Manager, Demand Planning - Global Snacking

McCain Foods; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

McCain Foods is seeking a Manager, Demand Planning – Global Snacking to consolidate regional forecasts into a unified global demand view. The role drives the S&OP/IBP cycle, aligns regional inputs with long-range plans, and works with regional directors to surface risks and opportunities.

The candidate will lead global planning standards and analytics across markets. Based in Amsterdam, the role focuses on improving forecast accuracy, data governance, and cross-functional collaboration with

Qualifications

• University degree in relevant field.
• Proven expertise in demand planning and statistical forecasting.
• Hands-on proficiency with SAP APO/IBP and BlueYonder; advanced Excel and BI tools.

Responsibilities

• Consolidate regional demand inputs into a single global view across products, channels and markets.
• Vet and challenge regional forecasts for reliability and consistency.
• Partner with regional leaders to align global demand with strategy and plans.
• Attend region Demand Gap Reviews, bringing a global perspective to consensus discussions.
• Define and govern global demand-planning standards across regions.
• Monitor forecast accuracy and drive process maturity improvements.
• Develop and roll out demand-planning tools and dashboards.

Skills

Demand planning

Forecasting

S&OP/IBP

Excel

Power BI

Stakeholder management

English fluent

Education

University degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Statistics, Analytics, or Business

Tools

SAP APO / IBP

BlueYonder

Job description

Position Title:Manager, Demand Planning - Global Snacking

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Requisition ID: 43325

About The Role.

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and interested in helping each other create good work experiences. We think about the customer and make doing business with McCain easy.

The Manager, Demand Planning – Global Snacking is the global steward of Snacking’s demand signal — consolidating, challenging, and aligning regional demand inputs into a single, coherent Global Snacking view that drives the end-to-end supply chain and the S&OP / IBP cycle.

Reporting to the VP, Supply Chain – Global Snacking, the Manager, Demand Planning actively participates in each region's Demand Gap Review (S&OP Consensus / Step 2) as the consistent voice of Global Snacking. While each region remains responsible for building its own commercial forecast, this role brings those regional forecasts into one aligned Global Snacking demand view. Working with Regional Managing Directors, it confirms the rolling 18-month plan is reliable and that any major risks and opportunities are clear and actioned.

This is a newly created, globally scoped role positioned Amsterdam (The Netherlands).

What You’ll Be Doing.

• Consolidate regional demand inputs into a single, coherent Global Snacking demand view across all products, channels, and markets.
• Vet and challenge regional forecasts for reliability and consistency, ensuring the global signal is the best representation of Snacking’s business objectives and ambitions.
• Partner with Regional Managing Directors to align the consolidated demand view with business strategy, growth plans, and the Long-Range Business Plan — surfacing major risks and opportunities.
• Attend each region’s Demand Gap Review (S&OP Consensus / Step 2), bringing a consistent global lens and cross-regional consistency to the consensus discussion.
• Reconcile and align assumptions across regions to produce one trusted global demand plan for the Snacking S&OP / IBP cycle.
• Define and govern global demand-planning standards and best practices to drive consistency across regions.
• Monitor and drive improvement in global forecast accuracy (e.g., BIAS / MAPE) and process maturity, identifying leading causes of error and deploying improvement initiatives.
• Partner with Global Supply Chain to develop and roll out demand-planning tools, models, and reporting consistently across regions.
• Represent the consolidated global demand view within the Snacking S&OP / IBP process, clearly summarizing assumptions, risks, and recommended actions.
• Ensure the aligned global demand signal transfers accurately to downstream supply, production, and intercompany planning.
• Act as the demand-planning subject-matter expert for the Global Snacking business.
• Build and maintain global demand-planning dashboards and reporting (forecast consumption, accuracy, exception tracking) to support S&OP decision-making.
• Embed a “check the data” culture — process controls, master-data governance, and rigorous data quality before information is shared across the organization.

What You’ll Need To Be Successful.

• University degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Statistics, Analytics, or Business.
• Proven expertise in demand planning and statistical forecasting, with strong working knowledge of S&OP / IBP processes.
• Hands‑on proficiency with SAP APO / IBP and BlueYonder (or equivalent planning systems), advanced Excel, and BI tools (e.g., Power BI).
• Strong analytical skills — able to translate large, complex data sets into clear insight and decisions.
• Business acumen to understand commercial and marketing strategies and their supply chain impact.
• Ability to influence and align diverse stakeholders across regions toward a single consensus view — without direct authority — in a complex, multinational, matrixed organization.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills; fluent in English.
• APICS CSCP / CPIM certification preferred.
• Alignment with McCain’s values of authenticity, integrity, and people‑first leadership.

Travel: Up to 20%, including international travel.

About McCain.

At McCain, we’re feeding the world: from French fries to cakes, we contribute to the important role food plays in people's lives. That’s why we’re dedicated to ensuring our core values—Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality—shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain!

Leadership Principles.

Our principles, each with related practices, guide our actions across the organization. Together, they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees, and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success. While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles, individual roles may focus more on a specific principle or principles.

We are customer obsessed.

Customers are our starting point. By understanding their needs and leveraging data and consumer insights, we drive mutual success.

We think big and plan ahead.

Through ambition, curiosity, and smart risks, we can accomplish goals, refine processes, and innovate to scale success.

We bring out the best in our people.

We create safe spaces for our people so that trust and empowerment come naturally. Inclusion is about listening first, showing humility, and working together.

We act like owners.

Together, we clear obstacles and do the work that makes us all successful and proud to be part of McCain.

The McCain Experience.

We are McCain: this statement is about our power collectively and our importance individually—your impact is a significant part of the business. Our winning culture focuses on authenticity and trust so we can always bring out the best in our people. Here, you have the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive while being yourself. Join our team to see why we’re better together.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family‑owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

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Job Family: Sales; Procurement; Supply Chain & Logistics

Location(s): NL - Netherlands : North Holland : Amsterdam

Company: McCain Foods Holland B.V.