Solution Manager - Planning

Requisition ID: 40307 

Cheers to creating an incredible tomorrow! 

At Molson Coors, we tackle big challenges and defy the status quo.  With a proud legacy of excellence, an incredible portfolio of beer, seltzers, spirits, and non-alcohol brands, and a bold vision for our future... we’re on the path to transforming the beverage industry.  That requires remarkable individuals who are curious, tenacious, and never afraid to fail forward.

We seek, value and respect everyone’s unique perspectives and experiences knowing that we are stronger together.  We collaborate as a team and celebrate each other’s successes.

Here’s to crafting careers and creating new legacies.

Crafted Highlights:   

In the role of Solution Manager - Planning, working in Milwaukee, WI, you will be responsible for leading design and implementation of integrated solutions and enhancements to existing solutions while maintaining awareness of market best practices and industry trends in areas of application design and delivery. You will ensure solution designs are aligned to business and IT strategies as well as collaborates with the IT Product Solution Owners, Solution/Enterprise architects, and application architects to ensure alignment with the integrated solution to be delivered to meet business process requirements.

What You’ll Be Brewing: 

• Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise business solutions that align technology capabilities with business objectives.
• Partner with business stakeholders, solution architects, and IT teams to define requirements, evaluate technologies, and deliver scalable end-to-end solutions.
• Drive large, complex technology initiatives, leading cross-functional teams through planning, testing, deployment, stabilization, and ongoing support.
• Serve as a subject matter expert across enterprise applications and technologies, including Microsoft platforms, integrations, business intelligence, master data, SaaS solutions, and custom applications.
• Establish and enforce solution design standards, governance processes, quality controls, and architectural best practices across projects and programs.
• Identify and recommend process improvements, emerging technologies, and innovative solutions that enhance operational efficiency and business performance.
• Lead and mentor distributed teams and external service providers, ensuring high-quality delivery, strong collaboration, and continuous improvement of implementation and support practices.
• Manage project scope, delivery estimates, risk mitigation, testing strategies, and stakeholder communication to ensure successful business outcomes.

Key Ingredients: 

• You have a bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• You have 5+ years of experience designing, developing, and implementing integrated enterprise business solutions.
• You have experience implementing Commercial Planning solutions on an integrated planning platform (o9 preferred).
• You have working knowledge of the key master and transactional data objects needed to generate a Commercial plan, including objects that support AOP and Price Promotions planning.
• You have strong overall Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process knowledge and understand how Commercial Planning integrates with Demand Planning and Supply Planning solutions.
• You have proven experience leading distributed technical teams and managing third-party vendors, consultants, or service providers.
• You show strong leadership, mentoring, and coaching skills with the ability to develop and support team growth.
• You possess advanced knowledge of enterprise systems, application integrations, software development lifecycle (SDLC), and IT infrastructure.
• You have demonstrated expertise in solution architecture, testing methodologies, configuration management, and quality assurance practices.
• You show strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with the ability to balance innovation, risk, and business value.
• You have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience collaborating across IT, business, and executive leadership teams.

Beverage Bonuses:

• Flexible work programs that support work life balance including a hybrid work model of 4 days in the office
• We care about our People and Planet and have challenged ourselves with stretch goals around our key priorities

• We care about our communities, and play our part to make a difference – from charitable donations to hitting the streets together to build parks, giving back to the community is part of our culture and who we are
• Engagement with a variety of Employee Resource Groups, which can provide volunteer opportunities, leadership experience, and networking through the organization
• Ability to grow and develop your career centered around our First Choice Learning opportunities

• Participation in our Total Rewards program with a competitive base salary, incentive plans, parental leave, health, dental, vision, 401k option with incredible employer match, generous paid time off plans, an engaging Wellness Program, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with amazing resources
• On site Pub, access to cool brand clothing and swag, top events and, of course... free beer and beverages!
• Work within a fast paced and innovative company, meeting passionate colleagues and partners with diverse backgrounds and experiences

Molson Coors is an equal opportunity employer.  We invite applications from candidates of all backgrounds, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or recruitment processes, please e-mail [email protected]. 

Pay and Benefits:

At Molson Coors, we’re committed to paying people fairly and equitably for the work they do.

Job Posting Total Rewards Offerings: $111,900.00 - $146,900.00 (posting salary range) + 15% target short term incentive + $23,000 on average spent on benefits per employee, including but not limited to health, dental, vision, retirement with above market employer match, wellness incentives and EAP + paid time off (including holidays, vacation days and sick days).

The posting range provided above for salary is what we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.  We ultimately pay based on a number of non-discriminatory factors that inform pay decisions including but not limited to the required work location, previous work experience, skill set and internal equity.