Senior SandOP Manager

Our client is a fast-growing international consumer products business with a strong portfolio of well-known brands and a presence in markets around the world. The European business is going through a major transformation, with new ways of working across sales, marketing, planning and logistics. A new Sales and Operations Planning (SandOP) process is central to that change. This is a rare chance to build a function from the ground up and make a real difference to how the business runs. As Senior SandOP Manager, you''ll design and lead the European SandOP process from scratch, reporting to the EU Planning Director. You''ll set the monthly planning cycle across demand, supply and financial reconciliation, and set the pace for Sales, Marketing, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Logistics and Finance so the whole business works to one plan. You''ll decide who is responsible for what and create the templates and agendas for every SandOP meeting. You''ll also build the KPI dashboard from scratch, covering forecast accuracy, bias, case fill rate and inventory value. You''ll launch the process in a lead market, either the UK or Germany, then roll it out across Europe. Along the way you''ll train local planners and help choose the planning tools the region will use in the future. Much of the work will be hands-on: you''ll gather data, combine demand and supply inputs and turn them into reports, decks and tools that help leaders make decisions. You''ll also chair the Executive SandOP ..... full job details .....