Director, Supply Chain & Planning

Description

Lyons Magnus leads the food industry with creativity and innovation, crafting top-quality products across all manufacturing phases, from raw materials to marketing. With over 2,000 diverse items for industrial ingredient and food service sectors, Lyons caters to leading restaurant chains nationally and internationally. 

At Lyons, our diverse and talented staff is the heart of our organization. We foster a thriving work environment where employees are engaged in shaping both the company's and their own future. 

 

The Director of Supply Chain & Planning is a strategic leader responsible for designing and executing the planning strategy that drives availability, service, and cost performance across the end-to-end supply chain. This role oversees key functions including inventory planning, supply planning, fulfillment, and logistics alignment. The Director is instrumental in shaping long-term operational capabilities, influencing capital planning, and ensuring synchronization across departments to meet enterprise goals.

This position plays a central role in leading S&OP processes, forecasting supply chain performance, and driving network-wide planning discipline. It combines strategic oversight with hands-on problem solving, ensuring the business is agile, efficient, and customer focused.

  

Pay Range: $120,000 - $150,000 per year

Hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Schedule: Monday - Friday

Location: Fresno, CA

Travel Requirements: 10%

Work environment available: In Office

 Responsibilities:

• Supports the mission, values and vision of the company.
• Maintains the best interest of Lyons Magnus first and foremost.
• Set the long-term vision and roadmap for supply planning and fulfillment across internal and external operations.
• Own and evolve the integrated supply planning process, balancing service levels, inventory investment, and cost-to-serve.
• Translate business objectives into actionable planning strategies, aligning with sales, operations, procurement, and finance.
• Lead forecasting for supply, inventory, and capacity across the network, contributing to company financial planning and budgeting cycles.
• Partner with Finance to build accurate supply chain budgets, including inventory targets, logistics spend, and capacity investment.
• Drive scenario planning and what-if analysis to support executive decision-making and risk mitigation.
• Establish enterprise-wide inventory targets, replenishment strategies, and policies to ensure availability and working capital efficiency.
• Monitor inventory performance and implement programs to improve inventory turns, reduce obsolescence, and align with customer requirements.
• Provide executive-level insight into inventory health and its impact on financial performance.
• Ensure alignment between production output, inventory positioning, and customer delivery requirements.
• Guide fulfillment strategies that balance lead times, order cycle times, and transportation costs.
• Collaborate with logistics partners to ensure supply readiness supports outbound efficiency and service KPIs.
• Contribute to the design and evolution of the company’s supply chain network, including footprint, sourcing, and fulfillment models.
• Support capacity planning and investment recommendations based on forecasted demand and production capabilities.
• Influence system architecture, planning tools, and digital roadmap to enhance planning agility and performance visibility. 

Requirements

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong understanding of ERP and advanced planning systems (SAP, Oracle, Kinaxis, o9, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage planning processes in complex manufacturing environments.
• Proven success in balancing service, cost, and inventory objectives.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business, or Engineering required; advanced degree preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in supply planning, production planning, or supply chain management, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
• Experience in food & beverage, CPG, or other short shelf-life or fast-turn industries.
• Exposure to co-manufacturing, network planning, and working across multiple manufacturing or distribution sites.
• Familiarity with S&OP / IBP processes and tools.

  

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