Customisation Planner

**Job Description** _Great things are happening in the Europe and Australia (EUAU) region. Each day, our 4,000 plus colleagues bring their passion to our offices, manufacturing sites, R&D center, and commercial/distributor markets across Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.We are energized by over 150 years of bringing people together with the food they love. With beloved brands Old El Paso, Häagen-Dazs, Nature Valley, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Jus-Rol, Fibre One, Knack & Back, Latina Fresh, Liberté and more, we are on a missionto become the undisputed growth leader in food for EUAU. In a world that’s ever-changing, we look to stay ahead and seek people who share our love of food and are **hungry to shape the future.**_

**Customisation Planner**

Overall Responsibilities:
As Customisation Planner for the UK & Ireland, you will provide operational management for our Co-packer portfolio with responsibility for Project, Event and Vendor management. Success in this role is dependent on effectively leading supplier relationship managementactivities, building and utilizing best practices to bring process rigor to strategy execution, and ensuring operational excellence in all externally produced products.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Operational leadership with 2 co-packers to ensure consistent WOW and best practice
- Vendor management:

- Production and replenishment planning for co-packing facilities
- Price negotiations with suppliers
- SLA management
- HMM
- Developing our Co-pack and Supplier portfolio for business growth and ensuring we are set up for success.
- On point for all new co-packed opportunities.
- Working with vendors and GM marketing to develop business solutions from concept to launch. Responsible for managing these projects, launching on time, and achieving desired KPI’s
- Custodial on the GM subcontracting process
- Leading cross functional projects
- Event management
- Establish performance metrics and oversee periodic review processes for Co-packers and key suppliers
- Ensure that sales needs are met by securing the right capacity with the co-packers
- Be the day-to-day liaison with co-packers for all business topics

**Key connections**:

- Supply planning hub
- MAT’s
- OBM’s
- Logistics
- Co-packers
- Suppliers
- Demand and fulfillment team
- Sales and marketing

**Other role-related information**

Visits to manufacturing plants, distributors, customers, Co-packing facilities, and offsite team meetings.

**KPI’s targeted**
- Waste
- OTIF
- Lead time adherence and reductions
- HMM
- Projects launched on time

**What we are looking for**

**Required: Work Attributes/Qualities?**
- Strong oral and written communication skills ?
- Strong analytical skills; problem solving?
- Excellent interpersonal & influencing skills with ability to constructively challenge. ?
- Proven ability to work cross-functionally. ?
- Performance driven with a Continuous Improvement mind set. ?
- Proactive approach, working with minimum supervision. ?
- Collaborative approach to teamwork. ?
- Multi-tasker?

**Desired: Qualifications/Skills/Experience?**
- Proven experience (FMCG) - Supply/Demand planning, co-pack or manufacturing
- Proven project management skills ?
- Strong systems knowledge - computer literate with a strong analytical capability (Excel & SAP & experience preferred)
- Vendor management experience

**What you can get from us**
- Flexible and employee-focused work culture
- Equal Employment opportunities
- Competitive package with benefits

At General Mills, we are committed to recruiting, developing, retaining, and advancing an inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of the consumers and communities we serve globally.

Are you keen to feed your passion for leading, influencing, and implementing bold Marketing plans to help us make food the world loves?

**COMPANY OVERVIEW**

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who wantto bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.