Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you.
As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.
To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led, resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility, we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact
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Why join our team ?
Working closely with Supply Planning, Factory Operational Teams, Commercialisation, Finance and Marketing teams, our Strategic S&OP team collaborates cross functionally to convert business ambitions to strategic capacity planning insight in order to future-proof our Supply Chain operation in the long term.
What will this role achieve?
This role requires the role-holder to build and maintain the long-term supply plan, converting sophisticated data to simple insights into our 1 to 5-year UK&I capacity position. The role is also required to influence and build positive relationships with a broad range of colleagues on opportunities and risks, supporting building plans for our future growth
Responsibilities and accountabilities within the role
Lead the bi-annual Supply Chain volume and working capital budgets, through:
Conversion of demand inputs from commercial finance into a phased supply volume plan for all UK manufacturing sites as well as bought in products
Identify & challenge anomalies in growth/decline areas
Align supply plans with manufacturing availability
Summarise findings and share with key stakeholders
Maintenance & develop the UK&I capacity modelling toolkit, Rough Cut Capacity Plan (RCCP) tool to show visibility of the medium to long-term capacity horizon
Identify and track hot and cold spots, reviewing monthly
Support the creation and delivery of strategic plans to unlock capacity
Monitor and report sales performance against budget, to provide insight into variances, trends and emerging risks for key sub brands.
Maintain monthly strategic forecast in OMP and support Supply Planners through monthly MTP queries
Lead the monthly Medium Term planning opportunities & risks process (MTPOR) and support the delivery of key messages at the monthly S&OP board
Provide capacity assessments and scenario modelling to support strategic opex, capex and growth & innovation projects, feeding directly into the Innovation, Capex, ROL and global SDR processes.
Ensure capacity modelling is aligned between the long-term strategic plans and the medium term RCCP modelling methodologies.
Support the management of stock builds and cutovers plans for major launches or projects, and populate OMP dummy codes to facilitate medium term planning in early stages of project delivery
Handover projects to supply planners at Gate 3 with assumptions clearly detailed, using fortnightly Supply Planning NPD meeting for alignment
Collaborate with Supply Chain, Commercial, Finance and Sales & Manufacturing teams to ensure alignment of demand, supply and capacity plans and support effective decision making.
What do you need for this role
Crucial
Experience in an analytical role in supply chain or similar environment
Proven knowledge of Excel, with a strong ability to turn sophisticated data sets into clear and impactful insights and communicate recommendations in a clear and positive manner
Effective collaboration and relationship building to encourage alignment
Be able to effectively connect with partners and simplify sophisticated messages
Ability to challenge and influence stakeholders
A self-starter with ability to work independently and manage own workload
Clear communication skills
Desired
Experience working in FMCG organisation with knowledge of manufacturing environment an advantage
Experience working on projects over a long-term horizon and scenario planning interdependencies
Understanding of the Sales & Operational Planning Processes and factory production processes and capabilities
OMP, SAP & Excel skills
Our winning traits and behaviours
Purpose-Led - Energised by our promise to deliver happiness to the world with every bite
Agile - Ever evolving, never satisfied and never standing still
Collaborative - Willing to work for mutual success
Resilient - Quick to adapt to change, fast learner and persistent in the face of setbacks
Positive - Self-motivated, optimistic, adventurous, and inspiring
pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.
We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List. If you are a recruitment agency and wish to submit candidate to be considered for this vacancy, you must have agreed to, and signed, our terms of business.
We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.
Skills Required
- Experience in an analytical role in supply chain or similar environment
- Proven knowledge of Excel and ability to translate complex datasets into clear insights and recommendations
- Effective collaboration and relationship building to encourage alignment
- Ability to simplify sophisticated messages and connect with partners
- Ability to challenge and influence stakeholders
- Self-starter able to work independently and manage own workload
- Clear communication skills
- Experience working in FMCG with knowledge of manufacturing environment
- Experience on long-term projects and scenario planning interdependencies
- Understanding of S&OP processes and factory production processes and capabilities
- Experience with OMP and SAP
What We Do
pladis is one of the world’s fastest growing snacking companies and home to much loved brands including McVitie’s, GODIVA and Ülker. pladis also owns regional brands Jacob’s, Go Ahead, Flipz, Turtles, BN, Verkade and many more products across sweet and savoury biscuits, wafer, cake, and chocolate. pladis also owns regional brands such as Jacob’s, Go Ahead, Flipz, BN, Verkade and many more, delighting consumers with products across the snacking category including sweet and savoury biscuits, wafer, cake, chocolate, gum and candy. Formed in 2016, pladis is the proud steward of over 300 years of family baking and confectionery experience. The expertise of its 16,000-strong global workforce spans 25 factories in 11 countries, and is founded on collaboration, agility and resilience. As a responsible business, delivering the highest quality products and exceptional service, pladis’ products have the potential to reach more than four billion people across the world. pladis people are passionate about collaboration and creation, using consumer insights and trends to fulfil its promise of bringing happiness with every bite. This passion, combined with rapid speed to market, enables the company to bring its products from idea to on-shelf quickly, so they are available for consumers all over the world. To view our privacy policy visit: http://www.pladiscareers.co.uk/privacy-policy/
