Forecast to Schedule Business Lead

Simplot Australia is a food manufacturing and agriculture business encompassing potato, vegetable, seafood, and sauce operations that supply a wide range of frozen, shelf-stable and chilled products to Australia and New Zealand's major retail and food service customers.

As a leading provider of quality, nourishing and sustainable food, we are focussed on creating food Australians and New Zealanders love by maximising value from the best Australian-grown produce and global seafood. Our iconic brands have been an integral part of Australian life for generations, and include the likes of Leggo's, Birds Eye, Edgell, John West and Chiko.

We have five manufacturing sites in Australia and six sales sites and employ almost 2000 people across these operations. We are an integral part of the global J.R. Simplot Company.

**Culture and Benefits**:
At Simplot, we are fuelled by our purpose: We Contribute to Feeding Our World. We imagine a better future and set goals to reach it. We are committed to working as one Simplot and are guided by our shared values:

- Respect for Resources
- Spirit of Innovation
- Passion for People

We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion. We care about creating an environment that promotes safety and wellbeing and where our people feel supported, respected and empowered. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all our team members.

Simplot is passionate about cultivating a future where good ideas and inspiring possibilities have the chance to grow. We want our team members to build exciting and fulfilling careers with us and offer professional and personal growth opportunities.

**The Perks**:

- Flexible working arrangements and a variety of engaging Health and Wellbeing programs
- Diverse Leadership Development Programs and Professional Development Support
- Employee Reward and Recognition Program
- Bonus incentives
- Discounted Health Insurance and Gym Memberships
- Sensory Club Program - Enjoy and taste our new product launches and access to our Culinary cooking sessions
- Novated Car Leasing Agreements
- Income Protection Insurance
- Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave

Simplot Australia values the innovation and relationship building that comes from face to face connection but also recognises the need for flexibility in the lives of our team members. This is why we have a hybrid work environment, with one dedicated day per week where we all come together to maintain our successful culture of innovation, connection and collaboration.

**About our Role**:
As our Business process lead for Forecast to Schedule, you will be responsible for leading the SAP S/4 implementation. You are a key leader who will have a vision for the future and influence and inspire people towards that vision. This role will involve working closely and collaborating with our JRS USA based team members. The Forecast to Schedule area covers Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Production Scheduling (including raw planning), Inventory planning and the overall integrated business planning cycle.

**What will you do**:

- Current and future state - Map and understand the current process, including facilitating the process mining activity
- Define and continually refine the Epics, Features and scope, including what is required at Go Live and what will be the future roadmap
- Design for the future - Provide expertise in the current and a vision for future desired business processes
- Work closely with our SAP Product team to define the future end to end process and solution
- Work closely with the functional teams as the solution is built and provide business feedback and gap identification
- Accelerate decision making and SME engagement - Coordinate and build a network of SMEs from the business teams to contribute to program activities
- Participate in Global Product governance forums to ensure a consistent Global Design where there is value
- Implementation and management - Co-ordinate our SMEs and end users to complete testing, sign-off defect resolution
- Stand-up super user networks and transition to this group post go-live
- Facilitate process mining activity to monitor effectiveness of the solution and adoption

**About you**:

- Significant SAP business lead experience in the area of Forecast to Schedule
- Ability to influence and drive consensus with functional, technical and business stakeholders
- Strong leadership and collaboration skills
- System savvy, with experience implementing technology solutions
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and presentation skills
- Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills

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