GTM Planning Lead

Life tastes better with ice cream

With 19.000 expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall’s, Cornetto and Ben & Jerry’s, loved in 76 countries, we are the world’s largest Ice Cream company leading the industry.

We create iconic ice cream brands that are part of everyday life, bringing moments of joy to millions of people around the world. Everybody loves ice cream. And as the world’s biggest pure‑play ice cream company, we have the scale and ambition to make a real difference.

What Truly Sets Us Apart Is How We Work.

We move fast and keep things simple. We turn ideas into action, trust people to take ownership, and work as one team to win together with integrity. Our culture is high‑performance, collaborative and focused on getting things done.

We’re curious and ready for what’s next. We embrace digital, use data to make better decisions, and keep learning, including how AI can help us work smarter and serve consumers better.

The role

The GTM Planning Lead – NZ is a newly created, high-impact role at the intersection of commercial strategy, innovation execution, and integrated business planning. Based in New Zealand, you connect the NZ GTM team with the planning cycles that bring new products to market on time and on strategy. You own the regional volume forecast, orchestrate S&OP rhythms, and ensure GTM plans reflect supply, demand, and commercial opportunity.

What You'll Be Responsible For

Volume Forecasting & S&OP Leadership

• Own the overall volume forecast — delivering an aligned, unbiased, and accurate forecast that reflects true business assumptions.
• Lead the collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver an input-led volume forecast within the S&OP cycle.
• Drive plan-by-exception as a standard operating principle within S&OP, leveraging technology to its full capability.
• Present and clearly explain the composition and assumptions of the volume forecast to senior management through compelling storytelling.
• Monitor adherence to forecast inputs and key metrics, driving a continuous improvement agenda.
• Partner with the offshore Planning team to review Forecast KPIs and close performance gaps.
• Track and report on key planning KPIs including Dispatch Rate/DIFOT, Forecast Accuracy (FA), Forecast Bias (FB), Extreme Bias, Volume-Value Disconnect, Inventory (DOH/Value), and Business Waste

Innovation & NPD Launch Planning

• Drive robust business case development for innovation, tracking and communicating business case evolution and performance to support inventory optimisation and business waste reduction.
• Lead end-to-end GTM planning for new product launches for NZ, coordinating across Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, and Category teams.
• Build and maintain launch readiness trackers, ensuring key milestones are met and risks are surfaced early.
• Translate innovation briefs into executable GTM plans — including channel strategy, ranging recommendations, sell-in timelines, and in-store execution requirements.
• Conduct post-launch reviews and feed learnings back into future planning processes.

Stakeholder & Customer Collaboration

• Bring together cross-functional stakeholder groups to orchestrate trade-off decisions that drive business performance.
• Lead regular customer collaboration sessions.
• Collaborate to address product availability constraints, crisis management, and gap management.
• Build strong working relationships across Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, and Category teams

We're Looking For Someone Who

• Has experience in export planning, or a demonstrated desire and ability to develop this capability and S&OP processes and can operate confidently within an FMCG or similar fast-moving business environment (3-5 years).
• Brings strong skills in
• digital analytics tools, particularly Power BI
• ERP systems and finished goods demand planning platforms.
• demand planning systems such as Kinaxis or ACTPM is preferred but not essential.
• key planning KPIs: Dispatch Rate/DIFOT, Forecast Accuracy, Forecast Bias, Extreme Bias, Volume-Value Disconnect, Inventory (DOH/Value), and Business Waste
• Autonomy and stakeholder management with competing priorities, and always with business outcomes in front of mind.
• communication and storytelling — able to translate complex data into clear narratives for senior leadership.
• Initiative-taking and solutions-oriented, with an ability to perform in a time-sensitive environment.
• Commercial curiosity with a genuine interest in how great products get to market.
• Thinks end-to-end and takes ownerships for results
• Is comfortable working in a fast-moving, evolving organisation
• Values collaboration, clarity and low-ego ways of working
• University degree required; Supply Chain qualification (e.g. APICS) is an advantage.

What You'll Get

Alongside meaningful work and strong development, we offer a reward package that typically includes

• Market-competitive pay and performance related rewards
• Flexible ways of working
• Support for health, wellbeing and life outside of work
• Time off to rest and recharge
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities

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Why join us?

This is a place for people who are passionate about ice cream and are growth obsessed - both for the business and for themselves. People who act like an owner and drive our business end-to-end. People who are driven by success to deliver more than we ever thought we could!

You’ll thrive here if you value an inclusive culture, with low ego and hierarchy - and if you’re excited to continuously learn and challenge how we work, using digital, data, and new thinking to push us forward.

• Roles with real accountability and visible impact
• Free to move fast, experiment and challenge how things are done
• Continuous learning and development as the business grows
• Reward linked to performance and contribution.

Your career here is shaped by what you deliver, as you work across functions and markets and grow with the business.

Ready to build the future of Ice Cream?

If this sounds like the place where you'd thrive, we'd love to hear from you. Apply online and share your CV. We'll review your application and be in touch with the next steps.

If you are an individual with a disability and require assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please let your Talent Acquisition Partner know.

Additional Information

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. We encourage people with all backgrounds to apply including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and Māori and Pacific Peoples.