Jobs at Upfield

Role Overview

The planner is responsible for creating and owning the demand forecast as well as converting that forecast into a production requirement/master production schedule to be handed over to the Sourcing Unit/co-packers.

Key Responsibilities

Demand Planning

• Responsible for the 12-month rolling volume forecast.
• Focuses on collaborative "bottom-up" planning with Customer Development, Brand, and Customer Supply Chain.
• Continuously improve forecast accuracy to deliver high customer service levels and simultaneously support the reduction of finished goods inventory.
• Lead implementation of any new SO&P tools/processes in association with Demand Planning Excellence.

About you!

• You’ll have to enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and it will take hard work and determination; we will give you the ownership you need to make an impact.
• You’ll have to deliver on the commitments you make. And we’ll give you the freedom and flexibility to do your job and build your own career.
• At Upfield we want you to bring your ideas, your motivation and desire to succeed! This part of the role is up to you to complete.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

• A Bachelor’s degree
• Supply Chain qualification (APICS, CIPS)- desirable
• Cross functional business process knowledge
• High analytical skills
• Advanced excel skills
• People management
• Knowledge and information management
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills
• Influencing skills
• Planning and organizing skills
• Project management
• Organizational awareness

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The Purpose Of This Role Is

• Development & execution of Channel & Category building plans to deliver targets for the year.
• Lead and drive the Sales team/ Customer/ Channel agenda in the business, cross company processes such as S&OP, IBP (Integrated Business Planning) & NRM (Net Revenue Management).

Your Main Responsibilities

• Own, develop and deploy 4P strategy across all channels and customers for Brand/Category, aligned to total company and brand strategy, to drive execution excellence in stores.
• Initiate and lead the Sales and Marketing Activity Calendar in the areas of NPD, promotions and campaigns aligned with the 3>1 plan. Ensure that the annual Sales and Marketing Activity Calendar is translated into customer specific activities.
• Ensure that all planned NPD, campaigns, and customer activities are executed on time in full and within budget.
• Owns promotional planning process.
• Lead category management with key customers.
• Manages and ensures efficient use of Trade Marketing funds for Brand/Category.
• Monitor, analyze and evaluate market trends, shopper insights, and competitor activities. Drive Category and Brand strategy through insightful analyses, growth opportunities identification in customer reviews and business development.
• Lead promotional and NPD evaluation and provides recommendations to all relevant stakeholders.
• Drive and influence efficiency and maximization of spend, and ROI mindset

About You

• You’ll have to enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and it will take hard work and determination; we will give you the ownership you need to make an impact.
• You’ll have to deliver on the commitments you make. And we’ll give you the freedom and flexibility to do your job and build your own career.
• At Upfield we want you to bring your ideas, your motivation and desire to succeed! This part of the role is up to you to complete.

Skills And Experience Required

• Trade Marketing/Shopper Marketing experience
• FMCG experience preferred but not essential

Key Interfaces

• Category Management
• Customer Development (Sales Management)
• Supply Chain
• Finance
• Leadership Team

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Main Responsibilities

• Innovation is at the heart; you work across all functions to build best tasting products that tell a story the consumer and customer cannot ignore with winning financials.
• Own every performance element of your innovation – accountable for brand equity, strategy, performance and profitability
• Deliver game changing brand strategy that brings the consumer into our brands and delivers loyalty and commitment to achieve business goals
• Land brilliant execution in digital, PR and in-store – drive our brand awareness via owned and earned channels, working to create, and run successful influencer events.
• Into the data zone – you love to dig into the data and uncover the insight jewels
• Work to raise brand awareness/maintain image and ensure best in class across your market/Brand(s) with integrated sales & marketing plans, tools, and creative assets.
• Steward local and global Stage and Gate process – New Product Development and Product Council meetings, including maintaining & stewarding process compliance within key cross functional partners within Brand, R&D, Supply Chain, Finance, Commercial

Key Skills & Experiences

• 5-8 years of job experience, preferably in brand or product ownership within FMCG environment
• A proven track record in delivering brand growth and managing a holistic brand P&L: strategic outlook to define brand targets, sales mix, margin levers and contribution
• A deep consumer focus, taking an audience led approach, translating insights into marketing and activation activity
• Has a strong creative eye with the ability to articulate briefs and provide feedback with impact
• Can work in an agile, test and learn, iterative manner as part of cross functional rapid response teams
• A driver of collaboration, can lead a cross-functional team internally, delegate effectively and influence across levels to make things happen
• Experience and comfort working in a highly matrixed organization with direct and regional reporting lines – aligning key stakeholders regularly to ensure the project moves forward
• A creative problem solver who can find solutions for business challenges and ensure internal barriers do not get in the way of external success
• Regularly challenge your own assumptions and those of your team to improve our work
• Thrive on ‘making things happen’ and seeing ideas through to action
• A strong drive and passion for winning!

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing Highly Preferred