Global Strategic Planning Planner (Senior Planner)

The Role

Are you ready to shape the future of supply chain operations at a global FMCG organisation? We’re looking for a Global Strategic Planning Planner to join our Global Supply Chain team in Hamburg.

In this role, you’ll play a key part in optimising our manufacturing network, enhancing efficiency, and supporting long-term business growth. You'll be at the heart of essential planning activities - helping us stay agile, forward-thinking, and innovative on a global scale.

If you thrive in fast-paced environments, enjoy solving complex problems, and are passionate about enabling operational excellence, this is your opportunity to make a meaningful contribution.

Principle Accountabilities

• Monitoring long-term production capacity and volume allocation on the global level across all manufacturing sites and product groups.
• Evaluating supply chain impacts shaped by long-term market trends, product portfolio shifts, regulatory and legislative developments, and geopolitical conditions in relation to our global footprint.
• Developing manufacturing network optimisation scenarios to support long-term business choices.
• Initiating, facilitating, and contributing to capacity expansion initiatives.
• Managing the central machinery database to maintain visibility of available production lines, their throughput, and technical capabilities.
• Supporting the Product Innovation process by assessing manufacturing feasibility across the network.

Skills and Experience Required

• Experience in Supply Chain / Planning, ideally within the FMCG sector and focused on manufacturing environments with a global scope.
• Excellent planning and organisational capabilities, combined with a collaborative and accountable approach
• Strong critical thinking skills for conducting in-depth evaluations and scenario planning, a solid understanding of Imperial Brands’ operations, and a dedication to service quality.
• Strong communication skills, essential for representing the Global Planning team in collaboration with Factories, Markets, Brands, Product Realization, Engineering, and other Global Teams.
• Hands-on experience with planning system platforms (e.g., SAP APO or equivalent), proficiency in MS Office, and confidence using data visualization and reporting tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Excel.
• Fluency in English is essential; additional language skills are a plus.

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 [email protected] 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.