With two centuries of family heritage, Suntory Global Spirits is a world leader in premium spirits. As a truly global business, we bring together the best of our culturally diverse heritage. We value both agility and long-term thinking; we share a collective commitment to excellence and a dedication to craftsmanship. Across borders and roles, we collaborate to delight our consumers responsibly whilst contributing to a more sustainable society for all our stakeholders.

Our Vision is Growing for Good, and our mission is to be the world’s most admired, fastest-growing premium spirits company. We’re a business that runs on responsibility, integrity, ambition and drive, and we celebrate exceptional performance. We welcome our people to dream big and tenaciously pursue ambitious goals – we call it our Yatte Minahare Spirit.

Demand Planning & Analytics Senior Manager

This role is open in Madrid, Spain.

What makes this a great opportunity?

• Opportunity to belong to a Global team in a multicultural environment by sitting in the Madrid Office.
• Dynamic and growing organization where creative ideas are more than welcome.
• Suntory Global Spirits Spain Benefits package which includes: health insurance, life insurance, luncheon card, pension plan. Beam Suntory also offers a positive and nice working environment.

Role Responsibilities

Global S&OP Transformation Roadmap: Collaborate with S&OP leadership to create a long-term transformation plan, incorporating regional feedback to ensure technical feasibility. Include cross-functional projects on:

• Process improvements based on KPIs and best practices.
• Systems functionality driven by process design and digital advancements.
• Organizational change management and talent development.

Program Management & Execution: Manage the implementation of portfolio review and demand planning projects, providing regular updates to the CoE and regional leadership teams.

Best Practices & External Benchmarking: Develop a professional network to identify and apply best practices, assessing SGS's demand planning and portfolio management capabilities against external benchmarks.

Commercial Analytics: Collaborate with BU S&OP leaders, marketing, sales, and IT to develop analytical capabilities that inform demand planning.

Business Process Ownership: Be the decision-maker for SGS's S&OP process focused on demand planning, design, and technology, including standard definitions of KPIs and metrics.

Continuous Improvement: Utilize metrics and KPIs to identify improvement opportunities and support the development of business cases for project approval, including IT and resource investments.

Qualifications

• Experience: Over 7 years of operational performance in leading demand within the S&OP process for a major CPG or spirits company.
• Transformation Projects: Proven track record in leading demand planning business transformation initiatives.
• Preferred experience in SAP IBP and strong knowledge of digital technology.
• Expertise in demand planning best practices with demonstrated application.
• Proven ability to lead demand planning continuous improvement efforts.
• Strong capabilities in developing talent and fostering team collaboration.
• Excellent collaboration, verbal and written communication, conflict resolution, analytical and problem-solving skills, and facilitation abilities.
• Ability to shift between strategic thinking and tactical execution.
• Advanced skills in PowerPoint and Excel.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations Research, or related fields; advanced degree or specialized certification is preferred.

At SGS, people are our number one priority! We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive environment. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant’s skills and experience.