Bulk Spirit Planner

1420 Bacardi Espana, S.A.; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 55.000 - 75.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive Pay Package

Generous holiday and paid time off

Retirement/Pension Plan

Health & Wellbeing programs

Insurance (medical, critical illness,

Employee Assistance Programs

Family-friendly leave policies

Descripción de la vacante

Bacardi Espana, S.A. is seeking a Bulk Spirit Planner to support strategic supply chain planning for spirits, coordinating with distilleries, maturation sites and suppliers to ensure optimal availability and service levels.

The role emphasizes data-driven decisions, cost and cash optimization, and collaboration with internal teams across sites. The ideal candidate has strong analytical skills, deep supply chain experience, and proficiency with SAP systems and BI tools.

Formación

• Experience in planning, purchasing or production planning within supply chain.
• Strong analytical and data interpretation abilities.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across sites.

Responsabilidades

• Lead mid- and long-term Spirit availability planning aligned with Master Production Plans.
• Balance network requirements for bulk spirits in assigned categories.
• Make data-driven decisions to maximise material availability and minimize shortages.
• Own planning issues arising from spirit supply and coordinate follow-up actions.
• Collaborate with suppliers to ensure availability of casks for maturation plans.
• Manage the cask availability process from CAPEX to filling and monitoring.
• Create weekly 4–16 week and monthly spirit supply master plans.
• Coordinate with call-off teams to ensure accurate and timely requirements.
• Maintain BOM master data for accurate product management.

Conocimientos

Supply chain planning

Analytical thinking

Communication

Data-driven problem solving

Multi-site coordination

Herramientas

Excel

SAP ECC

SAP SRM

IBP

Power BI

Descripción del empleo

WHAT DOES A BULK SPIRIT PLANNER DO?

This position supports the Supply Chain Strategy through network planning of spirit supply, optimising for service, cost & cash outcomes. The role is responsible for managing medium and long-term requirements for supply of spirit inclusive of casks planning, with Bacardi distilleries & maturation sites and key suppliers. This role ensures strategic category spirit lay downs, are both translated and optimised operational outcomes.

ABOUT YOU

This role requires an individual with high levels of business acumen, analytical capabilities, and the ability to build a strong network of contacts internally & with our spirit suppliers. This is critical to the long-term success of Bacardi brands & requires a mastery of technical & system skills. Attention to detail, with a strong background in Supply Chain are essential in this role.

ARE YOU READY TO EMBARK ON YOUR NEXT MOVE?

Do you dare to be different? Are you willing to question, challenge and innovate in pursuit of excellence? Can you work collaboratively and inspire others? Are you ready to make your mark? Don Facundo Bacardí revolutionized the world of rums. As the cocktail industry continues to flourish every day, we strive to follow his legacy and delight the most demanding in the industry - our consumers! That’s where you come In!

RESPONSIBILITIES WITH OUR CONSUMER AT THE HEART, YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES WILL BE TO:

• Responsible for mid & long-term planning of Spirit availability, in line with Master Production Plans
• Assess & balance network requirements for bulk spirits within your assigned categories
• Make informed Data-Driven Decisions to maximise material availability
• Take ownership of any planning issues that arise due to spirit supply & follow up actions especially in the event of spirit shortages that affect production (internal or co-packer)
• Partner with suppliers, to ensure availability of casks to meet maturation & finishing plans
• Manage the cask availability process from CAPEX through to filling & empty cask monitoring
• Generate spirit supply master plan inclusive of NMS filling (weekly 4-16 weeks, monthly thereafter)
• Close collaboration with supply centre spirit call of teams, ensuring accurate & timely call off vs. requirements
• Be a custodian of Bill of Materials (BOM) master data, to ensure effective & accurate management of products
• Ensure on time invoice payments in partnership with BES team to resolve issues, if needed
• Planning of trial and innovation activity (spirit + cask)

Distillery, maturation site & Supplier Collaboration:

• Key planning contact for Bacardi distillery & maturation sites as well as spirit suppliers, in terms of managing deliveries, sharing forecast (mid-long term) & performance
• Understand market fluctuations in demand to share insights with distilleries, maturation sites & suppliers to mitigate any risks to supply &/or spirit overstock & write off risks.
• Support the supply assessment of Long-Term Demand Plans, ensuring robust strategic planning decision making
• Co-ordinate with procurement and suppliers to establish long-term agreements, set lead times and manage
• Develop & adhere to Service level agreements with respective suppliers & partner with suppliers to ensure they meet the required performance

Supply Chain Optimisation:

• Proactively look for new ways of working within spirit planning with a continuous improvement attitude to working practices
• Optimise spirit strategy & working capital to meet business needs, minimising excess & no mover stock to prevent write offs
• Collaborate with key internal stakeholders (e.g. master blender, procurement, Supply Centre, SQS), to optimise supplier strategies, to deliver the holistic pillars of Bacardi’s sourcing strategy (Sustainability, Value Chain, Partnership, Superior Availability)

Skills/Experience

• Supply chain roles & experience in planning, purchasing or production planning
• Strong communication, problem solving, critical thinking, & analytical stills.
• Technically proficient with strong analytic competence; Expert Microsoft Excel, SAP ECC, SRM & IBP; Power BI is a plus
• Good organizational skills and strong time management
• Data driven skills & mindset to problem solving
• Strong communication, Influencing & collaboration skills
• Understanding of multisite dependencies & export flows

LEADERSHIP AGILITY

• 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 inspiring teams, exhibiting a presence that builds confidence in yourself and others.
• Mental Agility: You can think critically to penetrate complex problems and expand the possibilities by making fresh connections. You think strategically whilst being execution focused and bring creativity to the challenges you’re presented with.
• Change Agility: You have a deep natural curiosity, desire to experiment and ability to effectively deal with the heat of change. You have a growth and learning mindset: ready to test, stumble, learn and apply from experience.

Disclaimer

Bacardi seeks talent from all backgrounds to bring diversity of thought, agility and capability to our organization across the globe. We promote a working environment where all employees are treated and rewarded fairly. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination that adversely affects individuals or groups on the basis of national origin, race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, and any other legally protected aspect of a person’s identity. U.S. applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws.

Perks of Working for us

• Competitive Pay Package
• Competitive Holiday/Paid Time Off, plus additional days offered ( i.e., volunteer day, allowing you to give back to the community)
• Retirement/Pension Plan
• Health & Wellbeing
• Medical, Critical Illness, and Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs
Best-in-class, family-friendly, and inclusive leave policies
• Additional Benefits The benefits /perks may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Bacardi, your work location, and are subject to change.
• Some benefits may be subject to an employee contribution.
• Some benefits may be fully or partially subsidized.
• Incentive plans are linked to the nature of your employment and can vary based on region, market, function or brand.

Join a world-class team.

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