Manager – Sales & Operations

Role Overview

• Expert Forecasting
• You'll be the expert in forecasting by creating, developing, and producing demand forecasts through reviewing historical sales trends and marketing, sales and financial forecasts; preparing forecast data; analyzing assumptions and evaluating forecast results.
• Strategic Partnerships
• Team work will be key in this role. This position will require working closely establishing a strong business partnership with the Commercial Team on forecasting and analytics. Collaborating with Commercial Team, you will work to create driver-based forecasting and assumption management delivering long-term strategic plans.
• End-to-End Decision Making
• Builds both formal and informal professional networks. Maintains and extends networks within, across and external to organizational boundaries, including suppliers, partners and customers.
• Influencing
• Communicates ideas or positions in a persuasive manner that builds support, agreement and commitment.
• Demand Planning & Analytics: Providing the demand planning & analytics, in partnership with Commercial Sales & Marketing for key brands to gain alignment on the latest view of the sales forecast at the monthly Demand Review for the S&OP time horizon.
• Statistical / Consumption Modeling
• You'll have an in-depth understanding of statistical forecasting models and variables and will lead best in class statistical modeling.
• Continuous Improvement: Leveraging business metrics and KPIs and insights from Global S&OP CoE/BPO regarding best practices and external benchmarks to define improvement opportunities.

Requirements

• 5+ years of demonstrated operational performance in leading Demand Planning Process for a major CPG or Spirits company in North America
• Experience with SAP ECC and SAP APO
• Strong knowledge in Digital Technology
• Strong knowledge in S&OP best practices and proven application of these practices
• Demonstrated performance in leading S&OP continuous improvement
• Outstanding capabilities in developing talent
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Highly collaborative and development of business partnerships
• Strong verbal and written communications
• Highly effective conflict resolution
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Exceptional facilitation skills
• Demonstrated flexibility in easily moving between strategic thinking and tactical execution
• Advanced skills in PowerPoint and Excel
• Degree in Business Administration, Operations Research, Data Science, Supply Chain Management or comparable degree.

Benefits

• RRSP match after 3 months
• medical/dental benefits starting on day one