ITP Planner

Company description:

Ballance Agri-Nutrients is a New Zealand farmer-owned co-operative that helps its customers to farm more productively, profitably and sustainably.

Job description:

ITP PLANNER

At Ballance, we help New Zealand farmers grow productively and sustainably. In this role, your planning expertise will help keep the right products moving at the right time, making a real difference for our customers in a seasonal environment.

As we continue to strengthen our planning capability, we are seeking an experienced Integrated Tactical Planner to connect our commercial, operational, and supply chain functions and translate market demand into executable supply chain plans.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

This role is the bridge between strategic planning and day-to-day execution where you will lead the tactical planning horizon, ensuring optimal balance between customer service, inventory investment, production capability, and financial performance. You will work cross-functionally with Sales, Operations, Procurement, Logistics, and Finance to drive and deliver the best outcomes for our customers and business.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys solving complex supply chain challenges, and influencing outcomes across a broad network of stakeholders to make a tangible impact on business performance.

Key Responsibilities:

The Integrated Tactical Planner (ITP) will be responsible for leading tactical planning across key supply, operations & sales functions to ensure Ballance can meet our growing customer needs.

In this role, you will be at the centre of our planning process, bringing teams together and turning insights into practical plans that help Ballance deliver for our customers. You will:

• Lead and coordinate the Integrated Tactical Planning process, translating commercial demand into practical, executable supply chain plans.
• Partner with Sales, Operations, Procurement, Logistics and Finance to align business priorities, customer requirements and operational capability.
• Identify supply and demand risks, constraints and opportunities, providing clear analysis, scenarios and recommendations to support decision-making.
• Optimise inventory, production and logistics plans to maintain product availability, service levels and efficient use of working capital.
• Monitor planning performance, reporting and key metrics, while driving continuous improvement across planning processes and ways of working.

ABOUT YOU:

You'll be someone who enjoys bringing clarity to complex situations, and turning plans into action.

Your planning experience will help connect people, systems and decisions to deliver real outcomes for our customers and the business.

Ideally you will have:

• Strong planning experience across operational, tactical, demand, supply, S&OP, IBP or related disciplines.
• Experience working in manufacturing, distribution, supply chain or agribusiness environments.
• Proven ability to analyse information, manage competing priorities and influence effective business decisions.

ABOUT US:

We love New Zealand and we care about our growth, our land and our people. We work together to create a future we can all be proud of every day.

Our values of Imagination, Bravery, Connections and Honesty mean we look out for each other and stand for what we believe in. We take ownership for growing and developing ourselves and supporting and challenging each other so we can all reach our full potential.

Here at Ballance, you have a part to play. You can make your place and are free to make a real difference.

Together, we care about our people and our place, about the future of farming and New Zealand and we'd would love for you to join us. Growing together, caring for people and the land. All in for the future of farming.

Applications close: 16 September 2026