Business Planning Manager - Vanilla

Full Job Description

• Attending customer and partner meetings with the Managing Director
  
• Assisting in managing the sales pipeline and ERP/CRM system
  
• Developing demand forecasts and aligning these with production plans
  
• On-boarding customers and registering Company products with customers
  
• Together with the VP of Operations, supporting the order-to-cash process
  
• First point (customer service) of contact for key global accounts
  

• Understanding the global market landscape and providing strategic thinking for product positioning
  
• Using customer insights, needs and feedback to collaborate with Production, QA and Engineering Teams in developing new products
  
• Bringing new products to market, including product launches
  
• Developing product pricing – balancing margins, quality, and competitive positioning
  

• Monitoring and regularly feeding back to Business Development, Production & QA Teams changes in foreign (i.e., US and EU) regulations and trends impacting on product risks/opportunities and regulatory compliance
  
• Handling customers’ and regulatory authorities’ compliance requests
  
• Identifying, managing and mitigating risks related to business development opportunities, e.g., when developing strategic partnerships
  

• Responsible to customer, auditor, and investor requests for sustainability measures and compliance
  
• Together with the VP of Strategy/Sustainability, VP of Operations, and Team Leads, developing, reviewing and/or reporting on sustainability metrics (i.e., maintaining a live sustainability dashboard)
  
• Driving ongoing improvements against agreed sustainability metrics
  
• Together with the VP of Operations, embedding systematic data capture of sustainability metrics within operational processes
  
  

• Support content creation and development for (i) keeping the product brand fresh, relevant and up-to-date, (ii) marketing materials like leaflets, videos, product showcase samples, etc., and (iii) company and product social media presence, including Company's own website
  
• Support the development of partnerships for new business opportunities
  

• Bachelors and ideally masters degree in a related technical field, e.g., food science, flavor science, chemical engineering, process engineering, finance, business/commerce, or law
  
• Minimum 5 years of managerial experience in a similar role
  
• Conversant in process improvement methodologies like kaizen and six sigma; enterprise risk management (ERM); and business planning
  
• Knowledge of food safety
  
• Excellent top-down communication, interpersonal, and relationship management skills
  
• Excellent critical, analytical, and creative thinking, paired with an ability to make data-driven decisions
  
• The ability to communicate flawlessly in English is required