Job Description

Segment : Royal Canin

Contract : Permanent/CDI

Location : Aimargues, near to Montpellier

The Business Process Owner (BPO) for capacity and supply network strategic planning is custodian of the RCCP standard global process and related definition in close collaboration with Industrial Engineering global team. This role is responsible for the implementation and governance of the capacity utilization projection processes (RCCP feeding S&OP+ – GNM feeding IVCP), continuously improving the visibility and robustness of our capacity utilization analysis to support decisions with the necessary granularity, assumptions and providing end-to-end visibility on capacity vs demand across all horizons through consolidated analytics and “capacity control tower” reporting used as the single source of truth for capacity utilization.

This role also develops the beyond 3 years projection of demand evolution assumptions (Volume – complexity) with business insights and consolidate capacity development projects with Industrial Engineering Planning to improve our strategic visibility on capacity requirements and options supporting Industrial Engineering team in production capacity development plans. This includes developing with Industrial engineering the necessary data and capabilities to simulate options processing costs, line capabilities and impact on service, efficiency, resilience, sustainability and overall supply network performance.

The BPO acts as the global owner of the production capacity planning over the entire horizon, ensuring global alignment with key stakeholders and contributors, enabling world-class ways of working, develop and deliver training, lead deployment and adoption (ownership) of the sites and regions while driving adoption of planning technologies, analytics, and best practices across all business groups, regions, and manufacturing facilities.

What are we looking for ?

• Master's degree in Supply Chain management, planning, business, operations or related field required
• 8+ years of experience in supply chain planning, operations, or engineering in a complex multinational environment.
• Proven experience owning, designing, or managing large-scale cross-functional planning processes (Integrated Business Planning, S&OP, Mastery on supply planning process governance, systems, data analytics,
• Advanced stakeholder & change management, cross-functional collaboration, continuous improvement, project/program management and communication/training.
• Strategic thinking and strong business acumen.
• Supply network management skills and cross-segment interoperability thinking
• Project management capability and ability to convince/challenge consensus in a multicultural environment.
• Demonstrated success leading process transformation initiatives across multiple business units or regions
• Strong data literacy and analytical mindset, with the ability to translate insights into actions.

What would be your key responsibilities ?

Global Process Ownership for Production capacity management processes (RCCP + long term)

Custodian of the process compliance and quality of production capacity data – IE being custodian of the capacity data

Secure the vision of Production capacity vs Demand with a single source of truth to ensure reliability of information and proposals for decision forums in plan to govern processes (S&OP+, AEP, IVCP) and supply network optimization forums (SNOC)

Drive adoption of standard capacity management processes, including data and tools, scenario and assumptions management

Enable scenario-based decision support through simulations and what-if analysis

Responsible to improve a trusted, standardized and consolidated measure of capacity utilization (Global heatmap) and related single repository reporting

Identify process design and compliance gaps and coordinate with key contributors and BPOs how to close gaps in close collaboration with Mars MSE and other functions.

Control Tower & Decision Support

Provide end-to-end visibility on capacity vs demand across all horizons through consolidated analytics and reporting

Act as the single source of truth for capacity utilization, enabling real-time and forward-looking decision making

Develop and maintain the global capacity management process framework, standards, related policies, and operating guidelines, including definitions with Industrial engineering and planning rules.

Serve as the single point of accountability for the global capacity management & reporting framework, methods, documentation, and governance (process adherence, performances and maturity development)

Ensure a structured integration of long-term strategies and business evolutions as well as robust assumptions management, scenario-based decision support through simulations and what-if analysis

Monitor performance, risks, and opportunities across the supply network and escalate key insights to decision forums (S&OP+, SNOC)

Consensus & Stakeholder Alignment

Challenge and align consensus in a multicultural environment.

Support strategic trade-off discussions linked to capacity vs demand balancing considering network configuration and business evolution.

Collaborate with regional stakeholders to integrate Supply network evolutions as well as risks and opportunities

Change Management & Training

Drive change adoption and capacity management standardization across all factories and regions.

Contribute to develop related training materials, process documentation, and capability frameworks for global and regional teams.

Support onboarding as well as maturity assessment and development for capacity management.

What can you expect from Mars?

• You will work in a multicultural environment (more than 40 nationalities) and where your dog will be welcomed by more than 100 other Associates’ dogs at the office!
• You will work in a unique campus, which gathers more than 800 Associates working for: the international HQ, the French subsidiary, two laboratories, a kennel and a cattery with more than 200 cats & dogs, and finally the most important factory of the Royal Canin group
• A unique and ideal work environment to become the leader in health through nutrition for cats and dogs!
• You will evolve in the heart of an innovative production plant that will challenge you, on a daily basis

Royal Canin's CSR commitments, to build a better world for tomorrow:

• Since 2015, no waste to landfill is made by the 16 Royal Canin factories in the world
• All Royal Canin products manufactured in Europe are ISO 14001 certified from design to factory gate
• Since 2017, Royal Canin has supported the K-DOG program of the Curie Institute, which trains dogs to detect breast cancer via olfaction.