IBP Lead EECM-BNL

About your role

At Suntory Beverage & Food, we believe great planning drives great results. As a one year assignement for Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Lead for EECM Benelux, you'll play a pivotal role in connecting our commercial, finance, marketing and supply chain teams to ensure we make better, faster and more aligned business decisions. This is a highly visible role where you'll translate business strategy into actionable plans, helping to drive performance, manage risk and enable sustainable growth across the region.

Based in Amsterdam and reporting to the EECM Benelux Finance Director, you'll lead the end-to-end IBP process, influencing senior stakeholders and ensuring the organisation has a clear view of both short-term priorities and long-term opportunities.

What You'll Do

• Lead and orchestrate the Integrated Business Planning process across EECM Benelux, bringing together Commercial, Finance, Marketing and Supply Chain teams to deliver a single, aligned plan.
• Facilitate key business decision-making forums, helping senior leaders balance growth, profitability, service and inventory objectives.
• Drive the connection between strategic ambitions, operational plans and financial outcomes, identifying risks, opportunities and required actions.
• Develop and monitor meaningful performance metrics that improve forecasting accuracy and strengthen business accountability.
• Establish and enhance long-term planning capabilities, leveraging technology, automation and AI to improve decision-making and business performance.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that increase the maturity, effectiveness and efficiency of the IBP process.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across the business and become a recognised IBP ambassador, sharing best practices and driving excellence.

What's in it for you

• A highly strategic role with significant visibility across the EECM Benelux leadership team.
• The opportunity to influence business decisions that impact a multi-market region with over €400 million in revenue.
• Exposure to senior stakeholders and broad cross-functional collaboration across Finance, Commercial, Marketing and Supply Chain.
• The chance to shape and modernise planning through technology, automation and AI-enabled solutions.
• A collaborative environment where you'll be empowered to challenge the status quo, drive change and make a real impact.
• Excellent career development opportunities across Supply Chain, IBP leadership, General Management and broader business leadership roles within Suntory.

What You need to be successful

Experience & Expertise
Proven experience leading Integrated Business Planning, Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), Supply Chain planning or a similar business planning function.
Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and challenge senior leaders.
Experience driving process transformation, continuous improvement and organisational change.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to manage complexity and ambiguity.
Experience working across multiple functions and markets within a complex business environment.
Skills & Behaviours
You think strategically while remaining focused on execution and results.
You build strong relationships and bring people together around shared objectives.
You are comfortable navigating competing priorities and facilitating difficult trade-off discussions.
You embrace innovation and continuously look for opportunities to improve how things are done.
You communicate clearly and confidently, adapting your approach to different audiences.
You bring a collaborative mindset and enjoy working across teams, functions and cultures.
Nice To Have
FMCG, beverage or consumer goods industry experience.
Experience with IBP planning tools and advanced planning systems.
Knowledge of financial planning and budgeting processes.
Lean, Six Sigma or similar continuous improvement certification.

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.