Supply Planning Manager

The Judge Group; Peabody (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Judge Group is seeking a Supply Planning Manager to lead the supply planning process in a fast-growing manufacturing environment. This newly created role reports to the VP of Supply Chain and translates demand forecasts into production and supply requirements.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in supply planning, strong analytics, ERP/MRP experience, and familiarity with S&OP processes. The position offers competitive salary and comprehensive benefits in a dynamic American company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred.
• 5+ years of supply planning, production planning, materials planning, inventory management, or related experience.
• Experience in Food / Beverage Manufacturing preferred.
• Strong analytical skills using demand, production and inventory data to drive decisions.
• Strong Excel skills and ERP/MRP experience; Power BI or similar tools preferred.
• Experience with S&OP/SIOP and cross-functional planning processes preferred.
• Certifications such as CPIM/CSCP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Supply Review meeting and provide visibility into capacity, labor, materials, inventory, storage, and constraints.
• Perform rough-cut capacity planning across manufacturing operations against demand.
• Identify future capacity and labor constraints and develop mitigation scenarios.
• Maintain master data and planning parameters to support production and material planning.
• Monitor inventory levels, usage, supply, shelf-life, and waste.
• Analyze inventory across raw materials, ingredients, packaging, WIP, and finished goods to identify shortages.
• Identify opportunities for new product launches, promotions, or capacity changes.
• Evaluate storage requirements across facilities and warehouses for refrigerated and frozen storage.
• Collaborate with Demand Planning and Sales on forecast changes.
• Establish and monitor KPIs for capacity, yields, inventory, and storage.
• Support budgeting and longer-range planning with production, capacity, labor, and material assumptions.

Skills

Supply planning

Production planning

Materials planning

Inventory management

ERP/MRP

Power BI

S&OP / SIOP

CPIM / CSCP

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Power BI

Job description

Our client is currently seeking a Supply Planning Manager due to their impressive growth over the past few years. This is a newly created position due to demand. Reporting into the VP of Supply Chain, the Supply Planning Manager will lead the supply planning process and translate demand forecasts, customer requirements, inventory targets, and business priorities into short- and long-term production and supply requirements. This is a highly hands-on role for someone who can think strategically while simultaneously managing day-to-day activities required to keep the business running effectively. The ideal professional will be analytical, resourceful & comfortable solving problems in a fast-paced manufacturing environment The Supply Planning Manager will own key planning activities across the supply chain, including capacity and labor planning, inventory and material requirements, production master data, and manufacturing yield analysis.

This is a fantastic American company that has been experiencing impressive & explosive growth. They offer a competitive salary, advancement opportunity and a comprehensive benefits package including (but not limited to) health, dental, vision and 401k

This job will have the following responsibilities:

• Lead the Supply Review meeting and provide the organization with clear visibility into capacity, labor, materials, inventory, storage, and other potential supply constraints.
• Perform rough-cut capacity planning across manufacturing operations to evaluate production line utilization, equipment needs, labor, and other capacity requirements against anticipated demand.
• Proactively identify future capacity and labor constraints and develop scenarios and recommendations to mitigate potential risks to the business.
• Maintain and improve supply planning tools and related master data, including manufacturing routings, standard yields, production rates, planning parameters, and other information required to support accurate production and material planning.
• Monitor raw meat inventory levels, projected usage, incoming supply, shelf-life considerations, and overall requirements to ensure appropriate availability while minimizing excess inventory and waste.
• Perform inventory and material availability analysis across raw materials, ingredients, packaging, work-in-process, and finished goods to proactively identify shortages or potential constraints
• Identify opportunities to support new product launches, seasonal demand, promotions, customer launches, planned downtime, capacity constraints, or other business requirements.
• Evaluate current and future storage requirements across company facilities and third-party warehouses, with particular focus on refrigerated and frozen storage needs.
• Work closely with Demand Planning and Sales to understand changes in customer forecasts, and other demand factors that may impact supply requirements.
• Establish, monitor, and report key supply planning KPIs, including capacity utilization, manufacturing yields, inventory levels, material availability, storage utilization, and other measures of supply chain performance.
• Support budgeting and longer-range business planning by providing production, capacity, labor, inventory, material, and storage assumptions.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business or a related field preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive supply planning, production planning, materials planning, inventory management, operations, or related supply chain experience
• Strogn Expereince in Food / Beverage Manufacturing
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to utilzie demand, production & inventory data to make decisions.
• Strong Excel skills and experience working with ERP/MRP systems. Experience with Power BI or other reporting and analytical tools preferred.
• Experience participating in, or leading, S&OP, SIOP, Supply Review, or similar cross-functional planning processes preferred.
• CPIM, CSCP, or similar Certifications preferred.