformation: Architect the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process to align financial targets with operational capabilities, facilitating executive-level decision-making.

• Data Orchestration: Define the Master Data strategy (Material, Location, Resource, BOM, and Routing) required to sustain high-fidelity planning models across multiple tools.

Domain Expertise & Planning Principles

• Demand Management: Mastery of statistical forecasting, demand sensing, and collaborative forecasting.

• Supply & Capacity Planning: Deep understanding of Rough Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP), constrained vs. unconstrained supply plans, and multi-level pegging.

• Inventory Optimization (IO): Experience in Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization (MEIO) to balance service levels against working capital.

• Response & Resupply: Designing logic for prioritized demand fulfillment and automated supply re-balancing during disruptions.

Technical Proficiency

• Kinaxis Maestro (RapidResponse): Expert-level knowledge of Authoring (Resources, Attributes, Workbooks), Task Flows, and Integration .

• SAP IBP: Hands-on experience with IBP Demand, IBP Supply & Response, and IBP Inventory modules, including configuration of Planning Areas and Key Figures.

• SAP APO: Deep legacy knowledge of DP and SNP; ability to extract business logic from APO to migrate to modern cloud platforms.

• Integration Technologies: Proficiency in integrating planning hubs with ERP backbones (e.g., SAP S/4HANA or ECC) using SAP CPI-DS, SDI, or flat-file interfaces.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Experience: 10+ years in Supply Chain Planning IT, with at least 5 years as a Solution Architect.

• Implementation Track Record: Proven experience leading at least two global implementations involving the integration of Kinaxis or SAP IBP with a legacy SAP landscape.

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, or Information Technology.

• Certifications: Kinaxis Certified Author/Architect and/or SAP IBP Professional Certification.

Soft Skills

• Strategic Communication: Ability to translate complex algorithmic logic (like Optimizer costs or Kinaxis heuristics) into clear business outcomes for stakeholders.

• Analytical Problem Solving: A "systems-thinking" mindset to identify how a planning configuration in one node affects the global network.

• Change Leadership: Experience guiding planning teams through the mindset shift from "Batch Processing" (APO) to "Continuous/Concurrent Planning" (Kinaxis/IBP).

Our Commitment to Inclusion
Our journey begins with our people—developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please complete this request form should you require accommodation.

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