S&op Manager

**Job Title**: S&OP Manager (Demand and Planning) - AB Neo

**Location**: Based at Fraga, Spain or Smigiel, Poland - Hybrid role with travel required to all AB Neo sites.

Are you a S&OP / Demand Planning professional looking for a new role that will give you the opportunity to create and implement a new approach in an international business?
- AB Neo, a specialist division of AB Agri are in the middle of fast-paced growth and scaling up of their business, bringing together the expertise of four successful brands that fall under the wider Neo umbrella. As our S&OP Manager you will partner with our Supply Chain Director to focus on:

- Creating and implementing a S&OP process
- Leading the detailed demand planning process across the 4 AB Neo sites (Spain, Poland, Denmark and UK)
- We’re embarking on an exciting and significant transformation and need your expert knowledge to ensure we have the right processes, tools and resources to deliver.
- This is a great opportunity for someone who is looking to use their knowledge of best practice in these areas to bringing those principals into an international business, where success can lead to ongoing career development across AB Agri and our wider ABF group.

**What you'll be doing**:

- Directly collaborate on the implementation of Sales and Operations Planning across all AB Neo Sites and division
- Responsible & owner for the whole detailed demand planning process for the 4 sites
- Create & implement demand forecasting tools, KPIs and procedures
- Lead and conduct the consensus forecast process across AB Neo entities to build a reliable unconstrained demand plan.
- Manage review meetings to enforce the Monthly demand process and the improvement of the forecast accuracy.
- Connect the demand plan with the Budget plan
- Ensure that the translation of the demand plan into the supply-planning process happen. To develop coordination frames, tools and reports to feed AB Neo’s supply.
- Provide deep analytics to root cause, evolve solutions to complex problems and support on crafting the operational strategies.
- Set and deliver country goals relating to forecast accuracy, backlog management, process timelines, and general planning efficiency.

**What you'll bring**:

- Experience in Sales and Operations Planning
- Experience managing projects and seeing projects through the full lifecycle
- High expertise with complex metrics, data management, smartsheets, Excel, BI, Visio, SQL, data analysis and other management tools
- Excellent coaching, listening, influencing and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work successfully across different culture.
- Operational Excellence / Manufacturing.