Associate Manager, Customer Supply Chain

**Job ID**:441

**Alternate Locations**:Canada-Ontario-Brampton

Newell Brands is a leading $8.3B consumer products company with a portfolio of iconic brands such as Graco®, Coleman®, Oster®, Rubbermaid® and Sharpie®, and 25,000 talented employees around the world. Our high-performance culture, unparalleled curiosity about the world around us, and talented people fuel our success. Our culture is enabled through our core values which guide all we do and how we win as One Newell. They are Integrity, Teamwork, Passion for Winning, Ownership & Leadership.

**Job Summary**

The priority of the role is to identify, direct, and align the operational resources required to successfully and profitably manage the account supply chain needs. This position requires a fundamental understanding of customer replenishment procedures and supply chain topics such as inventory management, transportation management, OTIF, Retail Link, direct import, forecast/demand planning, and order/product flow. The Supply Chain Associate Advisor must be able to effectively recognize supply chain improvement areas, create related KPIs, and successfully communicate them across the organization to drive the activities which facilitate sales growth, profitability gains, customer-service metric improvements, and reputational capital gains.

**Primary Duties and Responsibilities**
- Sales Interaction - provides ongoing guidance and support to the sales teams regarding supply chain issues, forecasting direction, transportation trends, capacity updates, and a wide variety of operational/supply chain inputs to support business objectives.
- Replenishment -is a primary point of contact with the customer for replenishment of Newell Brands business segments. He/she will be responsible for aligning resources and directing activities such as: supply chain reporting, customer KPIs, root cause analysis, and spotting inventory trends. Will examine the impact of customer inventory tactics/policies on shipments and inventory goals both at the customer and internally. The Supply Chain Associate Advisor will strive to maximize customer replenishment metrics.
- Forecasting -aligns with the customer and Newell Brands teams to identify and interpret the key demand signals and their corresponding impacts on customer and internal inventory positions. Frequent contacts with customer replenishment and financial planning teams will be required to help forecast replenishment patterns, promotional events, and modular updates. The Supply Chain Associate Advisor works with business segments’ Demand Planning team to translate this information into forecast inputs. This position understands forecasting complexities, sources of variability, and aligns resources to support the variations in the customer demand.
- **Education, Experience & Skills Profile**
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 2+ years Walmart/Mass/Club business experience marked with significant experience addressing customer supply chain tasks.
- Solid understanding of Walmart data systems, organizational roles, and supply chain processes
- Proven ability to form and maintain positive relationships within the customer and internal functions
- Demonstrated ability to work within a team
- Excellent organization and analytical skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Retail Link, required
- Strong presentation skills
- Customer service focused
- Experience with SAP and Power BI, preferred
- Ability to work independently and with a team environment

Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Graco, Coleman, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Yankee Candle, Paper Mate, FoodSaver, Dymo, EXPO, Elmer’s, Oster, NUK, Spontex and Campingaz. We are focused on delighting consumers by lighting up everyday moments.