Top Benefits
About the role
Job Description Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International? Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Possible.
- This position leads the planning of a category with 900 SKUS and a team of 40+ Supply and Demand teams.
- This a senior level strategic role in which the incumbent will partner with VPs across Finance, Supply Chain, Sales Planning, Logistics, and Category teams as an IBP Lead and owner for the respective categories.
How You Will Contribute You will:
- Manage a forecasting team responsible for the development of an unbiased and unconstrained forecast over a 24-month period with properly documented assumptions
- Partner with category finance to support appropriate linkage between the monthly integrated business planning (IBP) forecast and financial forecasts (key assumptions, risks, opportunities)
- Partner with commercial leadership to quantify and validate risks and opportunities and support the development of plans to close gaps between the forecast and target
- Partner with innovation and equity to validate the sizing of innovations, renovations and campaigns as they enter the 24-month forecast
- Partner with supply planning to ensure there is confidence in the demand plan and that key forecast decisions are made by the appropriate stakeholders and with the appropriate amount of lead time to ensure the successful execution and delivery of the plan
- Leadership of the Control tower process to drive synchronization across Sales/ Marketing/ Finance & Supply chain organizations and ensure short term business delivery
- Strategic leadership of overall capacity sufficiency & Integrated Business Planning from a supply sufficiency perspective. Ownership of inventories across North America
- Manage a supply planning team responsible for the category/business unit supply planning review process of the integrated business planning process
- Design roadmap to achieve CFR across relevant category within the US Business.
- Define DIOH targets per category/brand, quantify volume reduction, establish inventory management governance, define inventory reduction phasing.
- Identify capacity constraints and lead communication with critical stakeholders to keep them informed and drive actions
- Developing next generation talent, driving employee morale & engagement within the organization
What You Will Bring A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
- 10- 15 years of planning/ business process/ industrial experience.
- Team Leader experience 7+ years and Project management / agile method experience is desirable.
- Ability to provide strategic technical leadership and lead by influence in the creation of supply chain planning environment and broader enterprise system environment
- Ability to communicate and influence multi-disciplinary teams developing strong partnerships across functions to drive the design, build, and deployment of state of the art rapid and responsive planning systems environment.
- Leadership experience in all aspects of planning, deployment and knowledgeable of the uses of automation/ ML/ AI to achieve touchless planning solution with integration to enterprise environments such as SAP S4 and other critical digital core surround systems.
- Functional knowledge of manufacturing and distribution operations – including but not limited to the following functions: planning/forecasting, supply management, procurement, sales and operations planning, new product introduction, transition management, production scheduling, quality control, inventory management, supply chain, warehouse and distribution.
- Track record of project delivery success that should include: System Implementation / Integration, cost savings, process improvement.
- Expert knowledge of Demand, Inventory, Scenario and Supply Network Planning tools and ERP with broad expertise in various disciplines (system development, infrastructure) and new technologies.
- Experience in supplier management, Project Management, Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
- Strong analytical skills, demonstrated organizational and leadership skills, examples of effective teamwork, a track record of consistently meeting deadlines and due dates.
- Excellent judgment, interpersonal skills, cultural awareness and professional maturity with executive presentation experience, comfortable interacting with senior executive leadership, lead, facilitate and manage change effectively.
- Six-Sigma, Continuous Improvement, is preferred along with a proven track record of cost savings and continuous improvement accomplishments.
Education / Certifications:
- Bachelor's Degree (required). Preferred fields include Supply Chain Operations, Industrial Engineering, Business Management or related discipline.
Travel requirements:
- Limited travel to Manufacturing Facilities and DCs within Ontario.
Work schedule:
- Regular working hours, hybrid, Monday to Friday.
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary With several brands that are among consumer favourites, including Cadbury, OREO, Christie and Maynards, we are one of the largest snack companies in Canada. Many of our iconic brands are ranked first, second or third in their categories, and our manufacturers and pastry chefs have an enviable mission to create and manufacture chocolate, cookies, crackers and candy in our iconic factories and locations across Ontario. A company with many ambitious growth targets, we have invested close to $250 million in our Ontario plants in recent years alone; We run marketing campaigns promoting innovative products such as Cadbury Dark Milk tablets and OREO Birthday Cake and Peppermint Bark cookies. Our community of more than 2,683 employees is present across Canada and our head office is in Toronto. Passion and dedication characterize our Company. We encourage all our employees to be themselves at work, to speak out and to encourage diversity in all areas of activity. In addition, we foster a flexible work environment and place great importance on the notions of trust and empathy to promote a true sense of belonging.
Mondelez welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates with disabilities taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Please note that the term "accommodation" in this posting means changes that are made in order to meet the needs of a person with disabilities and not lodging.
Job Type Regular
Supply Planning (MPS - scheduling - MRP)
Customer Service & Logistics
About Mondelēz International
Mondelēz International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) is an American multinational confectionery, food, and beverage company based in Illinois which employs approximately 80,000 individuals around the world.
Our Purpose Our purpose is to empower people to snack right. We will lead the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way.
Our Brands We’re leading the future of snacking with iconic brands such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum.
Our People Our 80,000+ colleagues around the world are key to the success of our business. Our Values and Leadership Commitments of Love our Consumers and Brands, Grow Every Day, and Do What's Right shapes our culture – what we believe in, stand for, and what guides our actions and decisions. Great people and great brands. That’s who we are.
Our Strategies We are uniquely positioned to lead the future of snacking with strong leadership in our categories, an unparalleled portfolio of global and local brands and a solid footprint in fast-growing markets. Aimed at delivering sustainable growth, our strategic plan is centered around three strategic priorities:
• Growth: accelerate consumer-centric growth • Execution: drive operational excellence • Culture: build a winning growth culture
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Description Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International? Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Possible.
- This position leads the planning of a category with 900 SKUS and a team of 40+ Supply and Demand teams.
- This a senior level strategic role in which the incumbent will partner with VPs across Finance, Supply Chain, Sales Planning, Logistics, and Category teams as an IBP Lead and owner for the respective categories.
How You Will Contribute You will:
- Manage a forecasting team responsible for the development of an unbiased and unconstrained forecast over a 24-month period with properly documented assumptions
- Partner with category finance to support appropriate linkage between the monthly integrated business planning (IBP) forecast and financial forecasts (key assumptions, risks, opportunities)
- Partner with commercial leadership to quantify and validate risks and opportunities and support the development of plans to close gaps between the forecast and target
- Partner with innovation and equity to validate the sizing of innovations, renovations and campaigns as they enter the 24-month forecast
- Partner with supply planning to ensure there is confidence in the demand plan and that key forecast decisions are made by the appropriate stakeholders and with the appropriate amount of lead time to ensure the successful execution and delivery of the plan
- Leadership of the Control tower process to drive synchronization across Sales/ Marketing/ Finance & Supply chain organizations and ensure short term business delivery
- Strategic leadership of overall capacity sufficiency & Integrated Business Planning from a supply sufficiency perspective. Ownership of inventories across North America
- Manage a supply planning team responsible for the category/business unit supply planning review process of the integrated business planning process
- Design roadmap to achieve CFR across relevant category within the US Business.
- Define DIOH targets per category/brand, quantify volume reduction, establish inventory management governance, define inventory reduction phasing.
- Identify capacity constraints and lead communication with critical stakeholders to keep them informed and drive actions
- Developing next generation talent, driving employee morale & engagement within the organization
What You Will Bring A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
- 10- 15 years of planning/ business process/ industrial experience.
- Team Leader experience 7+ years and Project management / agile method experience is desirable.
- Ability to provide strategic technical leadership and lead by influence in the creation of supply chain planning environment and broader enterprise system environment
- Ability to communicate and influence multi-disciplinary teams developing strong partnerships across functions to drive the design, build, and deployment of state of the art rapid and responsive planning systems environment.
- Leadership experience in all aspects of planning, deployment and knowledgeable of the uses of automation/ ML/ AI to achieve touchless planning solution with integration to enterprise environments such as SAP S4 and other critical digital core surround systems.
- Functional knowledge of manufacturing and distribution operations – including but not limited to the following functions: planning/forecasting, supply management, procurement, sales and operations planning, new product introduction, transition management, production scheduling, quality control, inventory management, supply chain, warehouse and distribution.
- Track record of project delivery success that should include: System Implementation / Integration, cost savings, process improvement.
- Expert knowledge of Demand, Inventory, Scenario and Supply Network Planning tools and ERP with broad expertise in various disciplines (system development, infrastructure) and new technologies.
- Experience in supplier management, Project Management, Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
- Strong analytical skills, demonstrated organizational and leadership skills, examples of effective teamwork, a track record of consistently meeting deadlines and due dates.
- Excellent judgment, interpersonal skills, cultural awareness and professional maturity with executive presentation experience, comfortable interacting with senior executive leadership, lead, facilitate and manage change effectively.
- Six-Sigma, Continuous Improvement, is preferred along with a proven track record of cost savings and continuous improvement accomplishments.
Education / Certifications:
- Bachelor's Degree (required). Preferred fields include Supply Chain Operations, Industrial Engineering, Business Management or related discipline.
Travel requirements:
- Limited travel to Manufacturing Facilities and DCs within Ontario.
Work schedule:
- Regular working hours, hybrid, Monday to Friday.
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary With several brands that are among consumer favourites, including Cadbury, OREO, Christie and Maynards, we are one of the largest snack companies in Canada. Many of our iconic brands are ranked first, second or third in their categories, and our manufacturers and pastry chefs have an enviable mission to create and manufacture chocolate, cookies, crackers and candy in our iconic factories and locations across Ontario. A company with many ambitious growth targets, we have invested close to $250 million in our Ontario plants in recent years alone; We run marketing campaigns promoting innovative products such as Cadbury Dark Milk tablets and OREO Birthday Cake and Peppermint Bark cookies. Our community of more than 2,683 employees is present across Canada and our head office is in Toronto. Passion and dedication characterize our Company. We encourage all our employees to be themselves at work, to speak out and to encourage diversity in all areas of activity. In addition, we foster a flexible work environment and place great importance on the notions of trust and empathy to promote a true sense of belonging.
Mondelez welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates with disabilities taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Please note that the term "accommodation" in this posting means changes that are made in order to meet the needs of a person with disabilities and not lodging.
Job Type Regular
Supply Planning (MPS - scheduling - MRP)
Customer Service & Logistics
About Mondelēz International
Mondelēz International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) is an American multinational confectionery, food, and beverage company based in Illinois which employs approximately 80,000 individuals around the world.
Our Purpose Our purpose is to empower people to snack right. We will lead the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way.
Our Brands We’re leading the future of snacking with iconic brands such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum.
Our People Our 80,000+ colleagues around the world are key to the success of our business. Our Values and Leadership Commitments of Love our Consumers and Brands, Grow Every Day, and Do What's Right shapes our culture – what we believe in, stand for, and what guides our actions and decisions. Great people and great brands. That’s who we are.
Our Strategies We are uniquely positioned to lead the future of snacking with strong leadership in our categories, an unparalleled portfolio of global and local brands and a solid footprint in fast-growing markets. Aimed at delivering sustainable growth, our strategic plan is centered around three strategic priorities:
• Growth: accelerate consumer-centric growth • Execution: drive operational excellence • Culture: build a winning growth culture