Associate Supply Chain Planning Manager (S&OE / Demand Fulfillment)
About The Position
The Associate Supply Chain Planning Manager leads end-to-end service execution and short-term supply-demand balancing across a complex Ice Cream portfolio. This is a high-impact, demanding role requiring a driven leader with exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills. The role owns the 0–16 week service outlook, ensuring risks are proactively identified, root-caused, and resolved through clear strategy and decisive cross-functional action. Acting as the integrator between S&OP and S&OE, this role aligns planning with execution, driving visibility, speed, and accountability across Supply Planning, Logistics, Customer Operations, and Market teams. A key focus is delivering best-in-class service through data-driven decision-making, advanced scenario planning, and continuous improvement, while leading transformation initiatives including automation and AI-enabled insights.
Requirements
- Owns outcomes end-to-end and thrives in a fast-paced environment
- Brings strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Is highly analytical, able to identify root causes and deliver solutions
- Demonstrates strategic thinking and a continuous improvement mindset
- Operates effectively in complex, matrixed organizations
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end service outlook, ensuring clear visibility of risks and recovery plans
- Define and execute response strategies balancing service, cost, and waste
- Establish prioritization frameworks and escalation triggers
- Identify and root-cause systemic risks and network constraints
- Lead scenario planning and ensure clear mitigation actions
- Drive cross-functional alignment and rapid issue resolution
- Own Response Planning inputs into DSR and executive reviews
- Align mid-term planning with short-term execution realities
- Lead governance forums and influence senior decision-making
- Serve as the central point of accountability across Supply Chain functions
- Influence without authority across multiple stakeholders and leadership levels
- Drive a culture of ownership, accountability, and execution discipline
- Lead executive communication on service performance, risks, and actions
- Translate complexity into clear, data-driven insights
- Ensure clarity on decisions, ownership, and timelines
- Advance response planning through standardization, analytics, and AI
- Build and coach high-performing teams in problem solving and scenario planning
- Drive continuous improvement to reduce inefficiencies and variability
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and performance incentives
- Flexible working arrangements
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
- Generous time off and work-life balance
- Ongoing development and career growth opportunities
- Retirement and savings programs with employer match
- Additional employee benefits and perks
- health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage)
- retirement savings benefits
- life insurance and disability benefits
- parental leave
- sick leave
- paid vacation and holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
