IT Capacity Planning Manager jobs in Clifton, NJ

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Marketing

Marketing is at the heart of Reckitt. We pride ourselves on our unique way of driving growth for some of the world's most loved and trusted health, hygiene and nutrition brands.

Our purpose and fight are what motivates us to design and deliver distinctive communications throughout our consumer funnel, so that we deliver category growth as well as a positive impact on society.

With extensive media and digital teams embedded throughout the organisation, we measure both our business and our societal impact. Our global teams lead on our overarching brand strategy, brand guardianship and innovation pipeline in close partnership with R&D. Leaving our local marketing teams to deliver on our regional goals in partnership with our Sales teams.

With the scale of our 2500 marketing community - alongside our leading-edge Marketing Academy - your opportunities to grow and upskill will be extensive.

About the role

As the head of Investment Strategy, you will be responsible for leading the Video Investment Strategy for the Health Business, including the annual Upfront and quarterly options. You should also have a passion for numbers, as you will also lead the investment and budget management for the Health business unit, including estimates, billing, PO process and reconciliation.

Your responsibilities

• Lead annual Upfront process, including gathering strategic inputs from all health brands, projected budgets, desired changes to dayparts/programming
• Work with media agency to provide cross-functional team with briefing templates and timelines. Proactively manage calendars with upper management to ensure alignment on video, budget and ongoing rate-of-change discussions
• Manage quarterly buys, including flighting and makegoods. Work with brands on options and/or incremental requests within quarters.
• Lead all TV integration and sponsorship programs, including proposals, planning and activation
• Evaluate all additional Linear and FEP opportunities, including recommendations from Barter agency
• Gather industry articles/information/POVs emerging in video or cross-device marketing for department reference
• Lead competitive reporting and analysis. Manage competitive contract with Vivix and ensure cross-functional members have access and training on the tool.
• Liaise with global on annual and ad hoc audits
• Manage annual MAPP process
• Lead implementation of all global media and billing tools (MPR , etc). Ensure all relevant team members are trained and aware of responsibilities as it related to these tools
• Track working media investment down to the vendor/partner level, including barter and inhouse activations
• Lead barter utilization management and champion the use of barter across working teams
• Manage monthly brand budget changes and communicate to AOR, finance and cross-functional teams
• Coordinate and maintain media flowcharts and purchase authorizations
• Lead all billing or invoicing related issues and work with finance on solutions
• Work with global on providing data needs/requests

The experience we're looking for

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 5 years relevant experience on either the client or agency side planning or buying television/FEP/CTV
• Knowledge of the linear TV advertising space, including CPPs, GRPs, options, scatter, etc.
• Strong knowledge of FEP planning and implementation. Programmatic experience a plus
• 5 years experience reviewing TV and content proposals; ability to negotiate better rates
• 5 years managing media budgets

The skills for success

• Ability to work with cross-functional teams and explain integrated concepts to non-media savvy team members
• Excellent analytical skills, great attention to detail, and ability to drive results-oriented decisions
• Data-driven mindset with proven utilization of information to drive decisions, calibration, and results
• Advanced Excel skills for analysis, dashboarding, and data manipulation including pivot tables, conditional statements, VLOOKUP, statistical packages, macros and correlations/regressions
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and display exceptional follow-through and initiative
• Strong attention to detail/ability to perform under tight deadlines
• Effective communication skills (both written and verbal)

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.
We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

US salary ranges

USD $130,000.00 - $196,000.00

US pay transparency

The base salary range for this role will vary based on experience in job and industry, training and education, skills relevant to the position, and other factors permitted by law. In addition to the base salary, the position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, which is subject to change each year.

Reckitt offers eligible employees competitive benefits including medical, prescription, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; paid time off for vacation, sick, and Company recognized holidays; a 401(K) plan; generous paid parental leave; adoption and fertility support; tuition reimbursement; product discounts; and much more!

If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete your application, please contact NAtalentacquisition@reckitt.com. Reckitt is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.