Supply Planning Jr. Manager

**Your Opportunity**

Through the S&OP/Supply Planning process deliver to our customers the right product, at the right time, at the right place, with the right quality, at the right cost including development and implementation of an outstanding customer service performance.

Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Marketing, Sales, Customers, Finance and business team to ensure and reach that the agreement on Sales Operation and Plan on a monthly basis.

Establish a process for aligning day-to-day decisions to plan, replenish and supply stock levels by coordinating actions and outputs from S&OP, Imp & Exp operations and Local Production Plan. Establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relations with internal/external organisations: motivate and encourage direct reports and employees working in a team environment to achieve department, and company goals.

In this role you will likely often find yourself in your office, but you should also expect to have to travel e.g. to visit 3rd party service providers.

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

- S&OP / Foreign Trade / Planning
- Together with Supply Chain Sr. Manager, create and develop a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Marketing, Sales, Customers, Finance and business team to ensure and reach that the agreement on Sales & Operation Plan on a monthly basis.
- Maintain the Sales and Operations Planning policy and rules to be operated by the extended planning team
- Develop, implement and influence best practices in the disciplines of forecasting and inventory management.
- Manage continuous improvement of the product supply: improved customer service; faster cycles; reduction of waste and reduce delivering costs.
- Ensure that the Marketing & Sales business team reach agreement on Sales Operation and Plan on a monthly basis.
- Accountable for implementation, maintenance and review of SLA with country and plants to clearly set role, responsibility and performance management Sponsor S&OP process implementation.
- Control and support COMEX operations for finish goods, packaging materials and row materials. Stablish controls along with the broker in documentation and process to assure compliance in imports exports operations.
- Manage the Demand and Supply Planning DP/MPS/MRP/DRP (Demand planning/Master Planning Scheduling/Materials resource planning/Distribution Resources Planning) processes to ensure that plans are established, monitored and reviewed in order to ensure efficient and timely distribution of products to the Country.
- Resolve short/medium term supply constraints (ex. quality, technical, etc.) to deliver product on the agreed basis
- Cooperate closely with the Sr. Supply Chain and Project Managers on the design and development of an effective Innovation process with the aim of reducing supply chain complexity, increase supply reliability and flexibility
- Implement and maintain the process to prevent and monitor write-offs including action plans for reduction and control improvement
- Identify and execute the ideal balance between customer service requirements, inventory optimisation, manufacturing efficiencies, including capacity planning, SKU rationalization, planning and execution
- Assure and manage PTP process (Supplier Payment), through Bacardi systems (SAP, EDICOM), execute controls and assure on time payment.
- Own, manage and control Manufacturing and Supply Chain KPI’s
- Establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relations with internal/external organisations: motivate and encourage direct reports and employees working in a team environment to achieve department, and company goals

Skills and Experience

**The Skills & Experience needed to create your legacy**
- You will have 7+ years’ experience in Supply Chain. Your familiarity and knowledge across customer service, demand planning, production/supply planning & foreign trade operations.
- This experience should have been gained in an FMCG environment, but you may well have additional experience in high tech or pharma industries as well.
- You will have driven and managed change in a distribution or industrial supply chain organization where knowledge of international trading practices and global tax principles is vital to success
- Development of teams, across multiple cultures, will be a core experience you have gained
- Demonstrated use of analytical, collaborative problem solving and negotiation skills.
- Leadership of both direct teams and matrix / cross functional leadership - managing / directing others.
- You will have a track record of managing 3rd parties and driving continuous improvement in their performance - service, quality and cost
- Language Skills
- Fluent Portuguese & English
- Spanish an advantage
- SAP Planning Tools experience is a plus
- Office Package

Our culture

We share the passion and entrepreneurial flair of our founder and are guided