Director, Wholesale S&OP and Logistics- Boise, ID

Simplot•Boise, ID

22d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Wholesale S&OP and Logistics leads demand and supply planning and truck and rail transportation for Simplot AgriBusiness Wholesale, reporting to the Vice President, Operations. The role strengthens the tools, processes, governance, and cross-functional coordination supporting end-to-end S&OP while improving logistics performance across truck transportation and a large, diverse rail network. It integrates commercial priorities, manufacturing capabilities, inventory, transportation, and financial outcomes to improve decisions and execution across the value chain. The Director leads the Wholesale S&OP and Logistics teams, develops planning and transportation capabilities, and works across Commercial, Operations, Procurement, Finance, Customer Service, and other supply chain functions. Success is reflected in a trusted, decision-oriented S&OP process; improved forecast and supply-plan performance; healthier inventory; stronger customer service; lower transportation cost and variability; better railcar utilization and cycle time; and earlier integration of logistics economics and constraints into value-chain decisions. The role is based at Simplot Headquarters in Boise, Idaho, and requires less than 10% travel.

Requirements

Progressive leadership experience in S&OP, demand planning, supply planning, logistics, transportation, or broader supply chain management.
Demonstrated success improving an end-to-end S&OP or integrated business planning process across functions.
Meaningful transportation leadership experience spanning truck and rail.
Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university in supply chain, operations, business, engineering, finance, or a related field.
Strong knowledge of S&OP and integrated planning, along with practical transportation and rail-asset expertise.
Strong business acumen, analytical capability, change leadership, and ability to influence across Commercial, Operations, Procurement, Finance, Customer Service, and other supply chain functions.

Nice To Haves

An advanced degree.
Experience managing rail assets or rail-intensive networks.
Experience in agriculture, commodities, chemicals, manufacturing, distribution, or another complex, asset-intensive business.
APICS CPIM or CSCP certification; preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Lead the Wholesale S&OP team and continuously improve the end-to-end process, including demand and supply planning, governance, decision rights, and follow-through.
Establish a single, fact-based view of demand, supply, inventory, capacity, constraints, and risk across relevant planning horizons.
Improve forecast quality, scenario planning, and exception management to support timely decisions and measurable actions.
Integrate volume, margin, inventory, service, capacity, and logistics trade-offs into executable plans.
Advance planning tools, data, and analytics while developing team capability and cross-functional influence.
Lead the Wholesale Logistics team and oversee truck and rail transportation, balancing service, cost, reliability, asset productivity, and risk.
Provide rail leadership across capacity and fleet planning, railcar requirements, positioning, and availability, aligning assets with demand, supply, and network needs.
Drive rail asset management and operating performance, including cycle times, utilization, velocity, service reliability, demurrage, and exception resolution.
Develop integrated transportation plans and contingencies for seasonal peaks, network constraints, disruptions, and changes in product flow.
Integrate logistics capacity, constraints, alternatives, and economics into sourcing, inventory, customer, production, and network decisions across the value chain.
Strengthen railroad, carrier, and third-party logistics performance through clear expectations, operational visibility, analytics, and collaborative improvement.
Partner across Commercial, Operations, Procurement, Finance, and Customer Service to align plans, surface trade-offs, and improve end-to-end execution.