Sales & Operations Planning Manager

Ventura Foods is a leading global manufacturer of branded and custom food products that proudly helps food providers in the U.S., Canada and more than 60 other countries earn a special place on consumers’ tables. We do this by continually crafting custom dressings, sauces, mayonnaises, and other food solutions that exceed peoples’ expectations for great-tasting flavors and high-quality ingredients.

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Director of S&OP, the S&OP Manager will be responsible for category medium- and long-term capabilities including capacity planning for the manufacturing sites, also working to resolve long term supply and demand constraints. Through the collaboration with the key category leaders, the S&OP Manager will play an integral role in creating plans that drive the production and investments necessary to achieve the company's organic growth and revenue goals, support strategic decision making and cost saving initiatives leveraging the LLamasoft tool, and act as a key contributor in the S&OP process.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide the Long-Range Capacity Plan (LRCP) for all manufacturing sites within the category and manage supply and demand exception resolution for the medium and long term. Influence senior leadership on making prioritization decisions and trade-off recommendations.
• Own the long-term capacity views to support the investment, people, and OpEx plans to create capacity around organic and new growth.
• Support the Category Review Meeting structure to recommend and drive planning process improvements. Motivate and encourage team members to improve communication with other departments, and work toward constant improvement of key metrics.
• Lead strategic initiatives for the category using the network optimization tool (LLamasoft), develop strategic scenarios and cost savings models, communicate with senior leadership on results.
• Lead supply and demand collaboration - ensure capacity planning, product commercialization and demand planning work collaboratively to solve for new business opportunities. Develop reports to determine growth investment priorities and work closely with procurement teams to align long term RM/PM requirements.
• Lead or participate in various special projects at the direction of senior management to ensure supply chain objectives are aligned with company objectives.

Education and Experience:

• Cross-functional experience in other areas of Sales, Operations, and/or Supply Chain/Logistics.
• BA/BS with an emphasis in Engineering, Business Operations, or Supply Chain/Logistics or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of supply chain experience in a consumer products and/or retail industry (perishable products industry a plus).
• Direct Manufacturing experience an advantage.
• Leadership experience required.
• S&OP process experience and application.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong computer skills with advanced proficiency in MS Excel.
• Ability to manage conflicting demands with sense of urgency.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain dynamics.
• Knowledge of ERP/ Planning.
• Ability to think critically to tackle difficult analytical challenges.
• Ability to multitask and communication effectively cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment.

Why Join Us:

Ventura Foods offers career growth opportunities as well as competitive compensation and benefits:

• Employee Appreciation Events and Employee Assistance Programs.
• Annual bonus (based on the incentive program terms and conditions).
• Profit Sharing and 401(k) matching (after eligible criteria is met).
• Paid Vacation, Sick Time, and Holidays.
• Medical, Prescription, Dental, & Vision – coverage beginning on your 1st day for eligible employees.
• Salary Base Range of $104,500 – $130,000 for Employees Located in California*.

*The “base salary range” provided above is a good faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this position. The range provided is for California-based employees as Ventura Foods is required by California State Law to post pay rates. Ventura Foods reserves the right to pay outside of the given range based on a variety of factors including but not limited to: candidate skills and experience, complexity of the job, budgetary factors, and location/geography. Ventura Foods conducts regular reviews of compensation ranges and therefore reserves the right to alter this range at any given time.