Voyager Planning Manager

The Role

Principle Accountabilities

• Own the end-to-end planning cadence for international flows, ensuring one integrated production, inventory and shipment plan across all involved functions. 
• Drive value-maximizing planning decisions by balancing volume, matchability, profitability, inventory, service and duty drawback opportunities. 

• Monitor volume development, portfolio changes and plan deviations versus the long-term plan, coordinating resolution where needed. 

• Translate constraints, volatility and non-standard scenarios into decision-ready trade-offs, including financial impacts and enterprise risks. 

• Manage planning governance inputs, escalation packs and cross-functional alignment through the relevant IBP/ITP forums. 

• Provide transparent planning performance reporting, early warning signals and leadership updates to keep execution and value delivery on track. 

Skills and Experience Required

• Strong supply, production, inventory and shipment-planning capability across international flows. 

• Proven ability to run structured planning cadences, constraints management and escalation routines. 

• Ability to translate volume, portfolio, financial and operational data into clear planning decisions. 

• Confident collaboration across Global Supply Chain, Finance, Operations, markets and programme governance. 

• Strong analytical and commercial mindset to manage trade-offs and protect value delivery.

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