Value Stream Support Manager

Mars Incorporated; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mars University

Company bonus

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Mars Incorporated is seeking a Value Stream Support Manager to lead a dedicated team and drive supply chain excellence at our site. The role sits on the Site Leadership Team and focuses on procurement, production planning, warehousing, inbound/outbound flows, customer service and distribution center continuity.

The candidate will bridge strategic planning with hands‑on leadership, leveraging SAP to optimize production schedules, inventory and supplier performance while ensuring health and safety

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required and 3+ years in a similar procurement/materials management role
• 2+ years of people leadership experience
• Strong leadership and strategic planning capabilities
• Able to deliver performance feedback and drive accountability
• Knowledge of SAP and ability to lead troubleshooting
• Health/safety/environmental practices and GMP quality principles
• Proven ability to build strong business relationships and navigate cross‑functional teams
• Excellent communication across internal departments and external resources

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop your team, act as a visible site leader and role model Five Principles
• Participate in strategic planning and organizational development for short/long‑term goals
• Oversee daily logistics for material storage, supply, and finished goods distribution
• Maintain production schedules and optimize customer service
• Translate SAP demand data into actionable production plans and ensure on‑time execution
• Strategize inventory optimization for raw and packaging materials
• Suggest improvements to methods, equipment, and organization
• Collaborate with regional/global procurement on contracts and supplier relations
• Manage quality release processes for ingredients, packaging, sanitation and GMP programs

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Communication

People leadership

Problem solving

SAP knowledge

Quality & food safety

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor's degree

Engineering / basic sciences / business disciplines (preferred)

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job Description:

Value Stream Support Manager

The Value Stream Support Manager role is the heart of our operations, directing the flow of the entire supply chain and ensuring the highest standards of quality and food safety (Procurement, Production & Materials Planning, Warehouse Management, Inbound/Outbound Product Flows, Customer Service and Distribution Center Continuity). This role will manage a dedicated team, hold a key seat on the Site Leadership Team and drive operational excellence that defines our success.

If you are a strategic thinker, hands on leader and a communicator who excels at navigating complex discussions this could be your next best move.

What are we looking for?

Minimum:

• Bachelor's degree
• 3+ years of experience in similar role with progressive procurement or materials management experience in a production, manufacturing or distribution environment.
• 2+ years of people leadership
• Demonstrated leadership and strategic planning skills
• Ability to deliver critical performance feedback and hold associates accountable to business objective
• Knowledge of SAP and able to lead others in troubleshooting system issues and discrepancies
• Functional knowledge and understanding of health, safety and environmental practices; and quality management and food safety principles.
• Proven track record of building strong business relationships, solving problems with a sense of urgency, and the ability to work well with associates at any level.
• Exceptional communication abilities in order to work effectively with numerous internal departments and external resources
• Demonstrated leadership and strategic planning skills
• Ability to deliver critical performance feedback and hold associates accountable to business objective

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, basic sciences or business-related disciplines.
• 2 years leader of managers experience

What would your key responsibilities be?

• Provide leadership and development to your team, guiding their career progression through thoughtful performance evaluations and continuous coaching. Beyond your team, you will be a visible and influential leader across the entire site and be a role- model for the behaviors outlined in our Five Principles.
• Leadership Team member providing strategic planning, organizational development with a focus on short- and long-term goals.
• Manage (direct/indirect) daily logistics functions for material storage and material supply and consumption up to the production lines and deployment and shipping of finished products.
• Manage plant scheduler functions ensuring production schedules are maintained to optimize customer service.
• Analyze customer demand data from SAP into actionable production plans and ensure on-time execution by production departments to meet all schedule deadlines.
• Develop and implement strategies for optimizing inventory levels on raw materials and packaging materials to meet the production demands.
• Recommend and implement improvements to methods, equipment, systems and organization as needed to ensure that the objectives of the area and plant are met.
• Partner with Regional and Global Procurement group as a technical resource for annual ingredient contracts, supply and demand issues. Identify new suppliers, resolve issues with supplier performance, negotiate pricing and building supplier relationships.
• Manage quality release process for all raw ingredients, packaging materials, Site Sanitation and GMP programs in partnership with Q&FS.

What can you expect from Mars?

• W ork with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.