Senior Analyst, Plan and Inventory Data Asset

Senior Analyst, Plan and Inventory Data Asset

What we do

At Kenvue, we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we’re the house of iconic brands - including NEUTROGENA®, AVEENO®, TYLENOL®, LISTERINE®, JOHNSON’S® and BAND-AID® that you already know and love. Science is our passion; care is our talent.

Who We Are

Our global team is ~ 22,000 brilliant people with a workplace culture where every voice matters, and every contribution is appreciated. We are passionate about insights, innovation and committed to delivering the best products to our customers. With expertise and empathy, being a Kenvuer means having the power to impact millions of people every day. We put people first, care fiercely, earn trust with science and solve with courage – and have brilliant opportunities waiting for you! Join us in shaping our future–and yours.

Role reports to:

Manager, Plan and Inventory Data

Location:

Asia Pacific, India, Karnataka, Bangalore

Work Location:

Hybrid

What you will do

As Senior Analyst, Plan and Inventory Master Data Asset you will support critical global initiatives in plan and inventory and help establish a globally harmonized view of Plan and inventory data products.

You will analyze business needs, collaborate with business and IT partners to shape requirements, and enable a single view of plan and inventory data assets. You will work closely with the demand and supply planning teams across regions to harmonize and build a global data foundation for various plan use cases. You will work closely with global and regional inventory managers and process owners and provide the necessary data assets support for various initiatives in inventory optimization projects. You will manage the strategy for data cleansing, data profiling, data collection, and data harmonization. You will play a key role in data governance design for the Plan and inventory data assets, as well as drive overall change management and communications to cross-functional stakeholders.

If you have strong techno-functional expertise and a passion for data, we invite you to apply today!

Key Responsibilities

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  Support all aspects of the Plan and Inventory data model, including governance process design, business requirements gathering, product backlog management, enhancement evaluation, and more
• Participate hands-on in data collection and analysis, data cleansing, data profiling, and other activities to enable the roll-out of the global demand planning solution to all regions
• Build relationships with partners to understand business needs and translate these into requirements
• Recommend Plan Data Asset features and solutions considering priorities and tradeoffs, and help drive alignment among partners
• Contribute to data design and sourcing decisions
• Conduct risk and impact analysis; communicate the impact of changes to multiple downstream systems
• Develop and analyze process and data flows, identify potential redundancies, overlaps in accountability, key decision points and report findings to senior leaders
• Own documentation and continued maintenance of the Global Plan data assets.
• Partner with Data Management and Data Quality teams to implement a robust data quality monitoring framework, aligned with global Plan Data standards
• Participate in data governance activities, partnering with regional and functional teams to drive data quality

What We Are Looking For

Required Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required.
• At least 6-8 years of business experience in master data, supply chain, operations, or multi-functional business environment.
• Overall business understanding of Sales and shipments data, demand and supply planning processes and inventory management.
• Experience working across multiple business functions, especially with Demand/Supply Planners, Inventory managers and various Plan global process owners.
• Experience with SAP (especially S/4 Hana) and Planning systems like Anaplan, OMP, Kinaxis, SAP IBP
• Advanced skills with SQL*Plus
• Advanced Excel skills, and proficiency with PowerPoint
• Strong cross-functional collaboration, communication, and change management skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Understanding of data modelling- star schema, snowflake/databricks.
• Ability to courageously challenge the status quo, influence, and inspire changes to business processes and systems
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Ability to communicate effectively in business and technical terms with equal effectiveness
• Curious mind with an ability to quickly learn new functions, technologies, and processes

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, or related field.
• Professional certifications such as CDMP (Certified Data Management Professional) or DGSP (Data Governance and Stewardship Professional)
• Experience with Microsoft Cloud suite (e.g., Azure, Databricks)
• Background in Agile methodologies, particularly experience as a Product Owner

What’s in it for you

• Competitive Total Rewards Package*
• Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Volunteer Time & More!

• Learning & Development Opportunities

• Employee Resource Groups

• This list could vary based on location/region

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