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 supply planning team responsible for the category/business unit supply planning review process of the integrated business planning process

Lead the monthly supply review process, specifically facilitating the category/business unit supply review with stakeholders in the integrated supply chain function

Ensure business agreement on the supply of the plan, capacity constraints, raw and pack risks and its cost for the future 12-18-month timeline

Support the 18-36-month strategic capacity plan

Support the interaction with demand planning, manufacturing, business development and finance

Manage, coach and develop a team

Drive continuous capability building in the supply planning team for planning improvement

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

Comprehensive supply chain, economic, financial or logistics experience and strong business acumen ideally within an FMCG/CPG environment

Open to learn new ways of working and willing to be hands-on in using data and systems

Significant experience in driving supply review and participation in an IBP cycle

Strategic agility, able to drive for cross-functional results by proactively understanding and managing key issues and success criteria, and prioritizing accordingly

Project personal maturity and tact to effectively work with cross-functional team members to deal with conflicting priorities and ambiguity

Strong senior leadership influencing skills and organizational agility. Able to build effective teams

Knowledgeable of leading practice demand planning and supply chain concepts

Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and verbal and written communication skills

What extra ingredients 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.
 

Job specific requirements:

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 CA 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

Travel requirements:

Limited travel to Manufacturing Facilities and DCs within Ontario

Work schedule:

Regular working hours, hybrid, Monday to Friday

The expected base salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget.  In addition to base salary, this position is eligible to participate in a highly competitive bonus program with the possibility for overachievement (based on performance and company results), and a long term incentive program.

Mondelez also offers several generous employee benefits (some subsidized or fully paid for by the company), including car allowance, health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, and enhanced vacation and holiday entitlements.  

AI may be used as part of the recruitment process and in accordance with local laws.  This posting is for a current vacancy.

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