Strategic Planning & AI Innovation Lead

Lioncareers; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Lion New Zealand in Auckland seeks a Planning Excellence Leader to drive modern planning and supply across NZ. You will question the status quo, simplify processes and shape how data, technology and AI inform planning decisions.

Based in Auckland/Pride Brewery, you’ll partner with teams in New Zealand and Australia, lead major initiatives like IBP and broadband projects, and use KPIs to improve availability and planning maturity.

Qualifications

• Experience in supply planning or a broader supply chain role.
• A track record of improving processes and delivering practical outcomes.
• The ability to use data, KPIs and risk insights to guide decisions.
• Strong stakeholder skills and confidence coordinating work across teams.

Responsibilities

• Set priorities and shape the strategy for NZ Planning & Supply, aligned with Lion’s wider supply chain objectives.
• Lead improvement initiatives that strengthen product availability, DIFOT, planning performance and value creation.
• Coordinate technical improvements to IBP, working with teams in New Zealand and Australia to align activities and ways of working.
• Lead key supply chain projects, including the Broadband project, and identify further opportunities to improve how we plan.
• Use reporting, data and KPIs to provide clear insights and support better supply chain decisions.
• Improve the governance, data quality and adoption of planning processes and systems, including SAP and IBP.
• Explore how AI and other emerging tools could support better planning and more effective ways of working.

Skills

Supply planning experience

Process improvement

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder management

Curiosity and initiative

Education

Degree in supply chain/logistics

Tools

IBP

SAP

Job description

Lion New Zealand in Auckland seeks a Planning Excellence Leader to drive modern planning and supply across NZ. You will question the status quo, simplify processes and shape how data, technology and AI inform planning decisions.

Based in Auckland/Pride Brewery, you’ll partner with teams in New Zealand and Australia, lead major initiatives like IBP and broadband projects, and use KPIs to improve availability and planning maturity.