Production Planner

Introducing Suntory Oceania- Craft your future with Suntory Oceania, a new $3b multi-beverage partnership between Suntory Global Spirits and Suntory Beverage & Food. Underpinned by quality, craftsmanship and a strong sense of purpose, our exciting new partnership will be powered by two manufacturing sites, five distribution centres and more than 1500 Suntorians across Australia and New Zealand.- Our market-leading portfolio will have over 40 brands, including Jim Beam® and Maker's Mark® Bourbon, Hibiki® Japanese Whisky, Canadian Club® Whisky, -196, V Energy, Maximus, and Suntory BOSS Coffee. As One Suntory, we will be positioned as the fourth largest beverage player in the region, ready to ignite the category, creating more beverage moments from sunrise to sunset. Together, we will bring the best of Suntory to Oceania.- The Opportunity- This role will be responsible for planning Suntory Oceania’s 3rd Party Manufacturing lines across the non-alcohol portfolio to ensure we have an optimal level of safety stock to achieve our customer service levels.**What you’ll be doing**
- Plan and create the production schedule for our third-party manufacturing operations ensuring all known constraints are considered.
- Maintain monthly forecasting with third party manufacturers and suppliers.
- Identify and escalate risks and work closely with key stakeholders to mitigate these risks.
- Maintain optimal inventory at DC level and mitigate any commercial impact on known out of stock issues.
- Conduct analysis to inform recommendations for our Integrated Business Planning process.
- Ensure packaging materials and raw materials are available for production.
- Partner closely with third party manufacturers to ensure they are delivering to the Suntory standards.
- What's in your toolkit?- Experience in a similar Supply Planning role - FMCG experience is desired.
- Strong stakeholder management with proven experience managing internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience with short
- and long-term planning, managing products from different manufacturing sites within Australia and overseas.
- A continuous improvement mindset and initiative to drive improvements.
- Flexible attitude with the ability to provide solutions to unexpected plan changes.
- If you’re not an expert in all these areas, don’t worry A lot of what we look for is how you would align with our values and your ability to utilise your unique skills and experience.- Apart from free drinks to keep you energised, here's what else we have to offer- Grow your career - we like to promote from within and have incredible learning and development opportunities around the world.
- An inclusive parental leave policy for both primary and secondary caregivers
- Gradual return to work to help you transition back from parental leave.
- Flexible working - work the way that suits you
- Discounted health insurance
- We are committed to giving back to our communities, so we provide you with volunteer leave to do so
- Opportunity to purchase additional leave to give you more time to recharge
- What's Next?-
- We want our interview process to be as inclusive as possible. If you require any adjustments as part of the process, do not hesitate to let us know.