Global Supply Planning & CI Excellence Lead

About the role

A vacancy has arisen for a Supply Planning Excellence & CI Lead. This is a permanent position and will report to the Planning Global Hub & CoE Lead.

Responsibilities

• Identify, prioritize, and lead continuous improvement initiatives across global and regional supply planning activities, aligned to the Global Planning Excellence strategy
• Lead, support, or execute CI initiatives across Supply & Material Planning, MRP, Scheduling, and Co-packing, partnering with regional and site teams
• Manage and track the full portfolio of regional and global improvement initiatives, ensuring projects are delivered successfully and on time
• Facilitate performance review sessions with Supply Planners to address challenges, share insights, and drive best-practice adoption
• Cook lifecycle management processes across regions to balance product availability with obsolescence risk and cost mitigation
• Create transparency around complexity and improvement opportunities within regional co-packing operations
• Act as the global design authority for supply planning tools, user roles, access rights, and system governance
• Oversee system upgrades, enhancements, and change requests across markets to ensure stability and continuous improvement
• Establish governance forums to review global planning performance, standards compliance, and improvement initiatives
• Serve as a central escalation point for systemic supply planning challenges and drive cross-BU improvements based on performance insights

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field

5–7+ years of experience in supply planning, planning excellence, or continuous improvement roles

Strong operational knowledge of Supply Planning, Material Planning, MRP, and Scheduling within an FMCG environment

Hands-on experience with advanced planning technologies such as Kinaxis, OMP, o9, JDA, or similar platforms

Proficiency in analytics and data tools, including SAP IBP, APO, Oracle SCM, Anaplan, Tableau, Power BI, Python, R, SQL, or comparable technologies

Experience defining and governing global master data standards (e.g., lead times, MOQs, planning parameters)

Proven ability to develop global process standards, playbooks, templates, and training materials

Strong stakeholder management skills with experience working across geographically and culturally diverse teams

Highly organized, self-motivated, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, evolving environment

A continuous improvement mindset with the ability to translate data and insights into actionable outcomes

Qualifications

Skills:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field
• 5–7+ years of experience in supply planning, planning excellence, or continuous improvement roles
• Strong operational knowledge of Supply Planning, Material Planning, MRP, and Scheduling within an FMCG environment
• Hands-on experience with advanced planning technologies such as Kinaxis, OMP, o9, JDA, or similar platforms
• Proficiency in analytics and data tools, including SAP IBP, APO, Oracle SCM, Anaplan, Tableau, Power BI, Python, R, SQL, or comparable technologies
• Experience defining and governing global master data standards (e.g., lead times, MOQs, planning parameters)
• Proven ability to develop global process standards, playbooks, templates, and training materials
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience working across geographically and culturally diverse teams
• Highly organized, self-motivated, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• A continuous improvement mindset with the ability to translate data and insights into actionable outcomes

Benefits

The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, health & dental plan, competitive salary, 401K.

Pay

$95,000-135,000 plus an annual bonus. This range may not be applicable to other locations and targeted salary is midpoint of range. Factors that could be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, years of experience and comparison to current employees already in this role.

Schedule

Not specified