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Bacardi

Produces, markets, and distributes spirits worldwide

Bulk Spirit Planner

Supply Chain ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBarcelona, SpainNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Supply chain role experience in planning, purchasing, or production planning.
  • Strong communication, problem-solving, critical-thinking, and analytical skills.
  • Technical proficiency, including expert-level Microsoft Excel, SAP ECC, SRM, and IBP; Power BI is a plus.
  • Good organizational and time-management skills.
  • A data-driven approach to problem-solving.
  • Strong influencing and collaboration skills.
  • Understanding of multisite dependencies and export flows.

Responsibilities

  • Plan medium- and long-term spirit availability in line with Master Production Plans.
  • Assess and balance network requirements for bulk spirits in assigned categories.
  • Use data-driven decision-making to maximize material availability.
  • Take ownership of planning issues caused by spirit supply and follow up on actions, especially during shortages affecting internal or co-packer production.
  • Partner with suppliers to ensure cask availability for maturation and finishing plans.
  • Manage cask availability from capital expenditure through filling and empty-cask monitoring.
  • Generate the spirit supply master plan, including new make spirit filling, on a weekly basis for 4–16 weeks and monthly thereafter.
  • Collaborate with supply centre spirit call-off teams to ensure accurate and timely call-offs against requirements.
  • Maintain Bill of Materials master data to support accurate product management.
  • Ensure invoices are paid on time, working with the BES team to resolve issues when needed.
  • Plan trial and innovation activity involving spirit and casks.
  • Serve as the key planning contact for Bacardi distilleries, maturation sites, and spirit suppliers, managing deliveries, sharing mid- and long-term forecasts, and reviewing performance.
  • Understand demand fluctuations and share insights with distilleries, maturation sites, and suppliers to mitigate supply risks, spirit overstock, and write-off risks.
  • Support the supply assessment of Long-Term Demand Plans and robust strategic planning decisions.
  • Coordinate with procurement and suppliers to establish long-term agreements, set lead times, and manage them.
  • Develop and adhere to service level agreements with suppliers and partner with them to meet performance requirements.
  • Identify new ways of working in spirit planning and continuously improve working practices.
  • Optimize spirit strategy and working capital to meet business needs while minimizing excess and non-moving stock to prevent write-offs.
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including the master blender, procurement, Supply Centre, and SQS, to optimize supplier strategies and deliver sustainability, value chain, partnership, and superior availability objectives.

Desired Qualifications

  • Power BI proficiency.

About the Company

Bacardi

Produces, markets, and distributes spirits worldwide

Bacardi Limited is a privately held global spirits company that produces, markets, and distributes a wide range of spirits and wines. It owns more than 200 brands, including BACARDÍ rum, PATRÓN tequila, GREY GOOSE vodka, DEWAR’S Scotch, BOMBAY SAPPHIRE gin, MARTINI vermouth, and CAZADORES tequila, with production facilities in multiple countries and products sold in over 160 markets. The products come from blending and aging raw ingredients like sugarcane, agave, grains, and botanicals, then bottling and distributing them worldwide. It differentiates itself by being family-owned, which supports long-term planning, and by maintaining a diverse brand portfolio across many categories; its goal is to grow its brand portfolio, expand into new markets and categories, and operate responsibly and sustainably.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Hamilton, Bermuda
Founded
1862

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