Customer Collaboration Demand Planner

**Become Part of Our Family**

An opportunity awaits in our vibrant, family-owned spirits company, nurtured by seven generations of the Bacardí family.

We come from humble beginnings in a small tin-roof distillery in Cuba, to a global company with more than 7,000 employees (affectionately known as Primos—Spanish for cousins) and many of the world’s best brands including **Bacardí** rum, **Grey Goose **vodka, **Patrón** tequila, **Bombay Sapphire** gin to name a few.

We at Bacardí are** Fearless**, have a** Founder’s Mentality **and are **Family **to the core

**Embark on your Next Move**

Our **Customer Collaboration Demand Planner **position is based in **Sydney**, and reports into the **S&OP Manager, **and is the front line of our customer relationship within the Supply Chain.

You will be responsible for building a customer IBP forecast, a key input into the S&OP process and business strategy. Through S&OE, with a fearless and collaborative mentality, you will partner within the supply chain team to drive operational excellence.

**Responsibilities**:
With our **consumers at the heart**, your key focus will be:

- Demand Planning:_
- Drive collaboration and partnership with the National Account Managers to understand promotions, pricing, and other factors that may impact demand.
- Be responsible for the monthly customer/channel Volume Clinics, bringing factors such as forecast performance, seasonality, market trends, and historical data to the demand planning process.
- Managing forecast changes in the IBP planning system
- Sales and Operational Execution (S&OE):_
- Report forecast changes, TISP and Bias results into the S&OE to ensure demand, inventory and supply plans are aligned in the fixed horizon, and any operational constraints or trade-offs resolved.
- Support Planning through weekly review of volume variances. React to short term demand fluctuations & provide insight on stock, changes to distribution & buy-in phasing to help interpret stock flow patterns & take preventative measures on stock outs. Using this insight, place emphasis for mid/longer term corrective & systemic action plans to prevent recurrence (right-first time forecast)

Skills and Experience

**Create your Legacy with your Founder’s Passion and Entrepreneurial Flair**

As our Customer Collaboration Demand Planner, you will be a role model of the Bacari Family culture and will embody this cultural pillar through your strong collaboration across teams and functions. Additionally, you will have:

- An understanding of the sales forecasting process.
- The ability to analyse data on planned sales volumes and business ambitions, with the capability identify risks and find trade-offs to create an accurate sales forecast.
- Excellent communication skills, with confidence working with, and influencing others
- An independent mindset, with a value for collaborative decision making, and championing ideas with confidence.

**Your chance to be Fearless is here.**

Our talent search and interview process will be collaborative, fast-paced, and will push a few boundaries, so here’s your quick heads up if you make the shortlist— **get ready to showcase what you're best at**

**We’ll help you to Do What Moves You**

With family at our core, naturally we love to look after our Primos Some of the great benefits you can expect to receive include:

- Product allowance
- Office Drinks & Events
- Flexi Work & Summer Hours
- Bacardí Assist
- In Spirit Day
- Career Development
- Founder’s Day Celebrations

**Belong at Bacardí**

At Bacardí you are appreciated for who you are. We mirror the rich diversity of our consumers by welcoming talented people from a variety of backgrounds, cultures, communities, and experiences to our Company. As a certified **Great Place to Work**, find out why bringing together different mindsets and perspectives powers our business. If you share our passion, you should consider joining our Family

Our culture

We share the passion and entrepreneurial flair of our founder and are guided by our three culture pillars - Fearless, Family and Founders, they inspire our Primos to be the best they can be and drive us forward in all we do. But what does this mean?
- Being Fearless; means adopting an agile mindset, being comfortable trying new things and taking risks. We are empowered to question, challenge and innovate.
- Family; We treat each other, and our communities, like Family. Always.
- Founders; The spirit of entrepreneurship is at the heart of everything we do. We see the business as if it’s our own. We do the right thing for the business and we all take accountability for our work.

When you join Bacardi, you become part of our family and gain more than just a job.
- Disclaimer: Bacardi is an equal opportunity employer that values workforce diversity. Diversity is core to our business: by embedding diversity into all aspects of our culture, we maximize the opportunity to achieve sustainable busines