Manager, Supply Chain, Planning | Primient

About Primient

Primient is a century old company with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are a leading producer of food and industrial ingredients made from plant-based, renewable sources. We deliver value through deep technical, commercial, and operational excellence that is backed by our long-standing corn wet milling heritage. Wherever we are in the process, from field to customer, our priorities are focused on ensuring we produce the safest, highest quality products through practices that uphold both our responsibility and commitments to the challenge and drive for excellence, our people and our planet. We are a privately held company with locations across the US, Mexico, Poland, and Brazil. We’re investing in our plants and people to unlock our potential in the industrial and food sectors. Guided by our values of Safety, Excellence, Integrity, and Growth, we’re focused on growing our business, our reputation, and the career of every teammate.

About the Role

The Manager, Supply Chain, Planning sits within Supply Chain Planning and leads the near term (0-3 month) supply chain planning and long-term strategic initiative to ensure alignment with Primient’s values of integrity and excellence. This role oversees detailed planning and scheduling activities that support the overall S & OP plan, addressing capacity issues, production location decisions, and escalations to align manufacturing plans with customer needs and inventory requirements. The Manager, Supply Chain, Planning is responsible for managing the short-term planning relationship with Tate in the LTA space while collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance supply chain effectiveness. Additionally, this role monitors key sales and operations planning performance indicators to support operations.

Key responsibilities:

•Lead Planning Team:  Lead the detailed planning team by providing support, training and resources to enable team members to excel in their roles. Act as change manager to drive new ways of working and process improvements•Collaborative Leadership:  Foster a collaborative environment that encourages open communication and information sharing between S&OE, Product Management, Logistics, Operations, S&OP, Customer Service teams.•Risk Identification and Escalation:  Proactively identify significant business risks and escalate them to the appropriate leadership teams.•Supply Planning and Demand Alignment:  Provide strategic direction to resolve critical supply constraints, set production priorities, and balance supply with customer demand. Utilize an in-depth understanding of plant capacities and manufacturing capabilities to support the allocation process when inventory projections fall short.•Cross-Functional Alignment and Communication:  Maintain alignment with long-term agreements (LTA) on performance vs. production plans through weekly, monthly and quarterly updates. Lead weekly calls with NOAM manufacturing plants and key supply chain roles to prioritize tasks across product platforms and ensure a structured communication plan•Supply Chain Optimization:  Drive process improvements and streamline detailed planning workflows to support supply chain performance indicators (KPI’s) and enhance operational efficiency.

About You

Knowledge

•Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and Demand Planning concepts•Supply chain technologies, including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and logistics software, supply chain analytics, and forecasting•End-to-end production flow, from raw materials sources to end customer delivery•Microsoft Applications

Skills

•Risk monitoring and mitigation•Critical thinking •Problem solving•Data analysis and interpretation•Excellent verbal & written communication•Time management & prioritization•Team leadership

Mindsets

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