Senior Tactical Planning Analyst
About The Position
The Senior Tactical Planning Analyst serves as an advanced individual contributor responsible for strengthening the quality, integration, and effectiveness of CROPP’s mid- to long-term tactical supply plans. This role bridges strategic direction and detailed execution by leading complex scenario modeling, guiding planning standards, and ensuring alignment across supply, demand, and production inputs. This position plays a critical role in translating business strategy into actionable, optimized plans by leveraging deep expertise in SAP IBP, dairy supply dynamics, and network constraints. The Senior Analyst acts as a subject matter expert and key partner to cross-functional stakeholders while providing informal leadership, technical guidance, and mentorship to Tactical Planning Analysts. The Tactical Plan is used to build the monthly S&OP plan for the business, develop annual supply chain volumes that drive budgeted costs, provide volume forecasts for plants and warehouses, determine regional milk balance on an 18-month rolling forecast, support strategic decisions on milk supply, product allocation, and surplus utilization, evaluate new growth opportunities, and provide business scenarios to guide strategic decision-making.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Agribusiness, Dairy Science, Mathematics, Supply Chain, or related field preferred
- 7–10 years of experience in supply planning, S&OP, or tactical planning
- Strong experience with SAP and SAP IBP required
- Advanced expertise in SAP IBP modeling, including solver behavior and constraint-based optimization
- Deep understanding of dairy supply chain dynamics, including milk components and seasonal variability
- Strong data analysis, modeling, and scenario-building skills
- Ability to troubleshoot complex system and data issues
- Demonstrated ability to lead through influence without direct authority
- Strong communication skills, with ability to translate complex analysis into business insights
- Proven ability to guide others, improve work quality, and drive aligned outcomes
- Systems thinker with strong business acumen
Nice To Haves
- Supply Chain Management certification is a plus (APICS, CSCMP, IBF, etc.)
Responsibilities
- Lead the development and refinement of tactical planning scenarios, ensuring outputs are accurate, feasible, and aligned with business strategy
- Own complex scenario modeling, including tradeoff analysis across supply, inventory, capacity, and service
- Validate and challenge planning assumptions to improve plan reliability and decision quality
- Translate strategic direction into optimized tactical plans that balance financial, operational, and service objectives
- Conduct advanced analysis of regional utilization, and milk solids balancing across the planning horizon
- Provide recommendations on supply allocation, surplus utilization, and network optimization opportunities
- Identify risks and constraints within supply, inventory, and capacity, and develop mitigation scenarios
- Serve as a subject matter expert in SAP IBP tactical planning models, including solver behavior, constraints, and network design
- Lead model tuning, scenario validation, and system troubleshooting for complex planning challenges
- Oversee master data integrity (BOMs, capacities, costs, transport lanes, inventory policies) and ensure alignment with planning objectives
- Partner with IT and cross-functional teams to enhance system capabilities and reporting tools
- Synthesize complex data into clear insights, scenarios, and recommendations for leadership decision-making
- Partner with Dairy Pools, Demand Planning, Supply Chain Operations, Finance, Marketing, and Sales to align plans and assumptions
- Evaluate impacts of proposed changes (network, production, demand shifts) and recommend best-course actions
- Support development of the annual production budget and long-range planning scenarios
- Lead or support high-impact analytical projects and cross-functional initiatives
- Support strategic supply chain studies and scenario modeling efforts
- Take on additional responsibilities as assigned
Benefits
- Comprehensive Health Insurance - Choice of plans for you and your family, including some that can be paired with an HSA (which CROPP contributes to on your behalf)
- Supplemental insurances: accidental insurance, critical illness insurance, and hospital indemnity insurance.
- Time Off – 136 hours in the 1st year of employment prorated by start date. Plus 9 paid holidays, plus one floating holiday to use at will.
- 6 Weeks Paid Parental Leave – For all gendered partners in childbirth or adoption.
- Vision & Dental Insurance – Free annual eye exam, discounts on glasses/contacts, flexible dental network, adult ortho.
- 401k – We match 100% up to the first 3% of an employee’s contribution, and then 50% for 3.1%-5.0% of employee contributions.
- Free services at five local Neighborhood Family Clinics.
- Tuition Reimbursement – Up to $1,500 per year to support continuing higher education.
- Life Insurance - $50,000 policy funded by CROPP for each employee. Supplemental voluntary coverage available for employees, spouses, and children.
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability/AD&D Insurance - $50,000 of life insurance coverage of $50,000 of AD&D coverage funded by CROPP for each employee.
- Employee Assistance Program - Free and Confidential for employees, spouses, and dependents.
- Free onsite fitness centers available 24/7
- Free biometric screenings (cholesterol, glucose, blood pressure) and health coaching.
- Financial advisors and seminars
- Annual $360 Lifestyle Spending Account
- Flexible Scheduling
- On-site all-organic cafeterias
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
