Global Planning Director

Alcott Global is partnering with a luxury skincare brand to search for the Global Planning Director in Switzerland.

Role Overview

Global end-to-end Planning is a newly established team anchored in the central Supply Chain organization. The team is responsible for making the end-to-end supply chain plans for the next 1 to 3 years that ensure interrupted supply at competitive costs, efficient capital utilization and in an environmental sound way. The team is responsible for carrying out the monthly S&OP process, simulating various scenarios to identify the optimal plan and facilitate data driven decisions.

The company is on a journey to take the global planning process to the next level. Their ambition is to become a trusted supply chain business partner that optimizes the end-to-end supply chain with reliable data and transparent trade-off decisions.

Your Responsibilities:

You will be overall responsible for Global E2E Planning across our global supply chain covering the next 1 to 3-year planning horizon. Furthermore:

• Global End-to-End Planning is driving S&OP process from a data & analytical point- of-view in the Integrated Business Planning solution. You work closely with the S&OP Business Partners that are responsible for the cross-functional stakeholder collaboration and to drive the facilitation around mid-term supply & demand decisions.

• The team will manage the end-to-end planning scenarios and drive analyses as input to the S&OP decision process. It will often be triggered by a demand and supply imbalance or an optimization of the supply network. You will work very closely with the S&OP Business Partner and together draft a long list of ideas on how to solve the imbalance. You will drive the analyses and develop recommendations based on data and clearly outline the impact on the various decision metrics (i.e., Service level, Cost, Inventory, CO2, and capacity utilization).

• You will also be responsible for preparing the tactical supply chain plans that ensure alignment from affiliates, through manufacturing to suppliers and across the different factories. This includes ensuring a few supply chain planning parameters are defined and maintained effectively e.g., planning prioritization, segmentations, alerts, and threshold for escalation etc. You will validate both demand and supply inputs to ensure stable and reliable plans are cascaded effectively to the operational planning team. You will also play a central role in standardization and harmonization of the Global E2E Planning process.

• In addition, to functional responsibility it is equally important you ensure high employee engagement, and you proactively support individual development across the team. You also need to sustain a strong collaboration with key stakeholders across the company.

Requirements:

• • Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance or similar
  • At least 1 0 years of experience in Supply chain with a clear record of success in the planning field
  • Experience in Supply and Demand planning and at least one management experience leading a planning department.
  • Leadership experience, solid business understanding and sound knowledge within Supply Chain, Planning and Operations
  • You are comfortable working in a fast paced and dynamic environment with an innovative approach to problem solving

and outside-the-box thinking. Yet you have a sharp eye for details, a strong analytical mind and appreciate a firm and consistent structure.

• • You have personal drive and are ambitious, enthusiastic, energetic, and confident.
  • You thrive by setting direction, leading, and developing people and have excellent interpersonal skills and a track record of successful collaboration with different stakeholders from multiple countries and organizational levels.
  • You have good communication and presentation skills as well as strong command of English both written and spoken.