Job Description

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You will oversee demand planning activities for your assigned product families in your business unit. You will also lead the demand review process and driving interactions with the cross-functional teams.

How you will contribute

You will:

• Lead the demand management agenda for the category, being the key interface between commercial (sales revenue planning) and supply (replenishment) to identify and evaluate the impact of potential availability issues/commercial changes including gap assessment and risk and opportunity discussions

• Partner with modelling team for the generation of statistical forecasting

• Manage, coach and develop a team

• Review standard consumption versus forecast at the customer and total product levels, liaising with replenishment and sales revenue planning to manage potential availability issues and the impact of under consumption

• Drive strong linkages with the commercial, customer collaboration, modelling, order fulfilment teams and supply planning including innovation and equity

• Drive continuous capability building in the demand 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 commercial awareness in a fast-moving consumer goods or consumer packaged goods environment

• Open to learn new ways of working and is willing to use new tools

• Experience driving demand review and participation in an IBP cycle

• Able to influence cross-functional teams, working on the key priorities and improving the plan

• Able to build effective teams

• Knowledge in leading practice demand planning and end-to-end supply chain concepts

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

More about this role

The IBP Category Lead will lead the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process for their respective business unit and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the development and execution of an accurate demand forecast. This role drives supply chain efficiencies, improves forecast accuracy, and identifies risks and opportunities to optimize business performance. A key part of the role involves collaborating with and influencing stakeholders through data-driven storytelling and continuous improvement initiatives.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, manage, coach, and develop a forecasting team, driving continuous capability building for planning improvement.

• Oversee the development of an unbiased, unconstrained 24-month forecast with properly documented assumptions.

• Partner with Category Finance to ensure appropriate linkage between IBP and financial forecasts, including key assumptions, risks, and opportunities.

• Collaborate with the Modelling Team to generate statistical forecasts.

• Work with Commercial Leadership to quantify and validate risks and opportunities, supporting plans to close gaps between forecast and targets.

• Partner with Innovation and Equity teams to validate the sizing of new products (innovations, renovations) and campaigns within the 24-month forecast.

• Collaborate with Supply Planning to ensure confidence in the demand plan, facilitating timely, appropriate forecast decisions for successful execution and delivery.

• Identify, communicate, and monitor risks and opportunities to the demand plan (e.g., abnormal demand, demand shaping, changes in sales forecasts, budgets, and strategies), supporting risk assessments and mitigation.

• Collaborate with Marketing and cross-functional teams on product lifecycle analysis, managing introductions and exits to optimize service and waste KPIs.

• Drive and enhance demand planning processes, leveraging available technologies and proposing improvements to boost efficiency and accuracy.

• Own and facilitate the Monthly Demand Planning process within the IBP/S&OP cycle, presenting changes and recommendations during monthly reviews.

• Participate in IBP meeting cycles, including supply meetings and volume reviews, to address demand changes.

• Lead demand plan updates, ensuring aligned information is accurately captured in systems and communicated to Supply Chain, Finance, Sales, and other key stakeholders.

• Support the generation of the demand plan for the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) process in collaboration with Sales, Business, and Finance teams.

• Lead cross-functional forecast-related projects, collaborating with Supply Planners to resolve capacity, inventory, and supply gaps, including critical allocation recommendations and their tie to CFR recovery projections.

What You’ll Bring

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

• Post-secondary education with an APICS/ASCM and/or IBF certification (University degree or professional designation required).

• 10-12 years of experience in demand planning and forecasting within the CPG or similar industry.

• 4+ years of team management experience.

• Comprehensive supply chain, economic, financial, or logistics experience with strong business acumen.

• Openness to learning new ways of working and a hands-on approach to using data and systems.

• Significant experience driving demand review and participation in an IBP cycle.

• Strategic agility, able to drive cross-functional results by proactively managing key issues and priorities.

• Maturity and tact to effectively work with cross-functional teams, managing conflicting priorities and ambiguity.

• Strong senior leadership influencing skills and organizational agility; proven ability to build effective teams.

• Knowledge of leading practice demand planning and end-to-end supply chain concepts.

• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication (verbal and written) skills, with the ability to interpret large volumes of data and provide actionable insights.

• Advanced proficiency in MS Office (specifically Excel for pivot tables, modeling) and experience with ERP and APS (SAP APO and/or o9) systems.

• Proven ability to collaborate with and manage relationships across cross-functional teams (Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance).

• Experience with continuous improvement methodologies (e.g., Lean Six Sigma) and familiarity with change management.

• Strong business acumen, with the ability to assess both short-term and long-term impacts of business decisions.

• Experience with PowerBI, MRP, and supply chain management systems is an asset

Salary and Benefits:

The expected base salary range for this position is $102,600 to $128,250 CAD depending 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 a target of 14% with the possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results.

Mondelez also offers several generous employee benefits (some subsidized or fully paid for by the company), including 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.

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Riepilogo business unit

Con diversi marchi che sono tra i preferiti dai consumatori, tra cui Cadbury, OREO, Christie e Maynards, siamo una delle più grandi aziende di snack in Canada. Molti dei nostri marchi iconici sono classificati al primo, secondo o terzo posto nelle loro categorie e i nostri produttori e pasticceri hanno l'invidiabile missione di creare e produrre cioccolato, biscotti, cracker e caramelle nelle nostre fabbriche e sedi iconiche in tutto l'Ontario. Un'azienda con molti ambiziosi obiettivi di crescita, solo negli ultimi anni abbiamo investito quasi 250 milioni di dollari nei nostri stabilimenti in Ontario; gestiamo campagne di marketing per promuovere prodotti innovativi come le compresse Cadbury Dark Milk e la torta di compleanno OREO e i biscotti alla corteccia di menta.La nostra comunità di oltre 2.683 dipendenti è presente in tutto il Canada e la nostra sede centrale è a Toronto. Passione e dedizione caratterizzano la nostra Azienda. Incoraggiamo tutti i nostri dipendenti a essere se stessi al lavoro, a parlare apertamente e a incoraggiare la diversità in tutte le aree di attività. Inoltre, promuoviamo un ambiente di lavoro flessibile e attribuiamo grande importanza ai concetti di fiducia ed empatia per promuovere un vero senso di appartenenza.

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Tipo di lavoro

Contratto a tempo indeterminato

Demand Planning

Customer Service & Logistics