Sr Mgr, Supply Chain Planning Projects

Project leadership across planning transformation initiatives, which may include demand planning, supply and inventory planning, deployment, detailed scheduling, material requirements planning, S&OP / IBP, reporting and analytics, and associated integrations. Enterprise-wide coordination across central functions, business units / countries, technology teams, implementation partners and centres of excellence. Accountability across the full project life cycle: mobilisation, discovery, design, build, testing, training, cutover, go-live, hypercare, benefits realisation and handover to BAU. Leadership of multidisciplinary matrix teams, workstream leads, subject-matter experts, country leads and external partners. Take co-ownership with BPT and SI of integrated project plans spanning business process, solution, data, change, testing, cutover and operational readiness. Manage scope, schedule, resources, budget assumptions, risks, issues and dependencies, taking early corrective action when delivery or value is at risk. Represent the business in the design and deployment of end-to-end planning capabilities, ensuring solutions respond to business needs and remain aligned to enterprise standards. Govern the global design and assess market-specific requirements, challenging unnecessary localisation and enabling standardisation wherever it creates sustainable value. Ensure business requirements, design principles, controls and acceptance criteria are clear, traceable and approved by accountable stakeholders. Partner with technology and delivery teams to resolve process / system boundary issues and protect end-to-end outcomes rather than optimise individual workstreams. Lead business mobilisation and readiness for each deployment wave, including resource onboarding, role clarity, local leadership alignment and readiness checkpoints. Coordinate business participation in testing, training, data validation, cutover, go-live and hypercare, ensuring owners and exit criteria are agreed. Drive adoption of standard processes, roles, governance and ways of working through targeted stakeholder engagement, change leadership and capability building. Ensure a controlled transition into BAU, with clear ownership, support arrangements, documentation, performance measures and continuous-improvement backlog. Build trusted relationships with executive sponsors, functional leaders, market leadership and project teams across a complex matrix organisation. Protect the business case, linking delivery choices to measurable operational, service, cost, working-capital, capability and risk outcomes. Capture learning across deployments and use it to simplify methods, accelerate future waves and strengthen planning capability. Key relationships Internal Central and market supply chain leadership and planning communities Commercial, Finance, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics and People / Change teams Technology, architecture, data, analytics, testing, security and service-management teams Centres of excellence, programme management and local deployment organisations External Systems integrators, consulting partners and specialist delivery resources Technology and software providers Other suppliers or partners affected by planning process and system changes Essential Strong programme and project leadership, including governance, risk management, resource mobilisation and executive reporting. Strong organizational skills to handle multiple tasks and deadlines Ability to lead change management for transformational projects and govern transition to BAU in deadline-driven environments Communication skills to communicate & engage with a range of different stakeholders Commercial judgement and the ability to connect project decisions to business value, operational risk and measurable outcomes. Desirable Experience in supply chain, with strong depth in planning and a practical understanding of end-to-end planning decisions. Experience in delivery of complex, large-scale business transformation or planning-system implementations across multiple functions, markets or business units. Experience with advanced planning capabilities and integrated business planning platforms, including SAP IBP and / or planning solutions integrated with SAP S/4HANA. Experience in a global consumer goods, manufacturing or similarly complex supply chain environment. Experience managing systems integrators, consulting partners and technology vendors. Knowledge of planning performance management, data governance and analytics. Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in supply chain, business, engineering, technology or a related discipline. Recognised programme, project, change or supply chain qualification is advantageous. Strategic and systems thinking Outcome and value orientation Influence and decision quality Delivery discipline Constructive challenge Resilience and learning agility Cultural awareness