Insights-Optimization & Supply Chain Planning Manager

Job ID 10111439 Location Bay Lake, Florida, United States Business Walt Disney World Resort Date posted Feb. 11, 2025

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Job Summary:

About the Role & Team

"We create happiness.” That’s our motto at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, and it permeates everything we do. At Disney, you’ll help encourage that magic by enabling our company to push the limits and build the never-before-seen! Are you ready to join this team and make an impact?

The Walt Disney World Food & Beverage / Merchandise Insights Optimization and Analytics team provides insights through data to drive strategic business decisions, develops dashboards and metrics, and collaborates across the organization to implement projects and initiatives. The Planning Manager will integrate and oversee projects, create compelling stories, engage with partners, and drive critical initiatives for the Walt Disney World Food & Beverage and Merchandise businesses.

You will have a high level of proficiency in developing strategic business cases, influencing senior leaders, demonstrating project management/integration skills, and a deep understanding of the Food & Beverage and Merchandise Operations business. You will be responsible for effectively driving various projects simultaneously while meeting or exceeding identified timelines and deliverables.

This position will report to the Sr. Manager of Food & Beverage / Merchandise Business Insights and Analytics.

You Will:

Drive and deliver strategies for long-term growth in agreed-upon timelines
Collaborate with stakeholders to assess needs, define scope, create project plans, and develop impactful content for presentations and meetings
Create and deliver data-driven insights through storytelling and clear, concise communications for Senior Executives
Work directly with Operations leaders and other partners to identify revenue-generating and cost-saving opportunities, processes, and strategies to achieve them
Collaborate and communicate with all other LOB planning and project managers to ensure work is connected and aligned
Promote a culture of teamwork, creativity, inclusion, and innovation while driving accountability for results

You Have:

Worked for Disney’s Food & Beverage operations and can demonstrate an understanding of how operations, LOB (Line of Business), and key partner work are interrelated
Demonstrated project management experience
Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to inspire others through an overarching vision, guiding results by leveraging creative sensibilities, strong business acumen, and strategic thinking
Experience developing and delivering business analytics through professional storytelling
Strong planning, written and verbal communication, and time management skills
Proven skills in partnering, influencing, and collaborating with leaders across all levels
Analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities with a strong systems/process orientation
Ability to transform complex ideas into actionable outcomes
Experience building compelling business cases tied to measurable metrics
Strong attention to detail and ability to assess work interdependencies and forecast impacts
Capability to manage multiple tasks, priorities, and projects independently, while balancing competing priorities and adjusting to a rapidly changing business environment
Commitment to delivering quality results and understanding business impacts

Preferred Qualifications

Experience using project management software (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Teamwork, Asana, Workfront, Monday, etc.)
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Additional Information

The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities, and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.

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About Walt Disney World Resort:

Since opening in 1971, Walt Disney World Resort has played an important role in many childhood and family memories. Today, hundreds of millions of guests from around the globe visit this magical place to enjoy a Disney vacation. Through a combination of creativity, innovation and technology, the resort immerses guests in classic Disney tales and new kinds of family entertainment. Drawing from a rich heritage of storytelling, Walt Disney World Resort cast members bring Disney magic to life through unmatched attention to detail and superior guest service.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc., which is part of a business we call Walt Disney World Resort.

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

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