Strategic Food Supply Chain Manager

RON SUNSHINE ASSOCIATES LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ron Sunshine Associates LLC seeks an experienced Supply Chain Manager to own end-to-end operations for a ghost kitchen concept, ensuring timely availability of ingredients, packaging, finished goods, and manufactured products while controlling costs.

You will lead demand and materials planning, inventory management, procurement, warehousing, and outbound distribution, and build KPI dashboards while supporting GMP, SQF, FSQA, and lot traceability across multi-location sites.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Own planning across raw ingredients, packaging, purchased finished goods, and manufactured SKUs; translate demand into purchasing, production, and inventory requirements; support S&OP.
• Balance inventory investment against working-capital targets while ensuring availability, shelf life, waste control, accuracy, aging, and stock-out risk.
• Collaborate with procurement to execute strategy and support new business lines; manage shortages and lead times.
• Oversee receiving, storage, picking, inventory movement, and outbound fulfillment; support WMS rollout.
• Build Excel trackers; own supply chain KPIs and reporting; support ERP/MRP and planning tools.
• Support GMP, SQF, FSQA, lot traceability and proper controls for perishable inventory.

Skills

Demand planning

Inventory management

Procurement & supplier management

Warehousing & distribution

Systems & reporting

Food safety & compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business, or related field

Tools

Excel

Warehouse Management System (WMS)

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Ron Sunshine Associates LLC seeks an experienced Supply Chain Manager to own end-to-end operations for a ghost kitchen concept, ensuring timely availability of ingredients, packaging, finished goods, and manufactured products while controlling costs.

You will lead demand and materials planning, inventory management, procurement, warehousing, and outbound distribution, and build KPI dashboards while supporting GMP, SQF, FSQA, and lot traceability across multi-location sites.