Planning & IBP CoE Manager

Introducing Suntory Oceania

Craft your future with Suntory Oceania, a new $3b multi-beverage partnership between Suntory Global Spirits and Suntory Beverage & Food. Underpinned by quality, craftsmanship and a strong sense of purpose, our exciting new partnership will be powered by two manufacturing sites, five distribution centres and more than 1500 Suntorians across Australia and New Zealand.

Our market-leading portfolio will have over 40 brands, including Jim Beam® and Maker's Mark® Bourbon, Hibiki® Japanese Whisky, Canadian Club® Whisky, -196, V Energy, Maximus, and Suntory BOSS Coffee. As One Suntory, we will be positioned as the fourth largest beverage player in the region, ready to ignite the category, creating more beverage moments from sunrise to sunset. Together, we will bring the best of Suntory to Oceania.

The Opportunity

Are you ready to make a significant impact by driving sustained improvement in our Integrated Business Planning and supply chain planning process across Australia & New Zealand? We’re currently looking for an experienced IBP & Planning Centre of Excellence Manager to step into a 12-month parental leave cover.  This is a high-profile role, where you will be responsible for delivering and continually evolving our IBP step-based improvement plan covering our alcohol and non-alcohol product categories.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in a purpose-led environment, who is comfortable working and influencing across different business functions as well as being passionate about delivering process improvement. You’ll be supporting the Director IBP and Planning in driving IBP maturity and effectiveness, making this a highly impactful role.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage, co-ordinate and deliver improvement plans for each different step within the IBP process (Portfolio Review, Demand Review, Supply Review, Pre-Exec Review, and Exec Review).
• Assist in the monthly execution of the Integrated Business Planning process.
• Enhance supply chain planning processes, metrics and tools to create a performance mind-set and deliver service and cost improvement.
• Motivate and build capability within the IBP and Planning function to deliver an engaged, high performing planning team.

Experience that you will bring:

To enable you to hit the ground running, we’re looking for someone who is outcome focused with a positive can-do attitude. You should possess excellent organisational and communication skills as well as:

• Knowledge and experience in IBP / S&OP.
• Highly refined impact and influencing skills (up to Exec level).
• Astute at understanding P&L management.
• Project management / process improvement experience.
• Relevant tertiary qualification.

What’s in it for you?

• Grow your career – we like to promote from within and have incredible learning and development opportunities around the world.
• An inclusive parental leave policy for both primary and secondary caregivers.
• Birthday leave – enjoy a day off to celebrate your birthday.
• Gradual return to work to help you transition back from parental leave.
• Flexible working – flexible hours and hybrid working.
• We are committed to giving back to our communities, so we provide you with volunteer leave to do so.

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, 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.