Head of Planning

Head of Planning

Your Manager: Supply Chain Director

Team: Manufacturing Supply Chain

Location: Dumbarton - We operate a hybrid working approach.

Be part of something big

We are Pernod Ricard, a leading company in the global wines and spirits industry with over 19,000 employees globally. We own 16 of the world’s top 100 Spirits Brands and hold one of the most prestigious and comprehensive brand portfolios in the industry with 240 premium brands available in over 160 countries, including: Absolut vodka, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater, Malfy and Monkey 47 gins, Malibu liqueur, Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes as well Jacob’s Creek, Brancott Estate and Campo Viejo wines.

Here in the UK

In the UK, Pernod Ricard is made up of 3 businesses:

- Chivas Brothers, the largest brand company in the Group, responsible for the production and management of our award-winning Scotch whisky portfolio
- Pernod Ricard UK, which markets, sells and distributes our products in the UK market.
- Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail, the global and EMEA home of the group’s duty free, air travel and cruises business.

We are an organisation of 2,000 employees in the UK, headquartered in London, in a brand-new office designed with sustainability, ‘conviviality’ and collaboration in mind. We also have offices in Scotland and various distilleries and production sites across the UK from Plymouth to London to Speyside.

Your new team

This position sits in our Chivas Brothers business. At Chivas Brothers, our 1,600-strong team across 27 sites is committed to upholding the heritage of Scotch and ensuring its sustainable future, as well as opening it up to new audiences across the globe.

The scope of Operations stretches from Procurement through conversion (distillation and maturation) and manufacturing (or bottling) to all the downstream Supply Chain activities until the final product is delivered.

In addition, Operations play a very active role in Innovation, Talent Development and Operational Risk Management.

The Manufacturing Supply Chain team are based in Glasgow and Dumbarton and oversee all aspects of our supply chain including production & material planning, bill of materials management, demand planning, logistics, direct sourcing, and customer service.

Your unique contribution

The Head of Planning ensures customer demand is met by being responsible for the Supply planning, Material Planning (both Internally & Externally), and team management. The Head will be required to set direction, develop strategies, and resolve constraints for the replenishment of finished goods. You will also be the Co-owner of the sales and operations planning process (S&OP) - long term and sales and operations execution process (S&OE) - short term with the Demand Planning Manager.

You will have six main areas of responsibility:

- Be Responsible for the Planning Function and Build Capability - to direct planning activities for positive impact build capability in people and systems to ensure reliable and sustainable supply of finished goods. You will also collaborate with key stakeholders across the business to identify opportunities to enhance planning for excellent customer fulfilment at optimal cost.
- Production Planning - to establish planning processes and routines to ensure customer demand, ensuring plans exist at various levels of granularity and are updated on a rolling basis. You will also provide ongoing reporting and analysis of related KPIs.
- Production Scheduling - to ensure bottling lines are scheduled to deliver customer demand at optimum cost and ensure all master data in Planning and Scheduling systems is accurate and maintained. You will also establish and take responsibility for processes needed for ongoing scheduling of production.
- Material Requirement Planning - to ensure systems operate effectively across supply chain functions and ensuring end to end governance of system transactions, set process standards, developing controls, and monitoring compliance.
- Data Management - to ensure that all operational product data is managed effectively and timeously across the business and there is full data integrity between local ERP and Pernod Ricard Global platforms.
- S&OP / S&OE Management - to establish robust planning processes within CBL aligning to the overall PR ambition and timelines to ensure clear direction of supply requirements, highlighting and risks / constraints and identifying clear mitigation plans.

Who you’ll be working with

Internally, you will collaborate with the wider Supply Chain team as well as the manufacturing leaders and other business functions such as New Product Development, HR, Finance and Legal. You will be the key link between internal stakeholders and head quarters on Global Supply Review meetings and optimisation of global planning tools & processes.

Externally, you