Senior Tactical Planning Analyst

Senior Tactical Planning Analyst

Location – High Hybrid
This is a hybrid role, which means that you will have the flexibility to work both onsite and at a distance. You will collaborate onsite at our Cashton Office Building in Cashton, WI for 4-8 days per month, and the rest of the time you can choose to work remotely or onsite. 
Employee Type – Salaried  
Bonus – This position is eligible for a 3% annual incentive bonus based on cooperative and individual performance.
Safety Sensitive – No

Summary of Role
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
- Provide business scenarios to guide strategic decision-making

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Tactical Planning & Scenario Leadership – 35%
- 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
Milk Supply & Network Optimization – 40%
- 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
Systems Expertise & Model Management – 10%
- 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
Decision Support & Cross-Functional Alignment – 10%
-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

Additional Duties and Responsibilities - 5%
- 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

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Agribusiness, Dairy Science, Mathematics, Supply Chain, or related field preferred
- 7–10 y