Supply Planner

ROLE SUMMARY:

• The Supply Planner owns the day-to-day and rolling supply plan for a designated Mars Snacking portfolio balancing customer service inventory capacity production and waste. Using demand forecasts inventory targets planning parameters and supply constraints this role develops feasible plans identifies risks early and coordinates actions across Demand Planning Manufacturing Procurement Logistics Customer Supply Chain Sales and Finance. The Supply Planner provides clear scenario analysis and recommendations for S&OP and Supply Chain Management Review drives root-cause and corrective actions against key performance indicators and continuously improves planning processes data and system performance.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR:

• Education: Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management Business Operations Engineering or a related field.
• Experience: 25 years of experience in supply planning production planning inventory management demand planning or broader supply chain operations ideally within fast-moving consumer goods or consumer packaged goods.

• Planning and systems capability: Working knowledge of ERP/MRP and advanced planning tools such as SAP JDA/Blue Yonder OMP Kinaxis or comparable platforms with the ability to understand planning parameters system outputs and material movements.

• Analytical capability: Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including complex formulas and data analysis; experience with Power Query Power BI or similar visualization tools is preferred.

• Leadership and collaboration: Strong problem-solving communication and stakeholder-influencing skills with the ability to organize multiple priorities make fact-based recommendations and own decisions within a fast-paced portfolio.

PREFERRED NOT-ESSENTIAL CAPABILITIES

• Experience with SAP ECC including iDocs EDI or API messaging material goods movements material management processes and SAP jobs or programs.

• Advanced analytics experience using SQL Python VBA database management systems.

• Own the supply plan: Develop and maintain a rolling feasible supply plan using the demand forecast production and co-manufacturing capacity material availability lead times inventory targets and agreed business priorities.
• Manage service inventory and waste: Monitor projected stock safety stocks coverage and product shelf life to prevent stockouts while reducing excess slow-moving obsolete and at-risk inventory. Lead root-cause analysis and action plans through the SLOMO process.
• Drive exception-based execution: Review planning alerts past-due supply or purchase orders stock movements and schedule adherence. Escalate constraints early evaluate trade-offs and coordinate timely recovery actions with manufacturing sites co-packers procurement logistics and customer teams.
• Support S&OP and SCMR: Provide robust analysis scenarios assumptions risks opportunities and recommended decisions for Sales & Operations Planning and Supply Chain Management Review. Translate decisions into executable plans and track actions to closure.

• Work with diverse and talented Associates all guided by the Five Principles.
• Join a purpose-driven company where we are striving to build the world we want tomorrow today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry-competitive salary and benefits package including company bonus.