Integrated Business Planning and Demand Analyst

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Date: 13 May 2024

Location: Melbourne, VIC, AU, 3194

Company: Simplot

In Australia, the J.R. Simplot Company’s core operations are food manufacturing and agriculture, encompassing potato, vegetable, seafood and sauce operations. We supply a wide range of frozen, shelf-stable and chilled products to Australia and New Zealand’s major retail and foodservice customers and are part of Simplot’s Global Food business. With 17 food manufacturing and processing sites, Simplot Global Food serves retail and foodservice customers in 37 countries, and employs 8,000 people across North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific.

In Australia, we are a leading provider of quality, nourishing and sustainable food, focussed on creating food that maximises value from the best Australian-grown produce and global seafood. Our iconic brands have been an integral part of Australian life for generations, and include Leggo’s, Birds Eye, Edgell, John West and Chiko.

Culture and Benefits

Fuelled by our Purpose to Contribute to Feeding our World, we imagine a better future and set goals to reach it. We are committed to working as One Simplot and are guided by our shared values:

• Respect for Resources

• Spirit of Innovation

• Passion for People

We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion. We care about creating an environment that promotes safety and wellbeing and where our people feel supported, respected and empowered. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all our team members.

Simplot is passionate about cultivating a future where good ideas and inspiring possibilities have the chance to grow. We want our team members to build exciting and fulfilling careers with us and offer professional and personal growth opportunities.

The Perks

• Flexible working arrangements and a variety of engaging health and wellbeing programs

• Diverse leadership development programs and professional development support

• Employee reward and recognition program

• Bonus incentives

• Discounted health insurance and gym memberships

• Sensory Club Program – Enjoy and taste our new product launches and access to our culinary cooking sessions

• Novated car leasing agreements

• Income protection insurance

• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave

Simplot in Australia values the innovation and relationship building that comes from face-to-face connection but also recognises the need for flexibility in the lives of our team members. This is why we have a hybrid work environment to maintain our successful culture of innovation, connection and collaboration.

About our role

• Analysis of Demand drivers and supporting the Demand Planning team

• Creating content and being the ‘storyteller’

• Based at our head office in Mentone / Moorabbin

We now have a great opportunity for an Integrated Business Planning / Demand Analyst to join the team. Reporting to the Head of Supply and Demand and based at our head office in Mentone / Moorabbin, this role will support the execution of the monthly Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and weekly Integrated Tactical Planning (ITP) processes across the Asia Pacific business.

What you will do

As an Analyst, you will be the point-of-contact and go-to for providing the Demand Planning team with content and insights to their portfolios – creating standardisation and consistency.

You will gather the data, create content and be the 'storyteller'. This will involve the content creation for each of the key IBP process steps to enable each planning team member to update insights ready for the respective meetings. You will also engage with various stakeholders across the Demand & Supply Planning team.

You will:

• Create IBP Content by extracting data and creating core PowerPoint presentations for the IBP meetings.

• Create ITP Content by extracting data and creating core PowerPoint presentations for the ITP meetings.

• Data reporting and analysis.

• Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data and evaluate forecast results.

• Liaise with Innovation, Demand & Supply planners as part of the validation of the mid-long term demand and supply plans (IBP) and recommend actions in case of issues.

• Investigate and resolve queries from business disciplines in reasonable time.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have excellent analytical and planning skills combined with a demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with a variety of stakeholders.

You are / have:

• Experience of working with IBP processes.

• Understanding of FMCG planning processes.

• Excellent Power Point skills.

• Experience of data analysis and data interrogation.

• Experience of multiple systems (Excel, Power BI, Accolade, Blueshift) preferred but not essential.

• Are curious.

• Able to look at current situation (the now) and what the future could be (a continuous improvement mindset).

• Able to build new ways of working and information management.

• Be the content creator and tell the story of what is happening in the portfolio (categories) for Demand.

If this sounds like you, then please apply online now

Applications close Friday, 31 May 2024

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Job Requisition ID: 18645

Travel Required : None

Location(s): Chifley Business Park Office - Melbourne

Country : Australia

Simplot is an equal opportunity employer and encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply. If you feel you would be a great addition to our team please apply online today, we would love to hear from you. If you require technical assistance, please email us at careers.contact@simplot.com

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