Brands Lead - Operations Planning Cross Vertical

Description :

As the S&OP Cross-Brands Lead, you will drive end-to-end sales and operations planning processes across multiple divisions or brands. Your focus will be on optimizing demand, supply, and inventory through coordinated forecasting, production, and sourcing, ensuring seamless collaboration and improved supply chain transparency. You will report to the Head of Global Planning and play a critical role in aligning operations across divisions to maximize efficiency.

Key Responsibilities :

• Lead tactical and operational coordination between divisions or brands to ensure seamless supply management.
• Establish clear governance for escalations, accountability, and decision-making across teams.
• Drive joint planning processes to balance demand and supply, avoiding duplication and inefficiencies.
• Facilitate cross-brand sourcing discussions to optimize utilization of production and distribution capacities.
• Ensure harmonized order handling processes and standardized workflows across divisions.
• Optimize IT integrations and data transparency to enable accurate, real-time decision-making.
• Promote best-practice sharing and alignment on end-to-end performance management across all brands and collaborations.
• Strong expertise in demand planning, supply planning, inventory management, and forecasting.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams and driving alignment across divisions.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Familiarity with ERP systems, planning tools, and data integration for decision-making.
• Track record of implementing process improvements and driving operational efficiency.

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