Yogi Tea is seeking a talented and passionate Integrated Business Planning Manager to join our Finance team. This role will be the subject matter expert for demand planning, network optimization, and capacity planning. They will support various projects including monthly demand plans, consumption models, network and production strategy optimization, integration of new businesses, and new product launches. This leader also facilitates each IBP meeting to ensure continuity and integrity in the process. The IBP Manager may also need to lead technical initiatives to improve data analysis such as implementing planning software.
Role Summary.
This role, reporting to the CFO, will be responsible for the strategic planning and execution of the business operational forecast. The IBP Managers' Day is definitely not boring and it provides an enterprise-wide learning opportunity. They are always communicating and in problem solving mode. The IBP Manager spends a great deal of time working with other departments who are stakeholders in order to deliver an optimized Demand and Supply plan leading to optimized business financial performance. Many areas come into play when planning sales and operations; areas like sales, marketing, manufacturing, buying, logistics, inventory, and finance. Any day can find the IBP Manager gathering data from these areas and analyzing it for current status, future needs, and forecasting for demand.
Role Responsibilities:
Essential functions of the role, but are not limited to the following:
People 45% of time
- Leads the Demand and Supply Planning teams to refine the monthly operational forecast and supply rolling model, reflecting updated assumptions to ensure a balanced position and production capacity while maximizing the P&L.
- Establish, nurture and develop partnerships with stakeholders throughout the business
- Drives cross-functional business teams to own decision making and alignment on the monthly supply and demand operational forecasts, leading the delivery of options, risk scenarios and recommendations.
· Assist in the resolution of key supply-demand/service-cost issues
- Build a high-performance planning team for the future.
- Lead the planning process as it enables strategic initiatives to drive sales growth, margin realization, inventory targets and asset utilization.
Process 45% of time
- Own the planning vision, strategy and processes.
- Ensure the outputs are reflected within the Operational forecast.
· Responsible for maintaining a 18-24-month rolling demand forecast properly reflecting sales plans and a 18-24-month rolling supply plan that meets the latest operational plan, showing all risks and opportunities.
· Drives the Planning process to ensure gap filling initiatives are provided to ensure delivery of the AOP.
· Owns inventory levels for finished goods across the entire supply chain by assessing safety stock needs, sales forecast accuracy, bias, customer service requirements and establishing resulting inventory target levels.
· Facilitates monthly demand forecast aggregation, including consensus between functions and stakeholders
· Creates and drives continuous improvement of world-class IBP planning and processes
· Maintains best-in-class understanding of industry best practices.
· Participates in the development of statistical models to optimize safety stocks without negatively affecting customer service levels
· Oversees development and standardization of policies, processes, key performance indicators, education and training.
· Demonstrated understanding of financial systems and the key drivers within the manufacturing environment
Tools 10% of time
· Working knowledge of modern manufacturing, material flow and improvement strategies and the ability to integrate those into the operation
· Understanding of applicable computer systems, such as Microsoft Office Suites, and function specific software
· Proficiency in Microsoft excel, and other programs such as Access and Tableau
· Leverages inventory management tools to recommend SKU rationalization and inventory optimization while meeting Product Availability targets.
· Owns and maintains the planning technology; supporting training, upgrades and data integrity .
Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or Finance a plus
- 8+ years previous experience in one or more Supply Chain , Marketing or Sales functions with an emphasis on Demand, Supply and Integrated Business Planning
- Experience with Demand and Supply Planning tools (JDA, Logility, ForecastX etc.)
- 5+ years of people management experience.
- Strong project and influencing skills to lead cross-functional project teams.
- Highly collaborative leadership style with the ability to lead effectively and handle conflict in cross-functional situations
· High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
