Lead Supply Planner – FMCG, S&OP, Hybrid Role (Melbourne)

Lead Supply Planner – FMCG, S&OP, Hybrid Role (Melbourne)

21 Oct
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Bulla Dairy Foods
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Melbourne

21 Oct

Bulla Dairy Foods

Melbourne

Are you ready to scoop up an exciting career with one of Australia's most loved and trusted dairy brands? Bulla Dairy Foods is 100% Australian owned and operated and has been proudly making dairy products in country Australia for six generations. We are one of Australia's oldest family-owned dairy companies and believe in our brand, our people and take pride in crafting dairy products for the world.

We're looking for an experienced Supply Planner to join our team in a key leadership role, overseeing the Supply Planning team across our frozen portfolio. With three direct reports, you'll lead and develop a team of planning professionals while playing a hands-on role in delivering effective supply planning outcomes across a complex and dynamic product portfolio.

Reporting to the Supply Planning Manager, you will be responsible for managing supply plans across a rolling 13-week to 24-month horizon, ensuring inventory and service level targets are achieved while optimising labour and production capacity. You'll balance strategic planning with day-to-day leadership, building team capability while working closely with manufacturing, commercial and supply chain stakeholders to deliver an aligned and reliable supply plan.

This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive planning professional looking to further develop their supply chain, planning, and stakeholder management capabilities in a dynamic manufacturing environment. You'll have the opportunity to influence business performance through data-driven decision-making, capacity planning, inventory optimisation, and continuous improvement initiatives.

You will be well suited to this opportunity if you enjoy connecting people, processes and technology.



You can build credibility with manufacturing and commercial stakeholders, mentor others, and use ERP planning systems to turn complex supply information into practical, aligned decisions, we'd love to hear from you

What's the Scoop?

- Develop and maintain short, medium and long-term supply plans that support inventory, customer service, capacity and working-capital objectives.
- Own tactical and strategic production plans across a rolling 13-week to 24-month planning horizon.
- Balance supply and demand by identifying constraints, risks and opportunities, and coordinating practical cross-functional responses.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships across Demand Planning, Sales, Production, Operations, Procurement, Finance and Commercial teams.
- Lead supply planning inputs into the monthly S&OP; process, including capacity planning, supply projections, scenario analysis and long-term production planning.
- Translate complex planning information into clear recommendations, reports and business cases that enable timely decision-making.
- Manage recent product introductions, product transitions and discontinuations to protect supply continuity and ensure effective execution.
- Maintain planning master data, system parameters and data integrity within ERP and advanced planning systems.
- Use planning-system functionality and data to identify exceptions,



model scenarios and improve the quality and speed of planning decisions.
- Drive continuous improvement across supply planning processes, systems, governance and performance measures.
- Coach, mentor and support Supply Planning team members, building capability, accountability and consistent planning disciplines.
- Support inventory optimisation, capacity reviews and long-term strategic planning to meet future business requirements.
- Deliver reliable, efficient and customer-focused supply chain outcomes in a fast-paced FMCG manufacturing environment.

What You'll Bring

- Demonstrated experience in supply planning, production planning or master scheduling within a complex FMCG manufacturing environment.
- Strong practical knowledge of supply planning across short, medium and long-term horizons.
- Detailed understanding of master scheduling, rough-cut capacity planning, inventory management and supply-demand balancing.
- Experience supporting or leading S&OP;, capacity planning and supply scenario development.
- A strong technical understanding of ERP and advanced planning systems, including planning parameters, master data, system-generated recommendations, exception management and data integrity.
- Hands-on experience using SAP or a comparable ERP planning platform. Experience with SAP IBP would be highly advantageous.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships and work effectively across Sales, Demand Planning, Operations, Production, Procurement, Finance and Commercial teams.
- The ability to influence stakeholders, challenge constructively and bring different functions together around an

📌 Lead Supply Planner – FMCG, S&OP, Hybrid Role (Melbourne)
🏢 Bulla Dairy Foods
📍 Melbourne

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