Job Description

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Great things are happening in the Europe and Australia (EUAU) region. Each day, our 2,500 plus colleagues bring their passion to our offices, manufacturing sites, R&D center, and commercial/distributor markets across Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. We are energized by over 150 years of bringing people together with the food they love. With beloved brands Old El Paso, Haagen-Dazs, Nature Valley, Betty Crocker, Fibre One, Latina Fresh and more, we are on a mission to become the undisputed growth leader in food for EUAU. In a world that's ever-changing, we look to stay ahead and seek people who share our love of food and are

hungry to shape the future.
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Are you a strategic and driven leader with a passion for operational excellence? We're looking for an EUAU Initiatives Planning Lead to take ownership of our end-to-end initiatives planning operations and capabilities. In this high-impact role, you'll lead a talented team of two direct reports, driving performance, fostering development, and managing all aspects of people leadership. You'll also be responsible for shaping and executing a robust continuous improvement agenda, ensuring our planning processes are efficient, agile, and future-ready.

What your role is

Lead

EUAU initiatives planning operations and capabilities

Manages

a team of senior planners including coaching, development and succession planning.

Collaborates

closely with EUAU supply planning, Clusters, Plants, OBMs/BDTs, ESC ops and sourcing to define initiatives planning strategy and support execution accordingly

Serves

as a custodian of the market Supply Chain gate process & critical path for UKI and FRIB, ensuring 100% of NPD's/SKU changes can be launched on time with excellent service and minimal waste.

Owns cross-functional collaboration

(eg plants, clusters, OBMs etc), troubleshooting, proactive communication and serves as the escalation point for initiatives planning

Owns and drive continuous improvement

plan for initiative planning discipline in EUAU

Owns supply planning KPIs

for Initiatives (CFR, waste, launch on time)

What you will bring to the team

We're looking for a candidate with at least 7 years of Supply Chain experience and a strong grasp of end-to-end operational processes. Experience across multiple supply chain functions--especially planning, logistics, or initiatives management--is a definite plus.

You'll have excellent communication and influencing skills, and the confidence to challenge the status quo and drive positive change. A continuous improvement mindset is key, along with the ability to identify opportunities and implement smarter, more efficient ways of working.

Project management experience is an advantage, helping you lead initiatives with clarity and structure in a fast-paced environment.

What's in it for you?

Work with Heart

- offers us flexibility that also requires partnership to ensure we regularly come together in person for those moments that help drive our business forward. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 2 days per week in the office with the opportunity to finish at 15:00 on Fridays.

Wellbeing

- We want our people to feel well and thrive, for this we offer free Headspace account for you and up to 5 friends or family members, ongoing activities, Employee Assistance Program and more.

Bonus

- Our people are at the heart of what makes General Mills great, so when goals are reached, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Health & Dental Insurances

- All colleagues get the opportunity to join our insurances from day one.

Family & Carers Leave

- Every family is unique. Our approach allows every family to have the opportunity to spend quality time-off to support them from the point of birth or adoption to care, with enhanced covers.

Enjoy other perks like enhanced pension contributions, subsidised canteen, access to both peer-to-peer recognition and discount platforms, 2 extra days for volunteering work, and more...

Great Place To Work
Company Overview:

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best -- bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what's next.