Supply Planner
Docklands, Australia
Behind every bag of our product is a team of skilled engineers and manufacturing experts dedicated to ensuring the highest quality and safety standards. Whether you're optimizing production lines, designing innovative solutions, or maintaining cutting-edge technology, your work will directly contribute to improving the lives of pets around the world. Make your mark on a team where innovation, precision, and passion come together every day.
- Job Type: varies
- Level: mid-level
- Travel: varies
- Average Salary: $63K-$96K
Success Profile
What makes a successful Supply Planner at Royal Canin? We look for the right mix of the following traits when speaking with you.
- Analytical
- Curious
- Efficient
- Responsible
- Results-driven
- Team player
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Purpose
Connect your passion for pets to the purpose: A Better World For Pets
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Health & Wellbeing
A comprehensive focus on your individual health & wellbeing
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Inclusion
A place where you can belong and be yourself
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Career development
Professional learning offerings, annual personal development plans, Mars University
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Attractive total rewards
Your financial wellbeing through a competitve salary and bonus plan
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Focus on sustainability
We invest in you so you can make a better world
I take immense pride in leading a team that is passionate about making a difference for pets. Every day, we focus on precision, innovation, and maintaining the highest quality standards. What truly sets Royal Canin apart is the commitment to development—whether it’s advancing our processes, adopting cutting-edge technology, or helping associates grow in their careers. It’s incredibly rewarding to know that our work not only drives success but also creates meaningful opportunities for everyone on the team.
JR Smith North Sioux City Site Director, Global Value Chain Operations
- Take ownership of end-to-end supply planning
- Royal Caninspecialises in highly tailored nutritional products for your cat or dog's needs
- Hybrid working arrangement
Royal Canin, where everything we do is driven by one purpose: making a better world for pets.
We’re looking for a Supply Planner to join our ANZ Supply Chain team on a permanent full time basis. In this role, you’ll be right at the heart of our operations — balancing supply and demand, keeping inventory flowing, and partnering closely with teams across Sales, Marketing, Logistics, and Customer Service. You’ll collaborate closely with local, regional, and global Royal Canin teams, along with 3PL partners. This is a hands-on, fast-paced role where your decisions make a real difference every day.
What You’ll Be Doing
- You’ll take ownership of end-to-end supply planning, including:
- Own supply plans, purchase orders, and inventory levels
- Deliver rolling supply forecasts using supply planning tools (e.g. FuturMaster)
- Manage inbound sea freight across ANZ
- Monitor inventory health and proactively mitigate out-of-stock risks
- Prepare and present key supply and service performance reports
- Partner with Demand Planning, Sales and Marketing through regular supply reviews
- Support NPD launches, transitions, and product lifecycle changes
- Drive continuous improvement through analysis and smarter ways of working
- Play a key support role in the S&OP process.
What You Bring
- 3+ years’ experience in supply planning, ideally within an import-led supply chain
- A degree or diploma in Supply Planning, Operations, or a related discipline is preferred.
- Experience using non-Excel planning tools (e.g. FuturMaster)
- Strong analytical skills and a data-driven mindset
- Solid understanding of inventory management, S&OP, and KPIs
- Confidence working in cross-functional, customer-facing environments
- Advanced Excel skills and experience with Power BI dashboards
- A collaborative, proactive, and solutions-focused approach
If you’re passionate about supply planning, love working with data and stakeholders, and want to be part of a business that truly cares — we’d love to hear from you.
What can you expect from Royal Canin?
- Join a purpose driven company in an exciting period of growth, with premium brands recommended by animal health professionals.
- Individualised career progression with a focus on you and your career goals. Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
- A culture that is collaborative, dynamic, supportive, and fun.
- A company truly passionate about the health of pets, people and the planet with opportunities to support our community partners- including the RSPCA and Seeing Eye Dogs Australia and Blind & Low Vision Guide Dogs in New Zealand
- Your loved ones matter, including your pets. We provide complimentary Royal Canin pet food for your cat or dog. Dogs are also welcome in our offices.
About us:
ROYAL CANIN® is a global leader in pet health nutrition. Founded by a veterinarian, we partner with nutritionists, breeders, and veterinarians globally to tailor innovative and individualised nutrition solutions for cats and dogs. Cats and dogs are at the centre of everything we do.
You’ll be part of a Mars family of companies, a family-owned business that’s been making products for people (and the pets they love) for more than 100 years. Together, our 125,000+ Employees are inspired to take action every day towards the world we want tomorrow.
We are privileged with the freedom and the flexibility to advocate for what we believe in – and we choose to advocate for A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS
Internal applicants: This role has been graded as a T1 opportunity, ensure that you discuss your application with your line manager prior to applying including obtaining their endorsement.