Associate Director, Supply Chain Development - Network

The Kraft Heinz Company • Chicago, IL

8d • $164,200 - $205,200 • Onsite

About The Position

Kraft Heinz is a global food company with a delicious heritage. With iconic and emerging food and beverage brands around the world, we deliver the best taste, fun and quality to every meal table we touch. We’re on a mission to disrupt not only our own business, but the global food industry. A consumer obsession and unexpected partnerships fuel our progress as we drive innovation across every part of our company. Around the world, our people are connected by a culture of ownership, agility and endless curiosity. We also believe in being good humans, who are working to improve our company, communities, and planet. We’re proud of where we’ve been – and even more thrilled about where we’re headed – as we nourish the world and lead the future of food. We grow our people to grow our business. We champion great people who bring ambition, curiosity, and high performance to the table as the guardians of our beloved and nostalgic brands. Good isn't good enough. We choose greatness every day by challenging the ordinary and making bold decisions. All while celebrating our wins - and our failures – as we work together to lead the future of food. Challenging the status quo takes talent. We invest in your purpose and potential by developing skills and nurturing strengths that leave a legacy on our business and a lasting impact on your career. Because great people make great companies, and we’re growing something great here at Kraft Heinz. Everyone is welcome at our table. In fact, we thrive on learning and growing from our diverse backgrounds and perspectives. Doesn’t matter who you are, where you’re from, or who makes your heart sing. We want you to show up as your authentic self, excited to work with amazing colleagues to solve complex challenges and innovate in an ever-changing industry. We’re committed to: Hiring and growing talent from diverse backgrounds and perspectives. Growing our Business Resource Groups — vibrant, celebrated communities that enhance our business through thought leadership employee engagement and professional development opportunities. Providing our managers and leaders high quality learning experiences to explore how to foster inclusion and belonging.

Requirements

• 10+ years of related combined experience in manufacturing, business development or HQ business team experience
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Operations Management, Food Science, Chemistry, or other related fields
• Possess experience working in a consumer food company; startup experience preferred.
• Minimum 2 years in Plant Manufacturing preferred
• Experience with basic Marketing/Finance principles
• Proven problem solving skills with a proactive mentality.
• Strong negotiation, presentation, communication (written/verbal) and relationship building skills.
• Ability to translate business expectations into supply chain solutions.
• Possess strong planning, project management, and execution skills.
• Experience working cross functionally in a matrixed environment, both regionally and globally.
• Be agile, adaptable, flexible and thrive in a multifaceted and changing culture environment.
• Possess strong digital literacy including a high level of proficiency in MS Office, specifically Excel, amongst others.
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercialization effort for large scale projects, platform innovation programs or significant capital related initiatives.
• Review project timelines and cost regularly with the project team, facilitate creation of mitigation/contingency plans and manage communication.
• Ensure effective team engagement with the manufacturing location, R&D, supply planning, and engineering.
• Ensure appropriate capacity for new business initiatives and growth plans across product life cycle.
• Develop and recommend alternatives as needed.
• Provide updates to project sponsors and stakeholders as needed on key initiatives, including progress against deliverables, cost management, next steps and needs from sponsors to alleviate hurdles.
• Escalate concerns and issues, define options/trade-offs, and provide team recommendation.
• Lead internal feasibility assessment and business case to support business team’s scoping requests; Identify impact across the supply chain with regard to cost of goods sold e.g. route to market, capacity utilization, manufacturing efficiency, quality, safety.
• Help develop and assess assigned financial targets, to include the delivery of capital requirements, trial activity and start-up expenses.
• Drive development of preliminary COGS, ensure alignment between category team and operations.
• Engage and support productivity related scoping projects to deliver cost reduction targets.
• Partner with External Manufacturing managers and EM procurement to deliver against scoping activities outside of current Kraft Heinz capabilities.
• Support Business and Manufacturing Systems initiatives as required, and support the continuous improvement of the commercialization process through collaboration with key stakeholders and best practice sharing.
• Execute major manufacturing cost improvement initiatives through cross functional collaboration and provide timely updates to senior leaders.
• Manage and deliver assigned financial targets, to include the delivery of capital projects, trial activity and start-up expenses while leading resource & funding prioritization.
• Drive development of COGS, ensure alignment between category team and operations.
• Engage and support productivity agenda to deliver cost reduction targets.
• Support Business and Manufacturing Systems initiatives as required, and support the continuous improvement of the commercialization process through collaboration with key stakeholders and best practice sharing.
• Lead and/or participation in various stakeholder governance forums (i.e. Stage gate/Leadership teams)
• Partner with the Business Units/ Manufacturing/ Supply Chain/ Engineering to develop a strategic capacity plan.
• Lead technical and supply chain readiness to support commercialization activity by applying tools that prepare the supply chain and manufacturing facilities for successful start- ups.

Benefits

• Coverage for employees (and their eligible dependents) through affordable access to healthcare, protection, and saving for the future, we offer plans tailored to meet you and your family’s needs.
• Events, resources, and learning opportunities that inspire a physical, social, emotional, and financial well-being lifestyle for our employees and their families.
• Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Screenings/Assessments
• Paid Time Off, Company Holidays, Leave of Absence, Flexible Work Arrangements, Recognition, Training
• Employee Assistance Program , Wellbeing Programs, Family Support Programs
• 401k, Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Disability

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director