Beam Suntory is Crafting the Spirits that Stir the World. Rooted in two centuries of family heritage, Beam Suntory has evolved into the world's third largest leading premium spirits company ... where each employee is treated like family and trusted with legacy. With our greatest assets - our premium spirits and our people - we're driving growth through impactful marketing, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Beam Suntory is a place where you can come Unleash your Spirit by making an impact each and every day.
Sr. Director NA S&OE & Inventory
The following position is is open in Illinois, United States.
What makes this a great opportunity?
As a world leader in premium spirits, Beam Suntory inspires human connections. Consumers from all corners of the globe call for the company's brands, including the iconic Jim Beam and Maker's Mark Bourbon brands, Suntory Whisky Kakubin and Courvoisier Cognac, as well as world renowned premium brands including Knob Creek, Basil Hayden's and Legent Bourbon; Yamazaki, Hakushu, Hibiki and Toki Japanese Whisky; Teacher's, Laphroaig and Bowmore Scotch Whisky; Canadian Club Whisky; Hornitos and Sauza Tequila; EFFEN, Haku and Pinnacle Vodka; and Sipsmith and Roku Gin.
Beam Suntory was created in 2014 by combining the world leader in bourbon and the pioneer in Japanese whisky to form a new company with a deep heritage, passion for quality, innovative spirit and vision of Growing for Good. Headquartered in New York, Beam Suntory is a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings Limited of Japan. Our culture is anchored deeply in a set of core values, including our East-Meets-West Culture, Yatte Minahare spirit, Giving Back to Society, Delighting Consumers, responsibly and Embracing Diversity & Inclusion.
As part of the company's global 2030 ambition, the growth strategy calls to become the strong No. 2 premium spirits player in the U.S., including gaining two additional points of market share from the competition. This will be done through premiumization and by developing and executing on new platforms for growth, such as ready to drink beverages, the refreshment category and the trends toward convenience and lower alcohol (and calorie) cocktails.
The people of Beam Suntory are the custodians of brands that have heritages measured in centuries. In 1795, a farmer and grain mill operator named Jacob Beam produced the first barrel of whisky that would become Jim Beam, the company's flagship bourbon brand now overseen by seventh-generation Jim Beam Master Distiller Fred Noe. The history of Suntory began in 1899 when the founder Shinjiro Torii started producing sweet wines. Then in 1923, he courageously produced the first Japanese whisky. Today, Suntory is the No. 1 whisky distiller in Japan, known for its flagship single malt whisky Yamazaki, peated single malt Hakushu and blended whisky Hibiki.
At its core, Suntory has a "Yatte Minahare" spirit that encourages its team to dream big and relentlessly pursue their ambitions. These are the very same values and entrepreneurial spirit that have built Beam for more than 200 years and will guide Beam Suntory as a global leader in premium spirits.
Beam Suntory has recently committed to a 5-stage Global Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Process to support the new Brand House Operating model. The S&OP Process is an enterprise-wide integrated business planning process (IBP) for Beam Suntory to manage the delivery of its business goals and commitments over the 3-year strategic planning process. The S&OP process will help to achieve our growth ambitions and financial goals over the 3-year strategic planning horizon. This new process has differentiated our organizational structures between our longer term planning processes and our shorter term fulfillment and execution.
Role Responsibilities
The regionally-based, Supply Network Planning Leads, based in Kentucky/Chicago and Glasgow respectively, are part of Global Supply Network Planning team, with overall responsibility for the in-stock position across Markets by managing through the weekly S&OE process the trade-offs of short-term supply constraints to Consolidation Warehouses and Market Warehouses in close coordination with BU/Market Supply Network Planners, Regional Production Planning and OU Planning teams, with accountability over the quality of our short-term supply plans and the flawless execution of S&OE process across BU and Markets.
Ensuring the correct aggregation of global demand requirements to each of the OU to enable a globally-managed prioritization through S&OE process, identifying and communicating service risks & opportunities associated with changes to the plan vs previous cycles, as well as the accurate custodian of allocations for liquids on restricted supply.
Key responsibilities include:
Manage the respective regionally-based Supply Network Planning teams across US and Europe, ensuring an optimal DRP according to prescribed Inventory policies and with ultimate goal to keep in-stock position in Markets while ensuring OU within their respective remits are working against an optimized Production Planning Wheel and policies.
Accountable for the execution of the weekly S&OE process across the OU and BU within their geographical regional remit, ensuring optimal trade-off decisions and providing timely information cascades across OU, BU and Markets. Identify opportunities and risks, proposed options, support escalation, and final recommendations; Becomes an integral part of the supply side of S&OP & S&OE.
Evaluate with his/her team as well as with their Reg. Production Planning Lead counterparts and OU-Planning teams within his/her remit on short-term (13-week) supply alternative scenarios and mitigation plans supported by production planning & scheduling; addressing short-term issues and escalating as needed in case of facing OOS and/or when priorities need to be defined in case of supply shortages, coordinating and aligning with local Commercial teams on short-term priorities and bringing short-term issues and mitigation plans for resolution to S&OE meetings and/or elevation of longer-term ones to Global S&OP team
Accountable for ensure DRP plans are consistent to defined Inventory Planning policies E2E for CFG and within the general context of capacity vs demand requiring adjustments of the policies, analyzing deviations vs standard through reason codes. In case of capacity or supply constraints, adjust the policy as required to still maintain adequate Service Levels to Markets and ensure in-stock position in Markets.
Support defining the Global Supply Network Planning Transformation Roadmap and optimal implementation of Supply Planning technology such as S4 Hana, in close collaboration with the Global S&OP CoE Leadership, Global Production Planning Lead and OU-Planning teams.
Responsible to have an up-to-date Logistics Masterdata (eg leadtimes, ..) in APO-SNP (or similar) for their respective geographical remits to ensure a proper use of the functionality.
Accountable for setting shipment requirements and planning standards to RTD Co-Manufacturers, with key focus and direct responsibility over CoMan operations outside direct remit of OU.
Responsible for the accuracy of implemented Metrics (including reason-codes) and Analytics Reports under his/her remit to provide insights on process performance as a way to identify improvement opportunities, ensuring metric standardization across the global organization and continuous improvement within the context of a balanced score card framework
This position will report to the Global Supply Network Planning Lead.
Qualifications & Experience
7+ years of demonstrated operational performance in global/regional DRP, and ideally solid understanding of MRP and Production Planning in environments of significant volume and SKU complexity
Strong knowledge in Supply Planning and Inventory best practices and proven application of these practices
Relevant experience in leading Supply Review step within S&OE processes as well as S&OP.
Demonstrated performance in leading business transformation projects specific to Supply Planning continuous improvement, with key focus on Inventory Planning and S&OE processes.
Experience with SAP ECC , SAP APO and strongly desired SAP IBP
Strong familiarity on Digital Technologies and their application to enhance and/or automate manual processes.
Excellent interpersonal skills - ability to collaborate and influence to Executive level.
Strong at opportunity Assessment, Planning & Organizing
Strong Leader - Assertive and decisive when required but also open to other points of view
Demonstrated focus on team goals vs individual accomplishments - "we over me"
Demonstrated flexibility in easily moving between strategic thinking and tactical execution
Master's degree in Supply Chain Management preferred
At Beam Suntory, people are our number one priority, and we believe our people grow together in diverse and inclusive environments where their unique insights, experiences and backgrounds are valued and respected. Beam Suntory is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, military veteran status and all other characteristics, attributes or choices protected by law. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant's skills and experience.
Nearest Major Market: Chicago
