End to End Planning Team Manager

The Role

The role of E2E Planning Team Manager is a critical part of our end-to-end planning function at Imperial Brands – an inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees.

Reporting into one of our Heads of DRP & Inventory, Operations Planning or Materials Planning, you will directly shape how Imperial balances demand coverage, stock levels, and asset utilisation. Your decisions will impact not just markets and factories, but also the overall efficiency and resilience of our global supply chain.

As an E2E Planning Team Manager, you will work with a wide range of stakeholders across Global Supply Chain and beyond, aligning strategies with execution and driving continuous improvements. This is a role for someone who thrives in complexity, thinks across borders, and wants to influence the way our products reach consumers around the world.

Principle Accountabilities

• Lead and motivate a team of planners, providing regular feedback, coaching, and fostering continuous development.
• Ensure reliable market supply by monitoring risks, implementing mitigation plans, and overseeing service and inventory performance.
• Supervise creation, review, and adjustment of operational/tactical distribution plans and production schedules, acting as advisor and escalating critical risks when needed.
• Build strong relationships with key business partners across Clusters, Factories, and Central functions, ensuring timely, structured communication.
• Track and analyse service and inventory KPIs, provide insights on closed sales periods, and monitor future availability outlooks to identify risks, opportunities, and efficiency gains.
• Contribute to the development of the E2E Supply Chain Hub and drive continuous improvement of existing and new processes.

Skills and Experience Required

• Proven experience in Supply Chain Management, preferably in planning within the FMCG industry.
• Strong leadership skills with at least 1+ year of experience managing teams in a corporate environment.
• Excellent knowledge of E2E supply chain processes, with exposure to both markets and production.
• Demonstrated success in managing projects and delivering results aligned with strategic goals.
• Advanced analytical and communication skills, with ability to thrive in highly ambiguous, fast-changing environments.
• Excellent verbal and written English (company business language); additional languages such as Spanish, German, French, or Polish are an advantage.

What We Offer

In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary, bonus scheme and further benefits as well inspiring places to work and collaborate with purpose. Here at Imperial we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at recruitment@impbrands.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all.  Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.

As a matter of policy, Imperial Tobacco or its subsidiaries never requests or requires payment as part of any recruitment process.

Everyone Belongs