Associate Market Collaboration Planning Manager, Sundial Brands

Background & Purpose of the Job

This role demonstrates a mastery of handling complexity and navigating trade-offs to support the Business Unit. A master of demand planning and S&OP, this role translates insights and ensures that all cross functional inputs to the creation of a business forecast. They are a citizen data scientist that can use and interpret data to derive a central forecast that is unbiased accurate and aligned at the Business Unit.

Who You Are

You’re a born leader: Support the Business Unit S&OP discussions with deep understanding of the market.
You’re a strategy guru: Empowered to lead strategic agenda to develop and refine the forecasting process, models and tools leading to improved accuracy.
You’re a dot connector: Understand 100% and explain to their peers in Business Unit the composition of the auto-forecast.
You love to win, and have fun doing it: Demonstrate passion for performance & pursuit of progress
You’re a changemaker: Drive step change in Supply Chain performance according to plan transformation program
You’re digital & data translator: Understand how to use data and tools to quickly connect dots and develop insights and action
You’re a culture & change champion: Work closely with cross functional colleagues both internally and externally as ONE TEAM and aligning expectations while holding others accountable

What You’ll Do
• Gather business insights and help translating them into demand drivers for auto forecast modelling conducted by Demand and S&OP Planner in Business Operations Organization, aiming to improve the quality
• Support the Business Unit discussions with deep understanding of the market
• Ensure updated and agreed volume forecast are submitted and aligned with financial forecasting on-time every cycle
• Monitor and evaluate the building blocks
• Support the portfolio management and segmentation

Key Performance Indicators
• Forecast Accuracy (Lag4W FA)
• Forecast Bias (Lag1M FB)
• VVD
• Forecast Value Add (Positive FAVA and FBVA)
• Smart Touch Forecasting Score
• Dispatch Rate
• Process Adherence

What You’ll Need To Succeed
• Bachelor’s degree in Operations / Supply Chain or equivalent experience
• 2-4 years of relevant experience in Supply Chain Planning, Customer Service, or Customer Strategy
• Proficiency using MS Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI; FEU, Rapid Response, SAP System knowledge is preferred
• Demonstrated strong stakeholder management skills in previous role(s)
• Strong communication skills with an ability to deliver complex information to a variety of audiences with impact
• Creative mindset with the ability to look at a problem with a number of different perspectives and ideas for a solution

What We Can Offer You
Culture for Growth | Top Notch Employee Health & Well Being Benefits | Every Voice Matters | Global Reach | Life at Unilever | Careers with Purpose | World Class Career Development Programs | Check Out Our Space | Focus On Sustainability

Pay: The pay range for this position is $86,080 to $129,120. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.  

Bonus: This position is bonus eligible.  

Long-Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible.  

Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

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