About the Role:
The Senior Global Planner drives the long term planning activities as part of the S&OP cycle for the Cocoa business; you will provide the global positions by product & region, ensure alignment on one plan in close collaboration with the regional planning teams, steer the run of the tactical plan, participate in the S&OP/E and contribute to the continuous improvement initiatives.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Steers and provides business guidance for the monthly long-term planning for Global Cocoa
- Ensure business guidelines are reflected in tactical plans and scenarios
- Accountable for accurate and timely information to support the S&OP/E cycles, with required views by product & region
- Supports the preparation of the various meetings as part of the S&OP/E cycle
- Provides visibility on the global/ regional position by product, at the relevant granularity, as well as the available to sell by region/product
- Main point of contact for the topics such as purchase, availability, capacity utilization, flows – for the full Cocoa network
- Guarantees the availability of Cocoa products for chocolate business needs and third-party sales
- Proposes options and solutions on how to best serve the customers at the most profitable cost, jointly with the Finance teams
- Defines the optimal level of Cocoa products inventory, in close coordination with the regional teams and other functions
- Contributes to the decision-making process by providing the accurate data, plans, scenarios and recommendations
- Ensure decisions taken are executed and adhered to across the planning teams, as well as with the other functions
- Reflect the strategic and S&OP decisions on the tactical plans
- Provide and align on the production plans and external purchases for the full horizon (up to 24 months)
- Identify capacity & resources requirement to be in place to support agreed demand plan
- Coordinate and align with strategic planning team on capacity and footprint decision, to reflect relevant updates across all planning layers
About You:
- 10+ years of experience in the Supply Chain related roles
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Finance, or related field
- Excellent communicator, with possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to lead and influence teams, and getting consensus for decisions needed
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and with previous experience with SAP, OMP and other planning software beneficial
- Language skills: English