Director, Supply Planning

Company Name: KIND
Location: USA

Who are we?

Since its founding in 2004, KIND has been on a mission to make the world a little kinder one snack and one act at a time. KIND was born out of its founder’s desire to create a snack that was healthy and tasty, wholesome and convenient. What began as a line of premium Fruit & Nut bars sparked the creation of an entirely new healthier snacking category. Today, KIND has a family of snacks that offer solutions for a variety of different occasions.

From the healthy snacks, we make to the way we work, live and give back, we are committed to making the world a little kinder, because we believe that there’s more to business than just profit.

We're looking for passionate, conscious collaborators to help us meet our goals: to inspire kindness, with one tasty snack (and good act) at a time. If you’re looking to be a part of an inspiring, energetic and entrepreneurial environment, you found the right place.

What You’ll Do

As the Director, Supply Planning you will be responsible for designing, planning, executing, and monitoring supply planning activities focused on delivering customer service goals, increasing inventory efficiency to improve inventory turns and Days of Supply (DOS) while reducing inventory investment, measuring supply performance, leading and developing a planning team and strengthening working relationships with internal and external business partners. Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Responsible to ensure consistent execution of all weekly supply related activities including: delivery weekly updates to a rolling 12-week master schedule to contract manufacturing partners, provide senior leadership with explanation of prior week’s service performance as well as forward looking customer service projections with visibility to at risk items and reporting on production schedule attainment / adherence to operations leadership
• Lead monthly Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Step 3 (Supply Review) with Operations leadership team; Content includes 12-18 month Rough Cut Capacity Plans (RCCP), forward looking FG inventory projections, production calendars for all co-mans and issue sheets to call out critical challenges that will impact our ability to service the business with recommended actions
• Responsible for recommending targets for and managing KIND finished goods inventory levels deliver desired customer service results while minimizing obsolescence within budgets
• Leading quarterly meeting with manufacturing team review planning rates and MOQ’s to ensure contract manufacturing partners are meeting expectations and that minimums are in line with the needs of the business
• Partner closely with Demand Planning to ensure that there is confidence and clarity about the demand plan and ensure that key forecast decisions are being made with the appropriate amount of lead time to ensure successful execution of supply
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with critical cross functional and external partners including sales, marketing, finance, manufacturing, quality, IT and contract manufacturing partners
• Ensuring that the supply planning team is engaged on delivering strategic initiatives to drive growth and value for the KIND business: New item launch planning, cost improvement opportunities, strategic sourcing initiatives & FG inventory optimization opportunities
• Responsible to ensure supply planning team is leveraging the advance planning system (Logility) and identify opportunities to drive system optimization
• Lead a team of three supply planning managers; Establish clear performance expectations and ensure that their performance plans meet organizational objectives

What You’ll Bring To KIND

You are…

• Genuine in your KINDness for your team members, but at the same time holding them to high standards.
• Driven to make your work and the output of your team better each day.
• Passionate about your own development.
• Passionate about collaborating cross-functionally to drive business change, even when it’s difficult.
• Genuine in your desire to help make the world a KINDer place, committing to always spreading and celebrating KINDness.

You have…

• 10+ years of supply planning experience within CPG / FMCG, 4+ years of people management experience
• Bachelor’s degree in applicable field (e.g., business, supply chain, industrial engineering, etc.)
• Excellent communication (oral & written) skills
• Strong organizational skills
• High customer focus with an ability to drive for results
• Ability to work/communicate with all levels of the organization
• Ability to lead, coach and develop staff to improve performance and achieve professional goals
• Develops collaborative and diverse relationships
• Ability to understand, assess & problem solve
• Demonstrated knowledge of Tier 1 ERP systems (preferably JDE) and Tier 1 Planning systems (preferably Logility)
• Experience working within an Integrated Business Planning (IBP) or S&OP environment
• Advanced working knowledge of critical business tools (e.g. Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

Pluses

• Prior plant finite scheduling or replenishment experience
• APICS Certification
• Cross-functional work experience outside of supply chain

What KIND Offers

• Competitive compensation, including equity in KIND!
• Flexible Paid Time Off. Choose what works best for you, including summer hours
• Excellent health, dental & vision insurance, with options to fit you & your family’s needs
• Your health is important! Our wellness strategy focuses on mental and physical wellbeing through in office programs like Drs, Nutritionists, Yoga, Mindfulness, Chair Massages & others
• Casual office dress code – feel free to wear your KIND gear
• Quarterly shipment of your favorite KIND bars to share with your friends and loved ones. After all, we’re all brand ambassadors!
• Training & tuition reimbursement program, because continuing to learn matters and we support your development
• A dynamic, ambitious, fun and KIND work environment
• The opportunity and responsibility to be KIND everyday

EEO

At KIND, we are committed to an inclusive workplace where diversity in all its forms is championed. KIND is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and we are an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require special accommodation, please let us know.

• Seniority level

  Director

• Employment type

  Full-time

• Job function

  ManagementManufacturing

• Industries

  Food & BeveragesConsumer GoodsFood Production