Manager, Supply Chain Solutions

KeHE Distributors; Naperville (IL); On-site; USD 97,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Rx

Dental

Vision

FSA/HSA

Life insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Paid sick time

STD/LTD

ESOP

Holiday pay

Job summary

KeHE Distributors is seeking a Supply Chain Solutions Manager in Naperville, IL. You will lead a team of Supply Chain Solutions Leads and drive KPI-focused initiatives that optimize customer satisfaction and supply chain performance.

You will develop insights for forecasts, promote seamless integration between customer teams and KeHE order management, and collaborate with demand and planning to meet key objectives. This role emphasizes data-driven decision making and cross-functional leadership.

Qualifications

• Requires 2+ years leading teams and 5+ years in supply chain roles.
• Strong analytical skills with data interpretation.
• Experience with forecasting and planning in high-SKU environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Supply Chain Solutions Leads as the primary liaison between account teams and supply chain.
• Develop insights to support event-based movement around promotions, new product placement and seasonality.
• Represent KeHE’s supply chain to account teams and ensure seamless order management integration.

Skills

Team leadership

Analytics

Forecasting

Communication

Inventory planning

Excel

Power BI

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management

Tools

JDA Demand

SAP/APO

Manhattan

Job description

• Pay Range: $97,350.00/Yr. - $142,659.00/Yr.
• Shift Days: , Shift Time:
• Benefits on Day 1
• Health/Rx
• Vision
• Flexible and health spending accounts (FSA/HSA)
• Supplemental life insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Short term & long term disability coverage (STD/LTD)
• Employee stock ownership (ESOP)
• Holiday pay for company designated holidays

Why Work for KeHE?

• Full-time
• Pay Range: $97,350.00/Yr. - $142,659.00/Yr.
• Shift Days: , Shift Time:
• Benefits on Day 1
  • Health/Rx
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Flexible and health spending accounts (FSA/HSA)
  • Supplemental life insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Paid time off
  • Paid sick time
  • Short term & long term disability coverage (STD/LTD)
  • Employee stock ownership (ESOP)
  • Holiday pay for company designated holidays

Overview

At KeHE, we’re obsessed with creating solutions, unboxing potential, and serving others - and it all starts with you. As an employee-owned distributor of natural and organic, specialty, and fresh products, we’re committed to making a positive impact and scaling our success together. With a culture that fosters development and opportunity, you’ll be embarking on a career that’s moving forward. When you join KeHE, you’re becoming part of a team that is a force for good.

Primary Responsibilities

The Supply Chain Solutions Manager leads a team of Supply Chain Solutions Leads that are the primary liaison between key account team’s and supply chain for all activities involving supply chain integration. This involves developing insights related to forecasts and processes to support event-based movement related to promotional activity, new product placement, seasonality, and increased points of distribution. Additionally, the Supply Chain Solutions Manager will represent the KeHE supply chain organization to the account team and facilitate seamless integration between customer and KeHE order management processes & systems. As with all positions at KeHE Distributors we expect that all actions will be consistent with the KeHE Mission, Vision and Values.

Essential Functions

Primary Objectives

• Managing and mentoring a dynamic team of customer/account facing supply chain professionals.
• Setting aggressive goals for their team and drives accountability for meeting both team and overall department goals.
• Identifying bottlenecks that are a barrier to customer experience and optimized supply chain execution
• Developing solutions that integrate the assigned customer’s and KeHE supply chain processes.
• Key operational liaison between the customer and KeHE Supply Chain.
• Focusing on accessing and understanding the customer’s internal system and looking to better understand how we can improve our mutual performance based on the tools available.
• Developing and communicating tactical plans for KPI driving activities to account and supply chain leadership
• Partnering with demand and supply planning managers to ensure key customer objectives are achieved
• Utilizing internal and external data to recognize changes in sales trends to drive a proactive response across the supply chain.
• Actively participating in regularly scheduled meetings with the assigned account team leadership and/or customers to review performance to KPI’s, procurement challenged inventory, and plans for at-risk inventory.
• Creating and communicating performance improvement and recovery plans where necessary.
• Primary supply chain partner for account team leadership.
• Articulating key customer objectives to supply chain management team.
• Accountability towards their team’s quarterly business reviews and 90 day strategies.

Minimum Requirements, Qualifications, Additional Skills, Aptitude

Education and Experience

• Minimum of 2 years leading and developing teams with at least 5 years of overall experience in various supply chain roles.
• Ability to understand and communicate complex issues to multiple levels of the organization.
• Outstanding analytic skills with demonstrated success organizing, analyzing, and accurately interpreting large amounts of data.
• Previous experience in customer service and/or sales support role.
• Forecasting/planning in a high sku, slow movement environment.
• Prior experience using advanced planning systems such as JDA Demand, SAP/APO, Manhattan, etc. strongly preferred.
• Outstanding communication (both verbal and written) and relationship management skills.
• Capable of influencing & educating key account team on supply chain and forecasting success
• Strong working knowledge of inventory planning, forecasting techniques as well as operational systems and warehouse management.
• Ability to prioritize workload to have the most significant impact on customer satisfaction and performance to KPI’s.
• Proficiency in using Excel, COGNOS, Access, Power BI and other similar tools.
• Prior experience in food industry and/or code sensitive product environment preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Finance, Engineering, or related field preferred
• Retail sales experience preferred
• Estimated travel requirements 10% or as needed

KeHE Distributors provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or faith, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training as well as the administration of all Human Resources and Talent Acquisition processes.