Manager, Supply Chain Solutions

KeHE Distributors • Naperville Park District, IL

258d • $86,305 - $115,000

About The Position

KeHE - a natural, organic, specialty and fresh food distributor-is all about 'good' and is growing, so there's never been a more exciting time to join our team. If you're enthusiastic about working in an environment with a people-first culture and an organization committed to good living, good food and good service, we'd love to talk to you!

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years leading and developing teams with at least 5 years of overall experience in various supply chain roles.
• Ability to understand and communicate complex issues to multiple levels of the organization.
• Outstanding analytic skills with demonstrated success organizing, analyzing, and accurately interpreting large amounts of data.
• Previous experience in customer service and/or sales support role.
• Forecasting/planning in a high SKU, slow movement environment.
• Prior experience using advanced planning systems such as JDA Demand, SAP/APO, Manhattan, etc. strongly preferred.
• Outstanding communication (both verbal and written) and relationship management skills.
• Capable of influencing & educating key account team on supply chain and forecasting success.
• Strong working knowledge of inventory planning, forecasting techniques as well as operational systems and warehouse management.
• Ability to prioritize workload to have the most significant impact on customer satisfaction and performance to KPIs.
• Proficiency in using Excel, COGNOS, Access, Power BI and other similar tools.
• Prior experience in food industry and/or code sensitive product environment preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Finance, Engineering, or related field preferred.
• Retail sales experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Supply Chain Solutions Leads as the primary liaison between key account teams and supply chain for all activities involving supply chain integration.
• Develop insights related to forecasts and processes to support event-based movement related to promotional activity, new product placement, seasonality, and increased points of distribution.
• Represent the KeHE supply chain organization to the account team and facilitate seamless integration between customer and KeHE order management processes & systems.
• Manage and mentor a dynamic team of customer/account facing supply chain professionals.
• Set aggressive goals for the team and drive accountability for meeting both team and overall department goals.
• Identify bottlenecks that are a barrier to customer experience and optimized supply chain execution.
• Develop solutions that integrate the assigned customer's and KeHE supply chain processes.
• Act as the key operational liaison between the customer and KeHE Supply Chain.
• Develop and communicate tactical plans for KPI driving activities to account and supply chain leadership.
• Partner with demand and supply planning managers to ensure key customer objectives are achieved.
• Utilize internal and external data to recognize changes in sales trends to drive a proactive response across the supply chain.
• Participate in regularly scheduled meetings with the assigned account team leadership and/or customers to review performance to KPIs, procurement challenged inventory, and plans for at-risk inventory.
• Create and communicate performance improvement and recovery plans where necessary.
• Articulate key customer objectives to the supply chain management team.
• Accountability towards the team's quarterly business reviews and 90-day strategies.

Benefits

• Health/Rx
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible and health spending accounts (FSA/HSA)
• Supplemental life insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Paid sick time
• Short term & long term disability coverage (STD/LTD)
• Employee stock ownership (ESOP)
• Holiday pay for company designated holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree