Global Demand Planning Excellence Lead- CoE Manager

[Please note this is a Direct Search led by Bacardi, Applications from agencies will not be accepted nor will fees be paid for unsolicited CVs.]

This is a unique opportunity to be part of our global planning team and play an important Global role in our organization.

You will build deep partnership at a global and local level, across Bacardi, to oversee S&OP processes and global demand Team.

You will play a major role in optimizing inventory across the markets and manage overall demand accuracy for our operations, ultimately helping Bacardi to deliver against our BEST
10 growth aspirations to support sales.

You are skilled at consistently building deep, trusting partnership with markets, OC’s and Operations leaders.

Structured, focused and organised define your approach as you navigate multiple high priority.

You are solution oriented with a fantastic attention to detail, great listening skills and proactive approach to anticipating business needs.

• Support the global demand planning process framework, including roles, KPIs, policies, SOPs, and control standards.
• Ensure process harmonization across business units, regions, and categories.
• Monitor compliance and performance through regular process health checks and audits.
• Design and lead global demand planning capability programs, aligned with planning maturity and business needs.
• Develop and maintain training materials (e.g., forecasting methods, statistical modeling, lifecycle planning).
• Support onboarding of demand planners and organize train-the-trainer programs
• Build and manage a global network of Demand Planning Super Users
• Facilitate peer learning, feedback loops, and community events (forums, webinars, best practice showcases).
• Partner with IT, Digital COE, and transformation teams to support global deployment and evolution of planning tools
• Ensure user adoption, change management, and performance monitoring for digital planning tools.
• Support global demand planning process and standards across regions and business units.
• Develop and maintain lean and benchmark culture across teams’ mindset and actions.
• Build forecasting and analytics capabilities across the demand planning community
• Foster a culture of accountability, curiosity, and collaboration.
• Drive automation and digital forecasting solutions.

• Background in planning (i.e. Sales, Demand, Supply, Production).
• Strong S&OP knowledge.
• Strength in critical analysis- seeking to understand complex business needs and review them via continuous improvement process/Lean principles and in corporations of available systems technologies.
• Demonstrate accountability and capability to work independently with confidence to ask for support when required.
• Ability to find effective ways of working within a matrix organization, and within a fast-changing environment.
• Skilled in project management and IT implementations, demonstrating strong organisation.
• Administration skills and close attention to detail.
• Managing stakeholder expectations in relation to delivery & execution.
• Skilled in change management
• Willingness to work collaboratively with teams across different geographies and cultures.
• Ability to anticipate challenges and find innovative solutions.
• Experience with strong aptitude for working with systems like SAP ECC/APO/IBP/BI and Microsoft.
• Experience with in a Supply Chain Market position.
• Language Requirements:
  English is essential, other European Languages is an asset.

• Belonging:
  You have a strong capacity to create a culture of ‘Belonging’, where people feel appreciated for who they are, what they do, and who they can become
• Self-Awareness:
  You have high levels of self-awareness, are reflective and know yourself well, understanding both your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others
• People Agility:
  You bring a deep ability to understand and relate to people and navigate through tough situations to harness and multiply collective performance
• Results Agility:
  You demonstrate consistent delivery of results in first-time situations by…