AddressWith two centuries of family heritage, Beam Suntory is a world leader in premium spirits. As a truly global business, we bring together the best of our culturally diverse heritage. We value both agility and long-term thinking, we share a collective commitment to excellence and a dedication to craftsmanship, and across borders and roles, we collaborate to delight our consumers responsibly, and contribute to a more sustainable society for all of our stakeholders.
Our Vision is Growing for Good and our mission is to be the world’s most admired, fastest-growing premium spirits company. We’re a business that runs on responsibility, integrity, ambition and drive, and we celebrate exceptional performance. We welcome our people to dream big and tenaciously pursue ambitious goals – we call it our Yatte Minahare Spirit. But perhaps most importantly – we value differences, and we appreciate what each of us can contribute. We inspire each other, and challenge ourselves to innovate, improve, advance new ideas, and try new things. We create endless opportunities to Unleash Your Spirit every day in a culture that is charged, creative, challenging, and fun.
Mission of Role
This fixed-term contract role will coordinate all supply and inventory operations and activities that directly service the AU Domestic business unit.
Role Responsibilities
- Be the lead for all Supply related planning & analytical tasks for both Bulk and FG portfolios, including:
- Prepare for all supply review meetings with various business partners (internal and external) to ensure supply plans meet requirements, identify and call out risk where applicable, and initiate mitigation strategies
- Validate co-manufacturing supply plans and ensure they are accurately reflected in the monthly shipment forecast that goes to our overseas Operating Units
- Proactively enter all supply and inventory data into relevant databases to support the SKU rationalisation and Run Out Run In process to ensure seamless project transitions and cost minimization
- Validate CCEP NPD supply plans to ensure this supports commercial plans
- Identify, discuss and resolve supply and SAP PO misalignment issues with Customer Service and co-manufacturing teams
- Initiate and submit detailed Inventory projections, analytics and optimisation processes, internally and collaboratively with our co-manufacturing partners, including:
- Prepare, analyze and submit monthly inventory projection data for relevant submissions including Budget, Supply Chain MBR, Latest Estimate etc. for both local and global forums with relevant commentary to explain the latest projection to budget. Present recommended actions to correct if projections are off budget
- Review monthly inventory performance to plan and provide insights and drivers on any variances to budget
- Build and prepare scenario-based inventory projection simulations for review as required and offer recommended actions with supporting justification
- Allocation management – plan inventory targets and supply allocation volumes and ensure timely and accurate reporting to identify any potential variances to plan including course-correcting actions and recommendations
- SOH reporting – manage monthly reporting for CCEP and customers and ensure clarity on variances to plan are understood
Generate and maintain reports across several different cadences, including: KPIs for the Monthly Supply Chain MBR, Weekly S&OE, Supply Review, monthly shipment forecast, monthly inventory projection, budgets
- Attend relevant local, regional, and global calls to review and discuss performance, projections and align on actions
- Set up and maintain easy access to critical information for all relevant business stakeholders and functions.
- Work closely with local Supply and Logistics teams to ensure collaboration, best practice sharing and consolidation of work/reports
- Supply and inventory SME to drive and support the optimization of these processes and implementation of these functional areas with our new co-manufacturing partner
Qualifications
- Required previous experience in Supply and Inventory Planning (ideally 3-year min) and/or Business Analyst
- Able to complete analytics in Excel is a must, experience in SAP Planning modules (APO, IBP) and SAP / BW would be beneficial
- FMCG/alcohol background desirable but not critical
- Tertiary qualification preferable
At Beam Suntory, people are our number one priority, and we believe our people grow together in diverse and inclusive environments where their unique insights, experiences and backgrounds are valued and respected. Beam Suntory is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, military veteran status and all other characteristics, attributes or choices protected by law. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant’s skills and experience.
WE BELIEVE IN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, or belief. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant's skills and experience. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, and to perform crucial job functions. Please contact us if you require assistance.
In 2023, Beam Suntory earned a top score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index and was a recipient of the Equality 100 Award: Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion
