Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondel?z International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Possible.

You will develop the 0-24-month IBP forecast by brand and at the stock keeping unit (SKU) level. You will coordinate, challenge and influence building block with input from sales, marketing and other partners. In addition, you will review the disaggregated short-term demand plan, which includes SKU/location mix and weekly pacing. Finally, you will provide the finalized detailed demand plan by SKU to supply planners and adjust it based on feedback from supply planners or commercial teams.

How you will contribute

You will:

Contribute to the demand management cycle of the integrated business planning (IBP) process for your categories and to strategy and structure discussions Liaise with the commercial and operational teams and develop ways to continuously improve communication between the functions to support the delivery of the business KPIs for their families Manage forecast compilation process, which includes owning the short-term weekly plan and the long-term forecast (three or more months) Interact with modelling team to generate statistical forecasting Participate in the integrated business planning process and manage the demand planning tool Perform root-cause analysis for continuous plan improvement for key service issues, forecast error and bias, and share output with appropriate leadership

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

Experience in a fast-moving consumer goods or consumer packaged goods environment, preferably in food or other fast moving, dynamic industry where shelf life is a constraint Experience within an IBP/S&OP environment Able to influence cross-functional teams, working on priorities and improving the plan Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical skills - and able to understand and interpret data Strong verbal and written communication skills Team player who can work with many other functions on a daily basis

More about this role

What You'll Do

Lead the demand management agenda for the category, being the key interface between commercial and supply to identify and evaluate the impact of potential availability issues/commercial changes including gap assessment and risk and opportunity discussions to develop a long-term consensus forecast Partner with modelling team for the generation of statistical forecasting Review standard consumption versus forecast at the category and total product levels, liaising with supply and commercial teams to manage potential availability issues and the impact of under consumption Drive strong linkages with the commercial, category collaboration, modelling, order fulfilment teams and supply planning including innovation and equity Manage demand planning tasks for product life cycle events Drive continuous capability building in the demand planning team for planning improvement

What You'll Bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

Post-secondary education (University degree required) 3-6 years of experience in demand planning and forecasting within the CPG or similar industry Advanced proficiency in MS Office, specifically Excel (pivot tables, modeling) and experience with ERP and APS (SAP APO and/or o9) systems Comprehensive supply chain, economic, financial or logistics experience and commercial awareness in a fast-moving consumer goods or consumer packaged goods environment Open to learn new ways of working and is willing to use new tools Experience driving demand review and participation in an IBP cycle Able to influence cross-functional teams, working on the key priorities and improving the plan Knowledge in leading practice demand planning and end-to-end supply chain concepts Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical skills and verbal and written communication skills APICS/ACSM certification is an asset

No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary


With several brands that are among consumer favourites, including Cadbury, OREO, Christie and Maynards, we are one of the largest snack companies in Canada. Many of our iconic brands are ranked first, second or third in their categories, and our manufacturers and pastry chefs have an enviable mission to create and manufacture chocolate, cookies, crackers and candy in our iconic factories and locations across Ontario. A company with many ambitious growth targets, we have invested close to $250 million in our Ontario plants in recent years alone; We run marketing campaigns promoting innovative products such as Cadbury Dark Milk tablets and OREO Birthday Cake and Peppermint Bark cookies. Our community of more than 2,683 employees is present across Canada and our head office is in Toronto. Passion and dedication characterize our Company. We encourage all our employees to be themselves at work, to speak out and to encourage diversity in all areas of activity. In addition, we foster a flexible work environment and place great importance on the notions of trust and empathy to promote a true sense of belonging.


Mondelez welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates with disabilities taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Please note that the term "accommodation" in this posting means changes that are made in order to meet the needs of a person with disabilities and not lodging.


Job Type


Temporary (Fixed Term)
Demand Planning
Customer Service & Logistics