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Your task as, Director Integrated Business Planning EM, is to drive the IBP (Integrated Business Planning) process across EM, guaranteeing quality and consistency, aligning Sales and Marketing, and securing ONE version of the truth for EM. With the role out of the new IBP25 tool, this role is critical to drive improvement, enhance and elevate existing processes and the DP team in EM. You will need to understand and review the business performance against the medium and longer-term targets, identify gaps & agree on corrective actions with stakeholders. You are responsible for facilitating the EM Brand Review and Management Business Review meetings, and providing analysis on the EM NS, ASP and volume, prior to each submission. To lead a meaningful MBR, you will need to collect inputs from various sources; Cluster DP (Channels), Brand and DTC, enabling the SLT to take informed decisions.

• Lead and manage the monthly IBP process in close cooperation with EM Finance.
• Acting as COE, drive the execution of an effective and consistent process across clusters and EM functions, driving the new IBP25 principles.
• Drive bottom-up assumptions to bring transparency from clusters across channels and categories, to ensure the most realistic plan.
• Drive an improved category planning process with BU, CTC and DTC merchandizing. Define expectations, clear roles and responsibilities and accountabilities.
• Ensure stakeholders adhere to set DB deadlines, with all IBP information available (IP Tool and commentary) for the monthly IBP meetings.
• Set and manage the EM IBP calendar, aligning all business partners on key IBP milestones
• Lead the IBP seasonal planning (GTM) for DP with EM CTC. Align range plans, providing ASP and margin analysis from clusters. Ensure quality NS and ASP for overall seasonal demand volume guidance from DP into CTC in clusters.
• Drive OTB with DP in clusters -. Consider existing inventory by channel to agree volume in-take ratios vs IBP – facilitate the EM monthly Buy Review with EM SLT.
• Prepare data and key messaging for channel and brand to facilitate EM brand review and MBR meeting.
• Document monthly risks and opportunities from IBP.
• Support SCM with DC capacity planning.

• Strong organisational and communication skills
• Ability to manage complex situation and challenges
• Acts as a role model
• Ability to think end to end
• Proven managerial skills
• High degree of commercial and business acumen knowledge to challenge and drive consensus between Sales & Marketing
• Good project management skills