Planning Tower Lead

Barry Callebaut Manufacturing Iberica SA.; Łódź; Hybrid; PLN 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Lunch card

Private medical care

Hybrid work model

Flexible start time 7am-10am

Chocolate in office

Job summary

Barry Callebaut is seeking a GBS Planning Tower Lead to oversee the GBS Supply Planning team, ensuring reliability, high performance, and harmonized processes across regions. You will guide transitions, foster a collaborative culture, and drive improvements in planning systems and tools.

The role requires a Master’s degree, APICS certification, and at least 12 years in supply planning or related fields, with strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a related field or equivalent.
• APICS certification is required.
• Minimum 12+ years in supply planning, purchasing, inventory, or logistics.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach the GBS Supply Planning team to high performance.
• Standardize processes across country clusters and regions.
• Drive continuous improvement and automation initiatives.
• Manage internal stakeholders, including senior management.
• Ensure alignment with monthly S&OP and weekly S&OE cycles.

Skills

Team management

Supply planning

Stakeholder management

Change management

Communication

Education

Master’s Degree

APICS Certification

Job description

At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future.We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide.We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!

About the role

The GBS Planning Tower Lead oversees the GBS Supply planning team. He/She provides guidance, coaching and ensures reliability, service quality and a high performing team culture. He/She fosters continuous improvement and harmonization of processes. He/She ensures continuity, notably through scope management and proper process documentation.

Key responsibilities

• Foster a positive and collaborative work environment, promoting teamwork and knowledge sharing among team members.
• Play an active part in career development of Supply Planning GBS teams.
• Ensure implementation of a “GBS mindset”, leading by example and creating a community of BC experts.
• Supports collaboration with the functional management team.
• Process improvement: Continuously monitor and evaluate effectiveness of systems, tools and processes in supply planning; support functional leads in identifying opportunities, lead process improvement initiatives to streamline and automate supply planning processes.
• Stakeholder management: Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, including department heads, subsidiaries, and senior management; act as point of contact and escalation for supply planning senior management and report dotted to CSD GBS Director.
• Conduct transition management and positively influence built-up of GBS planning team in close alignment with CSD GBS Lead and function.
• Standardize processes so as to service the different country clusters in an harmonized way.
• Control the scope of activities (e.g. when integrating additional regions/countries).
• Facilitate the interaction between GBS planning and HR (holidays, performance review agenda, etc...).
• Foster improvements to the GBS interaction model, acting as a facilitator with customer service, logistics and other GBS teams.
• Make sure the various GBS planning teams play their role in the monthly S&OP and weekly S&OE drumbeat.
• Ensure proper process documentation.
• Be SPOC & voice for Planning GBS towards Global/ Regional Leadership & GBS CSD Lead during & post transition.
• Identify & channel automation, technology, scope enhancement and improvements to drive yearly GBS efficiency gains in line with planning ambitions.

About you

• Master’s Degree.
• APICS Certification.
• Experience with team management of minimum 30 team members.
• 12+ years of experience in supply planning, purchasing, inventory management, and/or logistics.
• Understanding of the production planning process.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to learn new systems and processes quickly.
• Good team management skills.
• Strategic mindset with proven international stakeholder management expertise and good networking skills.
• Ideally proven track-record of driving and inspiring change, ideally as part of larger GBS or BPO transformation programs.

We offer

• Employment on a regular basis in the sweetest company in the world.
• Annual bonus based on your work results.
• Lunch card to be used for groceries and restaurants.
• Private medical care in Lux Med (basic package fully financed by BC).
• Fit Profit sports card co-financed by BC.
• PPE: we care about your future, and we save money for your retirement.
• Cafeteria Program as a part of Social Fund.
• Group life insurance.
• Hybrid working model: min. 8 days in the office a month.
• As part of our work-life balance culture, we can start work between 7 am and 10 am.
• Free consultation with a lawyer once a quarter.
• Chocolate! Yes, surprising but we have chocolate in the office, for Christmas, BC’s Birthday, and many other occasions during the year.
• And if chocolate is still not enough, you can join one of our theme clubs, where together with other employees we develop our passions and interests.
• Daily delivery of fresh fruits and veggies to the office.
• You can purchase our sweet products with a special discount.
• Relax zone in the office and plenty of options to choose from: PlayStation 5, football table, pool table, Ping-Pong, library, table games, and massage chairs.
• Sport @work? Sure! We have treadmills and indoor exercise bikes with a laptop station.
• We like to party as much as we like chocolate! We have integration budgets we can use for team events.
• Forever Chocolate and Event Team: you can join them and have a real influence on social life in BC and CSR activities.

At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong.#oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.