Enterprise Planning Deployment Lead

Mars
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Program Design Languages
Expertise in Kinaxis

Job description

The Pet Nutrition - Enterprise Planning (EP) Deployment role is a key role accountable for ensuring deployment of the EP Programme across all of our Operating Entities (OEs) through robust Programme Management ensuring delivery of a global Template, committed timelines, Costs and Business Benefits. And to help stand up the right capability and COE to sustain the benefits of the programme and continue to build future capabilities. A key part of the role is ensuring alignment between global strategy, regional execution, and functional Centers of Excellence.

This role is pivotal in ensuring Pet Nutrition builds a fit-for-future, agile, and responsive Supply Chain built on a strong backbone of Advanced Planning systems and Next generation capabilities that will drive efficiency, Service, and Cost.

Key Responsibilities

  1. End-to-End Supply Chain Transformation through the EP Programme
  • Lead, coordinate, and deploy The EP programme across Operating Entities (OEs)
  • Deliver the Benefits, Cost, and Global template ambitions.
  1. Strategic Operating Model Design Authority
  • Shape and governfuture-state Target Operating Models (TOMs) for end-to-end supply chain capabilities.
  • Act as adesign authority partner for major transformation programs, ensuring consistency, scalability, and strategic coherence across regions.
  1. Planning CoE Enablement
  • Drive the evolution ofend-to-end planning capabilities, and work with the Global Planning Capabilities team to drive maturity assessments and gap analyses across regions.
  • Support the design and maturation ofPlanning Centers of Excellence (CoEs), defining scope, governance, and capability standards.
  1. Transformation Governance Execution
  • Establish and runtransformation governance mechanisms, tracking progress, risks, and interdependencies across initiatives.
  • Partner with global, regional, and functional leaders toenable disciplined execution and value realization.
  1. Stakeholder Leadership Collaboration
  • Work closely with senior leaders across Supply Chain, Digital, Finance, and Regions toalign priorities and sequencing.

Requirements

  • Deep expertise in end-to-end supply chain and Operational planning and Planning transformation
  • Ability to work across Operating Entities planning teams and collaborate on the Programme Design and Execution
  • Strong background in operating model design, governance, and change
  • Understanding of Next Generation Planning Capabilities (OMP, Kinaxis, or other advanced planning systems)
  • Proven ability to lead complex, cross-regional transformation programs
  • Executive-level stakeholder management and influence
  • Structured problem-solving and transformation orchestration mindset

Benefits & conditions

Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles. Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today. A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University. An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus. You must create an Indeed account before continuing to the company website to apply Review for Mars Review for Mars, London, ENG Review for Planning Lead at Mars Review for Planning Lead at Mars, London, ENG

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