Planning Performance & Capability Lead, MENAP

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Job Description Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International? Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Possible. You will manage a team of material and supply planners in a category, enduring that mid- to long-term production/material plans are in place for your assigned plants/lines in line with approved business plans. How you will contribute You will: Prepare short and long-term end-to-end supply chain plans for items produced internally and externally for further review and approvals Manage, coach and develop a team Meet your KPIs including (but not limited to) meeting or exceeding customer fill rate, delivering finished goods inventories at or below target levels and meeting waste objectives Work closely with internal and external manufacturing, marketing, sales, materials, and replenishment functions to deliver the category's goals Deliver performance against approved master and detailed schedules and long-range plans (including capacity considerations) and material requirement plans using system tools Be part of the construction of the supply review and escalating issues Support and implement improvements in the planning arena to improve customer fill rate, inventory targets and waste reduction to meet company KPIs Participate in and/or lead supply review meetings What you will bring A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge: Comprehensive supply chain, economic, financial or logistics experience and strong business acumen ideally within an FMCG/CPG environment Open to learn new ways of working and willing to be hands-on in using data and systems Experience in driving supply review and participation in an IBP cycle Able to influence cross-functional teams, working on the key priorities and improving the plan Able to build effective teams Knowledgeable about leading practice supply planning and end-to-end supply chain concepts Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and verbal and written communication skills More about this role What you need to know about this position: Own the continuous improvement of the End-to-End Planning organization's operating model by driving governance, capability, performance management, planning maturity, executive decision support, and digital enablement, enabling operational leaders to focus on delivering business results. What extra ingredients you will bring: • Planning Performance Management: Design KPIs, build early warning indicators, monitor trends, identify planning risks, and drive management routines. • Governance & Planning Standards: Improve governance, process compliance, master data quality, planning system adoption (APO, O9, etc.), and standardize planning practices. • Capability Development: Build capability roadmaps, planning playbooks, best practices, stakeholder management capability, and leadership development. • Executive Decision Support: Consolidate cross-category insights, prepare executive reviews, develop risk summaries, translate ambiguity into recommendations, and support business planning cycles. • Digital & Planning Transformation: Lead planning workstreams, support digital initiatives, automation, reporting, and analytics. • Continuous Improvement: Identify recurring weaknesses, drive improvement initiatives, track implementation, and measure impact. Education / Certifications: Bachelor's degree of Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Management, Engineering or any relevant field. Job specific requirements: 10 years in Supply Chain Planning, IBP, Planning Transformation, or Planning Excellence. Strong operational planning background combined with transformation experience. Experience leading cross-functional improvement; influencing without authority. Strong knowledge of APO, O9, SAP IBP or equivalent Experience designing governance frameworks, KPIs, and management systems. Strategic thinking, systems thinking, executive communication, influencing without authority. Organizational capability building, analytical problem solving, change leadership, planning transformation, and digital mindset. Work schedule: Full-Time No Relocation support available Business Unit Summary Mondelēz International in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan serves the Middle East and Africa markets as well as Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Canada. Headquartered in Dubai, UAE, we have more than 2600 employees working across seven plants and six commercial offices; we make, bake, sell and deliver our products to customers. We are market leaders in key snacking categories with iconic global and local brands including Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate, Milka, Oreo and belVita biscuits, Barni Cakes,Tang powdered beverage, Chiclets and Trident gum and Halls candy. Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Job Type Regular Supply Planning (MPS - scheduling - MRP) Customer Service & Logistics