Strategic Planning Director

21 hours ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Lion Full time

At Lion, we're embarking on a transformative journey, focusing on building the next chapter of our proud legacy while embracing a challenger mindset and creating a high-performance organisation.

We're seeking a Strategic Planning Director to join our Integrated Business Planning Team. In this role, you'll be responsible for elevating Lion's mid to long-term forecasting capability, informed by consumer, category, and customer insights. As a strategic business partner to our Sales Directors, you'll ensure that we capture an accurate view of the rolling 36-month forecast. You'll also lead the development of the planning master data, reporting, and technology roadmap (in partnership with the technology team), to create a right-fit planning solution for the business.

This role is available on a permanent, full-time basis from our Sydney CBD office with the ability to work from home 2 days a week.

A day in the life

  • Leading and developing the Demand Planning Team.
  • Actively partnering the Sales Directors to develop mid to long-term sales forecasts across all channels and customers.
  • Partnering with the Supply Chain Planning Team to ensure customer service levels are consistently achieved.
  • Partnering with the Revenue Growth Management (RGM) team to ensure we accurately reflect promotional activity in sales forecasts.
  • Maintaining integrity of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) principles across the business planning cycle.
  • Partnering the Planning Director in the development, implementation, and embedding of IBP improvement initiatives.
  • Supporting development of the planning capability approach for the IBP team and business partners.
  • Partnering with the Data and Technology teams in the development and implementation of the planning master data, reporting, and technology strategy and roadmap.
  • Facilitating the Demand Review Forum.

What we're looking for

  • Demonstrated leadership experience: you will be an agile and inspiring leader and coach who is energised by the achievement of others.
  • A passion for business planning, expertise in forecasting, and enabling data and technology, and an ability to facilitate strong cross-functional collaboration and alignment.
  • An ability to navigate through a complex sales environment coupled with an ability to demonstrate decisive commercial thinking.
  • A strategic mindset with an ability to interpret and apply an understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.
  • Confident communication skills with the ability to influence and build relationships.
  • Deep understanding of demand planning and knowledge of the IBP process and best practice.
  • Experience in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry is essential.

We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and leveraging unique perspectives to innovate and grow. If you need specific support or accessibility adjustments during the recruitment process, please reach out to us via inclusionanddiversity@lionco.com. This includes supporting transgender and gender-diverse applicants as we understand the unique challenges and concerns these individuals might have.

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