Vendor Replenishment Planner
Bringing the best of Suntory to Oceania
By harnessing the best of Suntory from across Australia and New Zealand, Suntory Global Spirits and Suntory Beverage & Food Oceania have created a multi-beverage powerhouse – Suntory Oceania.
Our 40 market-leading brands, including Jim Beam® and Maker's Mark® Bourbon, Hibiki® Japanese Whisky, Canadian Club® Whisky, -196, V Energy, Maximus, and Suntory BOSS Coffee, are powered by five distribution centres, more than 1,500 Suntorians and two local manufacturing sites. With full end-to-end control of our portfolio, we pioneer new beverage experiences, inspired by innovation and craftsmanship.
About your role
As our Vendor Replenishment Planner, you'll play a critical role in ensuring our products are available when and where our customers need them. Acting as the key link between customer demand and supply execution, you'll collaborate closely with a key grocery customer, sales teams, demand planners, and supply chain partners to optimise inventory, improve forecast accuracy, and drive service excellence.
This is a highly collaborative role where relationship building, influencing skills, and analytical thinking are equally important.
What You'll Do
- Analyse sales, inventory, and forecast data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Partner with internal and external stakeholders to improve forecast accuracy and stock performance.
- Proactively identify and resolve supply chain issues before they impact customers.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives across replenishment and supply planning processes.
- Monitor service levels, inventory health, and key performance indicators.
- Build trusted relationships with customers and cross-functional teams.
- Contribute to delivering an exceptional customer experience through world-class supply chain execution.
What you'll bring
As well as a positive candidate attitude you will demonstrate:
- Experience in Supply Chain Planning, Replenishment, Inventory Management, Demand Planning, or Customer Supply Chain.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building capability.
- Confidence working with large data sets and planning systems.
- Ability to prioritise and manage competing demands in a fast-paced environment.
- Commercial mindset with a customer-first approach.
- Experience working within FMCG, manufacturing, retail, or consumer goods environments is highly regarded.
- Advanced Excel and planning system experience preferred.
Why Suntory Oceania
At Suntory Oceania, we're creating a vibrant, collaborative, and innovative culture where people can thrive.
- Be part of an exciting growth journey.
- Work with iconic beverage brands loved across Australia and New Zealand.
- Flexible and hybrid ways of working.
- Development opportunities and career growth.
- Inclusive and supportive team environment.
Our DEI Commitment
At Suntory, we recognize that diverse knowledge, perspectives, and backgrounds contribute to our collective success. We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where all individuals can bring their whole selves to work every day, regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, or differing abilities, age, or any other protected characteristic.
Our recruitment and selection processes are designed to highlight what Suntory offers as an employer while allowing candidates to share their unique skills and experiences. We understand that career trajectories vary, and if you believe your experience/background can benefit our team, we encourage you to apply. We endeavor to make our interview process as inclusive as possible and offer reasonable accommodations as needed. Together, we can cultivate a workplace where everyone can thrive and propel our mission of Growing for Good.