Sr Manager, Planning & Systems Saskatoon, SK

What Youll Do:

• Develop and maintain a 5-year strategy for our Retail-specific Planning Systems to ensure we can turn Nutriens strategy into action for all products we sell including Fertilizer Chemical and Seed in collaboration with users and stakeholders.
• Ensure SAP IBP and all other Planning Systems are maintained and set up to meet the needs of our stakeholders and business processes including ensuring inputs to our systems are aligned and support our planning requirements through collaboration with the owners of those inputs.
• Manage and support as required S&OP and S&OE processes and meetings to ensure accountability across Upstream Midstream and Downstream teams through business planning and execution.
• Define and support longterm capability development within the planning team including supply chain planning SAP expertise communication and process leadership to evolve processes and support career development.
• Support inventory logistics and cost optimization initiatives through effective use of SAP IBP capabilities.
• Provide leadership for our planning technology and systems working in close partnership with IT to ensure usability and valueadd improvements.
• Keep up with new technologies and benchmark Nutriens planning against industry best practices.
• Liaise with Finance IT and all other groups requiring or providing data to our systems.
• Support Continuous Improvement efforts for the planning teams in conjunction with the Business Process Improvement team.
• Leverage statistical forecast modelling to support analysis and guide development or improvements of the model including consuming external variables.
• Use analytics and metrics to improve processes and provide datadriven forecasts of potential costs risks and profits of new business initiatives.
• Design and distribute actionable reports that show key performance indicators identify areas of improvement in current operations and display rootcause analysis of problems.
• Communicate findings and insights to stakeholders and provide business strategy recommendations for optimizing business performance.

What Youll Bring:

• Business (Supply Chain) or Information Technology diploma with a minimum of 10-year relatedexperience
• Proficiency in SAP IBP is required while experience with SAP S4 considered an asset (e.g. TM MRP or MM)
• Proven analytical skills with strong understanding of statistics and experience developing KPI style measures
• Able to process large amounts of data influence others and drive cross-functional alignment and be able to communicate at various levels within the organization
• Knowledge of Planning processes (S&OP and S&OE) is required
• Knowledge of chemical manufacturing or agriculture industries is considered an asset
• Must possess strong leadership skills and be well organized self-motivated focused on meeting deadlines and able to multitask within a fast-paced environment
• Exceptional people management skills with a desire to grow and support your team
• Excellent communications skills and ability to present to senior leaders
• Demonstrated ability to support and interact effectively with other core business functions and a passion for leading change