Manager-Sales & Operations

What makes this a great opportunity?

At Suntory Global Spirits, we craft spirits of the highest quality and deliver brilliant experiences to people around the world. Suntory Global Spirits 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.

Suntory Global Spirits is a place where you can come Unleash your Spirit by making an impact each and every day.

As a world leader in premium spirits, Suntory Global Spirits 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 and Suntory Whisky Kakubin, 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.

Suntory Global Spirits has 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 Manager, Demand Planning position is a critical role in Beam Suntory's commitment to the S&OP process to achieve our growth ambitions and financial goals over the 3-year strategic planning horizon.

This position is essential in managing the long term and short-term forecasting process for major brands within the Beam Suntory portfolio. The role will serve as a liaison between cross functional business partners to ensure that all forecasts are accurate and necessary inputs gathered. You will ensure successful fore thought in forecasting and take ownership to drive the business results.

• Expert Forecasting – You’ll be the expert in forecasting by creating, developing, and producing demand forecasts through reviewing historical sales trends and marketing, sales and financial forecasts; preparing forecast data; analyzing assumptions and evaluating forecast results. You’ll ensure all process our meet by the cross functional teams, follow and identify forecasting principles, maintain forecasting information in the system. Works with different functions (e.g., sales, marketing, manufacturing) to manage opportunities and risks, and optimize cash flows.
  
  Has experience planning for project-driven, tender-driven or promotion-driven organizations.
• Strategic Partnerships – Team work will be key in this role. This position will require working closely establishing a strong business partnership with the Commercial Team (Sales / Marketing / Finance / Brand Houses / Supply Chain) on forecasting and analytics. Collaborating with Commercial Team, you will work to create driver-based forecasting and assumption management delivering long-term strategic plans. This collaborative planning will be critical in developing recommendations to close gaps and maximize opportunities to ensure delivery of our plans.
  
  You will present and make suggestions to other cross functional teams in terms of demand and forecasts for the brands you support.
• End-to-End Decision Making – Builds both formal and informal professional networks. Maintains and extends networks within, across and external to organizational boundaries, including suppliers, partners and customers. Obtains and shares information, ideas and problems. Solicits advice, support, championship, sponsorship and commitment that result in smooth transitions/changes and mutually acceptable solutions in Executive Review meetings.
• Influencing – Communicates ideas or positions in a persuasive manner that builds support, agreement and commitment. Takes actions that directly or indirectly influence others in order to create buy-in, gain trust, motivate actions and win…