Our client is in hyper-growth mode and an up-and-comer in the food/nutrition industry. They recently opened a ~200,000 square foot production facility in the Chicagoland suburbs as well as a new company headquarters in the West Loop (Chicago). (This position will be based in the West Loop and easily accessible from CTA and/or both Metra Stations).
The newly created Supply Planning Manager is responsible for ensuring that the supply, distribution, production, capacity and inventory plans are established in conjunction with demand plans and manufacturing processes to meet business needs. This Manager will ensure that product is available at the right time and right location and ready to ship to satisfy customer demand. Our dieal candidate will have experience establishing an inventory strategy that delivers customer service goals and ensures that capacity plans are developed to support the demand plan. This individual will be a critical link between the manufacturing facilities, demand planning and the business teams including Marketing, Sales, Finance, Logistics and Customer Service.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree is required
7+ years of experience supply, production and capacity planning in Fod and/or CPG industry
Demonstrated experience with supply planning tools such as DemandWorks, Logility, SAP APS, Oracle APO, JDA, Manugistics
Prior experience in a leadership role
Experience managing and facilitating supply planning, S&OP or Supply Review Meetings
Exceptional computer skills; ERP, Business Intelligence systems or equivalent and Word, Excel, PowerPoint
A strong passion for creating process and systems improvement.
