Supply Chain Management

Leading Global Consumer Goods firm expanding brands offerings plant based ingredients, exciting opportunity to build and grow team. Previous plant base experience big plus, excellent day one benefits, stock options and up to 50% bonus plan and full relocation to Chicago, IL.

Lead technical and supply chain readiness to support commercialization activity by applying tools that prepare the supply chain and manufacturing facilities for successful start- ups.Optimize growth, capacity, supply continuity and cost out initiatives (including manufacturing asset optimization)Provide updates to leadership, platform leads, project team and vendors as needed on key initiatives, including progress against goals, cost management, next steps and needs from sponsors to alleviate roadblocks.Be the liaison between the business team and the co-manufacturer.Support business and manufacturing systems initiatives as needed.Lead continuous improvement of the commercialization process through collaboration with key partners and best practice sharing.Manage and develop growth and innovation pipeline requests, in partnership with marketing and sales, to ensure the proper financial and capability hurdles are accurately met.Pilot the manufacturing element of commercialization as it relates to NPDs and cost out changes, while providing cross functional support to the agile pods and platform teams.Be the conduit between the 3rd party vendors and driving NPDs at a co-manufacturing site.Provide input and solutions in commercialization meetings as they relate to manufacturing solutions.Support the Supply Chain Commercialization team during project prioritization to align on MOQs for materials and production to mitigate Supply Chain Losses.Partner with EM Quality and to ensure that any NPDs targeted are compliant.The ideal candidate will have:5+ years of related experience in manufacturing, business development or HQ business team experienceBachelor’s degree in engineering, Operations Management, Food Science, Chemistry, or other related fieldsPossess experience working in a consumer food company; startup experience preferred.Minimum 2+ years in Plant Manufacturing preferredExperience with basic Marketing/Finance principlesEager to build new procedures and processes from scratch.Proven problem solving skills with a proactive mentality. Strong negotiation, presentation, communication (written/verbal) and relationship building skills.Abilty to translate business expectations into supply chain solutions.Possess strong planning, project management, and execution skills.Experience working cross functionally in a matrixed environment, both regionally and globally.Be agile, adaptable, flexible and thrive in a multifaceted and changing culture environment.Possess strong digital literacy including a high level of proficiency in MS Office, specifically Excel, amongst others.Ability to travel at least 50% of the time.Total Comp with base and bonus would be 250k plus stock incentives