IBP Program Lead — Demand, Supply & Finance

Dole Food Company; Westlake Village (CA); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Dole Packaged Foods is seeking a Senior Manager, IBP in California to lead the end-to-end IBP cycle, translating demand and supply plans into coherent financial outcomes. You’ll chair cross-functional forums and define standardized IBP artifacts to enable decision-ready execution.

This hybrid role requires 8+ years in supply chain planning, strong facilitation, and a proven ability to influence across commercial, supply chain, and finance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in supply chain planning, S&OP/IBP, or related functions.
• Demonstrated experience designing or significantly improving an S&OP or IBP process at a mid-to-large organization.
• Strong command of supply and demand planning metrics and the analytical methods behind them.
• Ability to translate volume plans into financial terms (revenue, COGS, working capital).
• Proven cross-functional influencer, comfortable challenging commercial and operational assumptions with data.
• Strong facilitation and communication skills; able to run senior leadership forums effectively.
• Experience in CP G / Food & Beverage / Manufacturing or relevant industry (Preferred).
• Familiarity with planning tools such as SAP IBP, Kinaxis, O9, or similar (Preferred).
• Exposure to APICS/IBF frameworks (CPIM, CSCP, or equivalent) (Preferred).
• Experience leading process implementations in organizations transitioning from basic S&OP to financial IBP (Preferred).

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the end-to-end monthly IBP cycle, including alignment and decision readiness across all stages.
• Lead IBP forums that drive alignment on risks, opportunities, and trade-offs affecting priorities and financial performance.
• Define standardized IBP artifacts (agendas, pre-reads, decision frameworks) enabling consistent execution.
• Define and advance the IBP roadmap from S&OP to fully integrated financial planning.
• Own alignment of operational and financial plans, translating decisions into P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow outcomes.
• Establish and govern the IBP operating model, including RACI and planning calendar.
• Deliver dashboards and insights that inform leadership prioritization and performance management.
• Embed metrics into operating rhythms in partnership with planning leadership.

Skills

IBP expertise

S&OP process design

Data-driven decision making

Financial translation

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Education

BA/BS in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Eng

MBA preferred

Tools

SAP IBP

Kinaxis

O9

Job description

Dole Packaged Foods is seeking a Senior Manager, IBP in California to lead the end-to-end IBP cycle, translating demand and supply plans into coherent financial outcomes. You’ll chair cross-functional forums and define standardized IBP artifacts to enable decision-ready execution.

This hybrid role requires 8+ years in supply chain planning, strong facilitation, and a proven ability to influence across commercial, supply chain, and finance.