Planning & IBP 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

Reporting to the Director Planning & IBP, you will drive the continual development of our end-to-end IBP process, as well as our supply chain planning processes to embed best in class ways of working across Suntory Oceania. You will act as a key business partner to the AU and NZ commercial, marketing, finance and supply chain teams as well as Suntory Global Spirits with the intent of instilling best practice IBP process, behaviors and tools.

What you'll be doing

• Help drive the continual development our supply chain planning process to embed best in class ways of working across Suntory Oceania
• Enhance planning processes and metrics to create a performance mind-set whilst delivering exceptional service and cost improvement
• Own the technology and system roadmap for the planning function. Explore opportunities for digital transformation and automation to enhance supply chain processes
• Drive and champion IBP maturity across the full cycle of monthly meetings for Suntory Food and Beverage and Suntory Global Spirits
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop and assist in the execution of the Integrated Business Planning process
• Build capability within the function to deliver an engaged, high performing planning team aligned to the overall direction of Suntory Oceania

What's in your toolkit?

• Hands on experience with IBP and S&OP experience including setting up IBP processes
• Experience working on large scale transformation projects
• Ability to use data to tell a story to both technical and non technical stakeholders
• Experience as a thought leader being able to influence stakeholders at all levels
• Relevant tertiary qualification
• FMCG experience highly desirable
• A continuous improvement mindset to ensure we are best in class

If you’re not an expert in all of these areas, don’t worry! A lot of what we look for is how you would align with our values and your ability to utilise your unique skills and experience.

Apart from free drinks to keep you energized, here’s what else we have to offer:

• 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
• Gradual return to work to help you transition back from parental leave
• Flexible working – work the way that suits you
• Discounted health insurance
• We are committed to giving back to our communities so we provide you with volunteer leave to do so
• Opportunity to purchase additional leave to give you more time to recharge

What's Next?

As Suntorians we believe in Dreaming Big and Growing for Good. We take pride in our sustainability, diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, striving to grow responsibly and inclusively. If you are ready to unleash your spirit with Suntory Oceania then please apply today.

We want our interview process to be as inclusive as possible. If you require any adjustments as part of the process, do not hesitate to let us know.