i-IBP Demand Planning Lead

Job Description :

i-IBP Demand Planning Lead

Location: Amsterdam

Join Our Supply Team

As the home of iconic brands such as Baileys, Guinness, Smirnoff, and Johnnie Walker, at Diageo we source, produce and deliver 6.5 billion litres of world-leading products every year across 180 markets globally. Because of this huge undertaking, we rely on highly advanced systems as well as the very best talent to make sure our businesses continue to run smoothly. To give you some idea of the scale of our operation, over half of our 30,000 employees work in our supply chains. We have teams in over 100 sites across more than 30 countries, but what matters is that wherever you work, you're part of a diverse, inclusive team where there are opportunities for everyone. Whether you work in planning, logistics, technical teams or manufacturing, you'll be part of an innovative, dynamic organisation. We set ourselves the highest standards, and our practices have earned us international recognition. And it's people with energy, dedication and problem-solving skills who'll help us get even better. In return, we offer a world of opportunities for you to explore, to shape and progress your career.

Context

Diageo is embarking on an exciting and significant Business Transformation through the Advanced Demand Planning Programme. The program will drive a radical transformation for our processes, systems, and organisation. This is not just a technical deployment of a new technology but a renewal/upscaling program, adaptivity is pivotal to a successful outcome, adoption, and a sustainable future solution. Through this programme Diageo aims to drive excellence in process, data standardization and simplification.

Diageo is therefore seeking a Demand Planning Analyst who has excellent functional and leadership capabilities to optimally design, deliver and adopt this Business Transformation Programme in Diageo's fast-paced environment. They will have a solid grasp of best-in-class processes and business capabilities, creating the bridge between business capabilities today and those required to deliver and sustain relevant processes, capabilities, and systems.

Purpose

Embed our processes and systems, adjusting ways of working while ensuring the integrated planning cycle and master data are performed with cadence and precision.

Key Accountabilities

• Support the translation requirements and agreed roadmap into the detail necessary to design and build the end platform.
• Support the global analyse & design for Demand Planning along with the Digital Workstream Lead to ensure the solution matches business needs and supports agreed work processes.
• Key contributor to unit testing, integrated testing and user acceptance testing, implementing the project stream/sprints in an effective manner by providing critical data support as well as supporting in project evaluation and execution.
• Support provision of the detailed content for transformation into a training and capability program as well as delivery of key stroke level training.
• Support the Digital Workstream Lead and Market DP Adoption Lead to guide the markets through the go-live and warranty period, ensuring that ways of working are established, and the team can sustain the integration of the new DP business processes/tools by providing a lifeline to demand planners as they transition to the new integrated platform, providing one-to-one training and support where required and lead problem solving and RCA through the warranty.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Lead the Demand planning transformation and adoption (People, Process, Systems) through change improvement.
• Support the definition of Global Demand planning processes and readiness/adoption requirements.
• Define and develop system functionalities that support business requirements and Demand planning work processes seeking to leverage capabilities and scale across categories and regions.
• Responsible for working across functions with external partners, internal functions, and multiple categories / regions.
• Key interface between the project, demand planners in markets and OMP to motivate consistent evolving and enable a smooth transition building foundations.

Skills

• Demonstrated passion for digital.
• Build and maintain value driving relationships with stakeholders across the organisation.
• Having a solid understanding on best-in-class Demand planning processes and fully aligned with strategic IBP process and technology priorities.
• Showing extensive knowledge of the business strategy, actively challenge and build business decisions.
• Being able to drive and train change.
• Ability to work against deadlines, key project achievements.

Qualifications and Experience

• Demand planning experience in a global FMCG or similar dynamic operating environment.
• Proven hands-on experience across IBP / demand planning processes.
• Experience driving an IBP/demand planning improvement program.
• Demonstrable experience managing teams of a multi-functional nature and different level of stakeholders, able to provide clear direction, support, and resolution
• Hands on usage experience on SAP/APO, OMP, or similar systems (Kinaxis, o9, etc), and/or new generation planning systems in AI/ML. OMP experience is desired.
• Fluent English knowledge
• Understand the IBP and demand planning processes in detail and can connect current performance to specific improvement requirements against best-in-class processes through awareness of demand planning issues and opportunities.
• Establish relationships with teams within markets and external functions. Demonstrable ability to impact and influence multiple stakeholders (at a senior level), influencing & communication skills.
• Create a compelling improvement roadmap that brings teams along through evolving practice, adapt influencing and communication style for the intended audience (complexity, detail, altitude). Presents material in a clear confident manner & manages non-verbal communication, in service to message.

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and listened to, is a crucial part of this. We believe the most inclusive and diverse culture makes for a better business and a better world. We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realise its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base.

Join us, and you'll be part of an organisation that embraces diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of — and help build — an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, approaches, and more. And you'll help us champion inclusion and diversity across our entire business: with our employees, our suppliers, across our brands, and within the communities in which we operate.

About Us

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 dedicated people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands.

Join us and you'll collaborate, explore, and innovate. Challenge and be challenged. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll build brands consumers love.

We value each other and celebrate different perspectives. In our inclusive culture, you'll have the backing you need to test new ideas and learn from them. Harness your passion and desire to grow as you make your mark. Let's unlock a brighter, more exciting future together.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. To achieve this, we need the world's very best people. We're looking for people with curiosity, creativity, boldness and a sense of purpose to take Diageo and our timeless, pioneering brands to the next level.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Amsterdam

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Job Posting Start Date :

With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we're building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world.

Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you'll collaborate with talented people from all corners of the world. Together, you'll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of.

With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you'll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we'll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential.

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