S&OP+ Director CEA

What are we looking for?

• University degree.
• 5+ years’ experience in S&OP+ Process or in senior roles in One Demand
• Project management
• Process implementation
• Financial acumen
• Strategy development and deployment
• IT literate. Strong Capabilities in AI, PM tools, Microsoft Office Package

Key leadership competencies

• Strategic Mindset
• Balances Stakeholders
• Decision Quality
• Manages Complexity
• Plans & Aligns
• Drives Results
• Collaborates

What will be your key responsibilities?

• The S&OP+ Director leads the whole S&OP+ process. As such, the incumbent plays a key role in ensuring the delivery of our year-end and mid- and long-term plan commitments and provides visibility on risks and opportunities towards these plans in collaboration with all Leadership Team Members.
• Drive decision-making and decision follow-up in different subgroups.
• The incumbent needs to be strongly connected to external stakeholders (S&OP+ Regional and Finance teams) and ensure proper communication of relevant elements to these different stakeholders.
• Follow up on the main KPIs and drive continuous improvements to identify and eliminate gaps in the process and performance to guarantee effectiveness.
• Coordinate with the different Step Owners, the leads of each step of the S&OP+ process, setting and following the right agenda.
• Facilitate and operate the Management Business Review (MBR) meeting at the Central Eurasia Cluster level with the Leadership Team.
• Collaborate with Finance and Supply to give them the necessary inputs to develop the Financial Reports and Supply plans.
• Drive the Central Eurasia Cluster LT Transformational priorities as project leader and PMO.
• Collaborate with the region to contribute to the R-IR and R-MBR meetings.
• Continuously improve S&OP+ steps and processes, and lead the self-assessment for each S&OP+ step.
• Have the right balance between analytical capabilities and building relationships with others to build a strong plan for the next 36 periods.
• Being capable of fostering collaboration and mutuality with other departments to get the inputs on time.
• The S&OP+ Director will be a strong spirit of continuous improvement, trying to reach the best ratios in the KPI’s, learning about the difficulties, and developing the right action plans to correct the gaps.
• The incumbent will often be required to work under tight deadlines and in pressure situations.

Strategy

• Work with the Leadership team and the Market/Functional heads in aligning business goals
• Drive the cyclic process to remain focused on the long-term business strategy.
• Be the guiding voice to process the medium- to long term risks & opportunities and drive actions to integrate the same in the S&OP process
• Improve variance to plan for the business goals through an effective S&OP process.
• Ensure drive and proper tracking of key strategic initiatives in light of the Central Eurasia strategy.

Process Excellence

• Drive discipline, rigor, and adherence to the S&OP process.
• Be the process expert for the business for S&OP training/inductions. Needs to ensure step facilitators are adequately trained, design the core and output decks, assemble, and analyze the final outputs to be presented to the Leadership team.
• Expected to influence associates without authority towards meeting the organization’s goals and reduce/eliminate firefighting, thereby moving towards more stable and predictable business outcomes resulting in the efficient use of resources.

Monitor & Review

• Work towards integrating all the functions to have one aligned view and plan for the cluster.
• Make sure the S&OP+ steps are interlinked for information consistency.
• Track, initiate, and highlight the performance on goals as needed. Help the steps/feeders with monitoring tools like scorecards for achievement tracking.
• Drive Functional Heads’ ownership for the respective S&OP+ step meetings/feeders and look for continuous improvements towards making these meetings more effective and focused on decision-making.

Project Management

• Leads cross-functional project teams, coordinates sub-teams, develops, and maintains overall project planning and timelines. Ensures project execution according to agreed scope.
• Manages the budget and timelines of the project, holding the team accountable to deliver the project on time, in budget, and in full.
• Composes the right project team, ensuring process and principles (including thresholds/complexity) are fully integrated.
• Ensures adherence to agreed business processes.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.