Integrated Business Planning Manager

The Mitolo Group; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Mitolo Family Farms in Adelaide seeks an Integrated Business Planning Manager to lead demand, supply and commercial planning across the organisation. You will align finance, sales, marketing, farms and production/packing to optimise the S&OE and S&OP cycles.

You will bring together sales demand with farm supply season plans and site operations, steering weekly and monthly processes while highlighting priorities and deadlines.

Qualifications

• Led integrated business planning in a complex, multi-segment manufacturing or FMCG business.
• Turn large data sets into clear insights and recommendations for senior audiences.
• Forecast demand and assess resources to meet objectives.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Forecast demand and assess whether resources and capacity meet objectives.
• Identify and anticipate risks such as labour shortages, downtime, budget constraints or supply delays.
• Run monthly and weekly IBP cycles with aligned business units.
• Partner with senior leaders to drive improvement and faster, better-informed decisions.
• Lead continuous improvement in process and systems; benchmark best practices.
• Escalate imbalances and close gaps to Executive leadership and S&OP.
• Identify EBITDA risks and opportunities from demand, sales, supply, inventory and HR with finance.
• Incorporate demand plans into production and capacity planning to ensure DIFOT.

Skills

IBP leadership

Stakeholder alignment

Data analysis

Change management

Communication skills

Education

Business or commercial degree

Job description

Champion the planning process behind some of Australia's best-known potato and onion brands.

As the Integrated Business Planning Manager, you will lead the demand, supply and commercial planning team, to facilitate the S&OE and S & OP cycle, ensuring alignment of the finance, sales, marketing, farms and production/packing teams. Reporting to the Chief Operations Officer, you will play an important role in ensuring the organisation can meet its goals efficiently, manage resources effectively and respond to changing demands.

The role

You'll bring together the sales demand, farm supply season plan, and operations site plans for the season, quarterly, monthly and weekly. This is a hands-on role in a complex environment, where you'll set and support weekly and monthly processes, ensuring that key stakeholders understand priorities and deadlines. In addition, you are responsible for:

• Forecasting demand and assessing whether the organisation has the resources and capacity to deliver those objectives
• Identify and anticipate risks such as labour shortages, equipment downtime, budget constraints or supply delays or issues
• Run the monthly and weekly IBP cycles, keeping business units aligned and consistent, and working with stakeholders to resolve conflicting priorities and agree on actions.
• Partner with senior leaders to drive improvement and faster, better-informed decisions.
• Benchmark best practice and lead continuous improvement in process and systems.
• Escalate unresolved demand and supply imbalances and gap-closing actions to the
• Executive leadership team, and S & OP
• Identify EBITDA risks and opportunities through strategic forecasted impacts of demand, sales, supply, inventory and human resources, in conjunction with the finance team
• Incorporate demand plan in production and supply chain capacity planning, including the analysis of demand versus production capacity to ensure that DIFOT can be achieved

About you

Your greatest strength is bringing people together. You can get stakeholders with competing priorities to agree on a single plan, without relying on direct line authority. You'll be tertiary qualified with a business or commercial degree, and ideally have formal qualifications in project management, though this is not essential. In addition:

• You've led an integrated business planning function in a complex, multi-segment manufacturing or FMCG business.
• You have significant experience in business planning and process management, helping cross-functional teams meet organisational outcomes.
  You turn large data sets into clear insights and recommendations for senior audiences.
• At a strategic level, you can forecast impacts of demand, sales, supply, inventory and human resources to improve EBITDA results
  You have exceptional communication skills, and are able to articulate difficult ideas and concepts through both verbal and written communications
• You’re comfortable with change management and holding people to a process.
  

About Mitolo Family Farms

Since 1972, we've been at the forefront of growing and packaging premium potatoes and onions, supplying Australia's leading supermarkets and produce markets. As a forward-thinking and dynamic company, we combine time-honoured farming traditions with cutting-edge technology, ensuring the highest standards of quality through continuous innovation and dedication. At Mitolo Family Farms, farming is in our blood, and every product is meticulously harvested, sorted, cleaned, and packed by our skilled team and state-of-the-art machinery to deliver the best to your table.

Enquiries to Melanie Denford, People and Culture Business Partner on 08 000 .

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Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing 101-1,000 employees

Mitolo Family Farms is one of Australia's leading growers and packers of potatoes and onions. What began in 1972 as a market garden at Virginia in South Australia, is now a national growing and packing operation supplying fresh produce all year round.

Our team works across farming and harvest, packing and processing, logistics, engineering and maintenance, quality assurance and our support office.

Our success is about our people. With hands-on training and real career pathways there's an opportunity to learn, develop and grow your career. Whether you are starting out, or an experienced individual looking for your next challenge, your future starts here.

Mitolo Family Farms is one of Australia's leading growers and packers of potatoes and onions. What began in 1972 as a market garden at Virginia in South Australia, is now a national growing and packing operation supplying fresh produce all year round.

Our team works across farming and harvest, packing and processing, logistics, engineering and maintenance, quality assurance and our support office.

Our success is about our people. With hands-on training and real career pathways there's an opportunity to learn, develop and grow your career. Whether you are starting out, or an experienced individual looking for your next challenge, your future starts here.