The Role

Role of End to End Production Planning Team Manager is a vital part of E2E Planning and reports to Head of Operations Planning department. The successful candidate in this position is responsible to ensure high service in Imperial Brands markets, right inventory levels and optimal assets utilization to ensure low impact on total supply chain cost. Depending on the area of responsibility, Team Manager will be working directly with many stakeholders across Global Supply Chain and beyond, focusing mostly on Clusters and Markets teams or Factory teams ensuring seamless supply chain operations delivering high value to end consumers. Key focus of the role is the optimisation of demand coverage and stock levels to maintain world class market supply performance and drive continuous improvements in supply chain planning. As a Team Leader, person is responsible to guide and coach the team, co-creating the best environment to develop its’ talents.

Principle Accountabilities

• Responsible for team management, which consists of planners responsible for respective area of business. Motivating the team, providing regular feedback and coaching.
• Ensuring markets’ supply by monitoring and mitigating potential supply risks in respective area of planning,
• Overseeing creation, reviews and adjustment of operational and tactical distribution plans/production schedules, act as a team advisor and escalate in case of severe service/inventory risks
• Managing relations with key business partners on Cluster/Factory/Central functions side, by ensuring timely feedback and regular, structured communication.
• Increasing customer centric approach inside and outside the team, tracking service and inventory KPIs for respective business area.
• Providing to E2E management analysis for last closed sales periods and monitoring future availability outlooks, including building comprehensive mitigation plans in case of service risk and identifying risks and opportunities for improvements and efficiencies increase.
• Take active part in E2E Supply Chain Hub creation and drive value with continuous improvement of current and new processes.

Skills and Experience

• University degree (BA or MA), preferably linked to Supply Chain, Business, or technical major.
• Strong, proven experience in Supply Chain Management, preferably planning related in FMCG industry.
• Excellent leadership and team managing skills, proven by experience in leading teams in corporate environment.
• Excellent knowledge of E2E supply chain business processes, with exposure to markets and production sides.
• Successful track record of managing projects and achieving results in line with strategic direction.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to work and thrive in highly ambiguous environments with ever-changing priorities.
• Language skills: Excellent verbal and written English as English is our business language. As we are a global business, any additional languages such as Spanish, German, French, Polish etc would be highly beneficial.

What We Offer

In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary, bonus scheme and many extras including a great pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement and hybrid/flexible working opportunities as well inspiring places to work and collaborate with purpose. Here at Imperial we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at recruitment@impbrands.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all. Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.