Commercial Planning Manager

Commercial Planning Manager

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.

In the role of commercial planning manager working in Milwaukee, you will lead molson coors' us integrated commercial planning process at all levels from the national to localized market (DRM) level, designing, developing, and executing planning frameworks that drives region, distributor, chain, and customer plans by the MCBC brand-package portfolio to align with company strategy, improve market execution, and deliver business results. Transforms data into actionable insights, guiding resource allocation and market execution while ensuring seamless integration and handoffs across commercial, finance, demand planning, and related functions. Serves as subject matter expert for advanced planning systems (e.g., o9), enabling data harmonization, scenario-based decision-making, and proactive risk management. Oversees planning toolkits and master data governance, ensuring reporting meets end-user needs and planning calendars, milestones, and deliverables are met. This role reports to the Sr. Manager, Commercial Planning.

What you'll be brewing: create, track, and manage the annual internal and the ADBP plans based on 3-year strategy with the US president, RVPs, national/regional chain directors, and regional support teams. Lead the US integrated commercial planning process and frameworks that drive distributor, chain, and customer plans aligned to strategy. Drive the national process and alignment between sales operations, finance, and customer supply chain teams, serving as link between our sales operations, finance, and supply chain organizations while adopting an owner, influencing, and consultative approach for all manual complex processes. Act as key stakeholder in driving national or distributor-focused initiatives & commercial operations projects. Lead the MCBC planning process(es) and tools. Serve as the SME for advanced planning systems, providing enterprise-level leadership in integrating commercial planning into the o9 platform and shaping its future evolution. Champion cross-functional alignment and process innovation to enable data.

Key ingredients: you love a challenge. You complete complex projects quickly and adeptly with your understanding of business priorities. You operate with urgency in tight planning cycles while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships. 5 to 8 years of professional experience in strategy, finance, senior account management, or planning within a fortune 500 company (preferably CPG). Candidates should possess the robust ability to challenge our operations peers to deliver against our sales forecasts, reduce out of stock, and improve distributor quality, while accelerating the sales process. Problem solving & analytical rigor; disciplined approach to root-cause analysis and option evaluation. Commercial aptitude with strong business acumen across & analytical skills, with the ability to combine/leverage marketing, finance, strategy, statistics, forecasting, and pricing disciplines into one role. Clear, concise communication; effective storytelling with data; senior-stakeholder influence. Action-oriented; resilient in ambiguity; pragmatic and resourceful. Cross-functional collaboration and teamwork; ability to build agreement across diverse stakeholders. Project and process management; planning calendar orchestration; continuous improvement mindset. Advanced excel; familiarity with o9 and planning tools (salesforce/anaplan a plus). Master data stewardship (brand/distributor) and reporting requirements understanding. Sets challenging performance goals that focus on business priorities. Executes against expectations and takes accountability for meeting and exceeding requirements. Manages multiple priorities and makes sound decisions to produce results that balance risk and return.

Beverage bonuses: participation in our total rewards program with a competitive base salary, incentive plans, parental leave, health, dental, vision, retirement plan options 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! 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 business 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 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.