Sr Mgr Supply Chain Coordination

Business Unit Overview

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news.

Brand

Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we’re growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That’s where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets.

At Post Consumer Brands, we take pride in our longstanding legacy of making one of every five breakfast cereals families eat daily. Today, we’re just as focused on our future as we expand our grocery business with different shelf-stable foods, including snacks and peanut butter. We are committed to providing accessible and delicious food for families, and we’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio. As we soar to new heights, we need creative, determined individuals from all walks of life to join our team, where your unique perspective and ideas are acknowledged and valued. Be a part of a company that empowers you to make a difference that’s evident on grocery store shelves and families’ tables across North America.

Location Description

Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America.

Responsibilities

OVERVIEW:

The Sr Manager Of Grocery Supply Chain Coordination Leads a Team That Is Accountable For Managing Supply Plans In The Near Term, Assuring Product Availability At The DC Level To Fulfill Customer Orders. This Team Delivers EBITDA Value Through

• Maintaining service through increased prediction, visibility, and cross-functional leadership
• Proactive management of excess and obsolete inventory
• Proactive inventory peak visibility and management
• Execution of network changes without customer disruption
  
  
  

This role will report directly to the VP, Grocery Integrated Planning. It is highly cross-functional and influential, primarily interacting with manufacturing sites, distribution centers, customer operations, sales planning, transportation, and warehousing in addition to the rest of the Integrated Planning team.

Responsibilities And Accountabilities

• Lead the S&OE weekly process to align cross functionally across the organization to align on business operations and highlight any risk areas for mitigation alignment.
• Lead and champion supply chain coordination strategies, policies, processes and efforts that increase efficiency, profitability, and deliver company goals, objectives and growth.
• Develop relationships with functional departments and supply chain teams to ensure cohesive planning and alignment.
• Contribute to Monthly IBP process and assure short term supply plans are aligned with 18 months demand and supply plans from ECR and ESR, respectively.
• Optimize the plan for cost efficiency while servicing customer orders. Provide overall guidance on identifying and resolution to constraints within the operational plan. Assess, evaluate, escalate and respond to organizational Issue Statements and risk representing Supply Chain Coordination.
• Implement, adopt, and audit the management operating system for supply chain planning. Establish a culture of continuous improvement across the supply chain planning teams to eliminate waste and defects throughout the processes.
• Establish individual and team performance direction. Ensure supply chain coordination team follows appropriate processes and procedures, leading changes or improvements as needed. Removes barriers when needed.
• Develop and maintain metrics that measure and communicate performance (i.e. case fill, inventory metrics including excess and secondary sales, production plan performance, etc.).
  
  
  

Leadership Competencies: customer focus, drive for results; command skills; action-oriented; managerial courage; conflict management; problem solving; managing vision and purpose; interpersonal savvy; business acumen, total work systems.

Qualifications

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business or related field is required
• Integrated planning systems training like ERP/DRP/MPS/MRP/CRP is required
  
  
  

Experience

• Would prefer a minimum of 5 years of combined related experience, with a preference in food processing/packaging, including at least 2 years of manufacturing experience
• 3-5 years of managerial experience preferred
• Strong knowledge of Supply Chain management systems and processes
• Strong knowledge of continuous improvement tools and techniques
• Able to build relationships and inspire others
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement through empowerment and management by data
  
  
  

The pay range for this position is $96,232 - $150,122 per year.