Global Planning COE Lead

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Possible.

You will oversee demand planning activities for your assigned product families in your business unit or area. You will also support the demand review process, championing the integrated business planning process and driving interactions with the cross-functional teams.

How you will contribute

You will:

• Manage a forecasting team responsible for the development of an unbiased and unconstrained forecast over a 24-month period with properly documented assumptions
• Partner with category finance to support appropriate linkage between the monthly integrated business planning (IBP) forecast and financial forecasts (key assumptions, risks, opportunities)
• Partner with modelling team to generate statistical forecasting
• Partner with commercial leadership to quantify and validate risks and opportunities and support the development of plans to close gaps between the forecast and target
• Partner with innovation and equity to validate the sizing of innovations, renovations and campaigns as they enter the 24-month forecast
• Partner with supply planning to ensure there is confidence in the demand plan and that key forecast decisions are made by the appropriate stakeholders and with the appropriate amount of lead time to ensure the successful execution and delivery of the plan
• Manage, coach and develop a team driving continuous capability building in the demand planning team for planning improvement

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 in a fast-moving consumer goods or consumer goods environment
• Open to learn new ways of working and is willing to be hands on in using data and systems
• Significant experience driving demand review and participation in an IBP cycle
• Strategic agility, able to drive for cross-functional results by proactively understanding and managing key issues and success criteria, and prioritizing accordingly
• Project personal maturity and tact to effectively work with cross-functional team members to deal with conflicting priorities and ambiguity
• Strong senior leadership influencing skills and organizational agility. Able to build effective teams
• Knowledge of leading practice demand planning and end-to-end supply chain concepts
• Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical skills, and verbal and written communication skills

More about this role

The Opportunity

This is a unique opportunity to build and lead the Global Planning Centre of Excellence (COE) for North America and Latin America. You will define the global planning strategy, governance, and operating model while driving the adoption and continuous evolution of advanced planning capabilities across the region. This role will establish best practices, enable continuous improvement, and foster a culture of planning excellence following the implementation of advanced planning technologies.

Key Accountabilities

• Define the global strategy, governance, and operating model for Integrated Business Planning (IBP).
• Establish planning processes, data standards, KPIs, segmentation, and decision-making frameworks.
• Lead the adoption and continuous improvement of advanced planning platforms following go-live.
• Partner with Supply Chain, IT, Data & Analytics, Finance, and Regional Planning teams to drive standardization and business value.
• Develop enablement, training, and change management strategies to maximize adoption and planning maturity.
• Lead governance forums, roadmap prioritization, and executive business reviews to ensure value realization.

Capabilities & Experience

• Proven experience building and leading Planning Centres of Excellence.
• Strong end-to-end Supply Chain Planning expertise, including Demand, Supply, and Integrated Business Planning.
• Hands-on experience implementing and sustaining advanced planning platforms such as Kinaxis, o9 Solutions, SAP IBP, Blue Yonder, or similar.
• Experience leading global, cross-functional teams and large-scale business transformation initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management, servant leadership, and influencing skills across complex matrix organizations.
• Experience defining operating models, governance frameworks, adoption KPIs, and continuous improvement strategies.
• Familiarity with emerging planning capabilities, including AI/ML-driven planning, digital twins, and scenario planning.

Salary and Benefits:

The base salary range for this position is $174,100 to $287,265; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education and location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results and eligibility to participate in our long-term incentive program.

In addition, Mondelez International offers the following benefits: health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, paid holidays and vacation time. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

The United States is the largest market in the Mondelz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, we produce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands-including Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products -are close at hand for our consumers across the country.

Mondelz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.

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Job Type

Regular

Demand Planning

Customer Service & Logistics