Enterprise Planning and Analytics Head

About the role

The Enterprise Planning & Analytics Head owns how Illovo Malawi turns strategy into integrated plans, connecting demand, supply, operational and financial plans across Commercial, Agriculture, Manufacturing, Finance and enabling functions. Reporting to the Transformation Director, the role gives executive leadership credible analysis, scenarios and recommendations, directs R&D that supports growth and leads a team that builds the business's planning and analytical capability.

Key responsibilities

• Establish and govern the integrated business planning framework, calendar, standards and decision forums that connect strategy with demand, supply, operational and financial plans.
• Integrate demand, supply, production, inventory and financial plans into a coherent enterprise outlook, with consistent assumptions, data definitions and reconciled information.
• Translate strategy into priorities, initiatives and performance measures, and monitor execution, highlighting progress, dependencies, risks and benefits.
• Govern demand forecasting and lead demand reviews, challenging significant forecast changes, assumptions, bias and unexplained variances.
• Govern supply planning to balance demand with production capability, inventory and materials availability, and resolve supply gaps before customer commitments.
• Lead cross-functional planning forums, make gaps and trade-offs visible and escalate unresolved issues to the right decision-makers.
• Develop integrated scenarios showing the operational, commercial and financial implications of alternative choices.
• Analyse performance, market developments, demand patterns and supply capability to give executives credible insights, forecasts and recommendations.
• Direct R&D supporting growth and innovation, evaluating concepts for feasibility, risk and commercial potential and coordinating approved initiatives through governance stages.
• Lead and develop the Business Planning team, promote objective analysis and continuous improvement, and uphold company policies, ethical standards, anti-bribery controls and HSE and quality requirements.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Economics, Finance, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Operations Management or a related field.
• Minimum of 8-10 years' relevant experience in business planning, strategy, supply chain planning, commercial planning or operational management.
• Demonstrated experience integrating commercial, operational, supply chain and financial plans.

Applications close on Friday 6 November 2026; candidates apply through the Easy Apply button on the listing.