Senior Manager, Planning
The Warrington GroupSt. Stephen, Canada | Posted on 10/26/2026
On behalf of our client, Ganong Bros Ltd, we are looking for an experienced Senior Manager, Planning to join their team, supporting the continued growth and evolution of their supply chain and planning operations.
About Our Client:
Established in 1873, Ganong is one of Canada's most recognized confectionery companies, with a proud history rooted in St.
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Stephen, New Brunswick.
Known for its quality chocolates and confectionery products, Ganong has built a longstanding reputation for craftsmanship, innovation, and bringing people together through products enjoyed by generations of Canadians. With more than 150 years of history, Ganong continues to evolve its operations while maintaining the values and traditions that have shaped its success. Their team is committed to collaboration, continuous improvement, and building a strong foundation for the future. If you're looking for an opportunity to contribute your expertise to a well-established Canadian company while helping shape its planning processes and long-term growth, this is an opportunity worth exploring.
The Opportunity:
Strengthen planning. Connect teams. Help shape the future of a Canadian company.
As Senior Manager, Planning, you'll take on a newly created position focused on strengthening Ganong's Integrated Business Planning (IBP) processes, overseeing production planning, and improving alignment across the organization. Reporting to the Director, Supply Chain & Planning, you'll work closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Customer Service to ensure business priorities, production capabilities, customer demand, and financial objectives are aligned. You'll play an important role in developing long-range planning strategies, improving forecasting accuracy, identifying operational opportunities, and supporting informed business decisions. This position offers the opportunity to influence how planning is approached across the organization. You'll bring together different departments, challenge existing processes where needed, and help build practical solutions that support both day-to-day operations and long-term business objectives. While this position does not have direct reports, it requires someone who is comfortable taking the lead, building strong relationships, and influencing decisions across multiple departments. You'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to Ganong's continued growth while working with an established team that values collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
The Ideal Candidate:
• You're an experienced supply chain and planning professional who enjoys looking at the bigger picture while understanding the operational details that make everything work.
• You bring a strong understanding of Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), production planning, and supply chain operations. You know how to connect forecasting, inventory, manufacturing capacity, and business priorities to support effective decision-making.
• You're confident in your knowledge and comfortable presenting recommendations, building business cases, and gaining support from stakeholders across different departments.
• You communicate clearly, know how to ask the right questions, and aren't afraid to challenge ideas or offer a different perspective when you see an opportunity for improvement.
• You enjoy working collaboratively and understand that successful planning requires strong relationships between Operations, Sales, Finance, Supply Chain, and other areas of the business.
• You're analytical, organized, and comfortable working with data, ERP systems, and planning tools to identify trends, solve problems, and improve processes.
• Most importantly, you're someone who can balance strategic thinking with practical execution and is excited about the opportunity to help strengthen and shape a company's planning function.
Responsibilities:
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