Ghost Kitchen Supply Chain Lead: Demand, Inventory & WMS

Saint Cyr Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint Cyr Partners seeks a Supply Chain Manager to own end-to-end operations for a ghost kitchen concept, ensuring ingredients, packaging, and manufactured products are available when needed while managing costs and inventory levels.

The role covers demand planning, materials planning, warehouses, distribution, and KPI reporting, with emphasis on food safety and compliance across perishable inventory.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, operations, business, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of supply chain experience in food manufacturing, CPG, food service, or similar.
• 3+ years of demand and materials planning in a food production environment.
• Experience managing raw ingredients, finished products, and perishable inventory.
• Advanced Excel skills with large data sets.
• Experience using a Warehouse Management System (WMS).
• Experience managing inventory against budget or working-capital targets.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Demand & materials planning: own planning across raw ingredients, packaging, purchased finished goods, and manufactured SKUs; translate demand into purchasing, production, and inventory requirements.
• Inventory management: balance inventory investment against working-capital targets, while targeting availability, shelf life, waste, accuracy, aging, and stock-out risk, including FEFO for perishable products.
• Procurement & suppliers: work closely with procurement to execute procurement strategy and support new business lines. Work with suppliers on shortages, lead times, and inbound service.
• Warehousing & distribution: partner with Operations to oversee receiving, storage, picking, inventory movement, and outbound fulfillment to kitchen locations; improve flow, accuracy, and support the expansion of a custom-built WMS rollout.
• Systems & reporting: build Excel planning trackers from large or messy extracts; own supply chain KPIs and reporting; support implementation or improvement of WMS, ERP/MRP, and demand-planning tools.
• Food safety & compliance: support GMP, SQF, FSQA, lot traceability, and proper controls for perishable and shelf-life-sensitive inventory.

Skills

Supply chain

Demand planning

Materials planning

Advanced Excel

Analytics

Communication

Problem solving

Inventory management

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain/related field

Tools

WMS

ERP/MRP

Odoo

Job description

Saint Cyr Partners seeks a Supply Chain Manager to own end-to-end operations for a ghost kitchen concept, ensuring ingredients, packaging, and manufactured products are available when needed while managing costs and inventory levels.

The role covers demand planning, materials planning, warehouses, distribution, and KPI reporting, with emphasis on food safety and compliance across perishable inventory.