Director, Supply Chain Planning Manufacturing

Why Choose Us

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food beverage and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice restaurant delivery and carryout food processing grocery and retail and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin paper molded fiber aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories 250 brands and over 39000 SKUs.

Our Sustainability Commitment

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

Role Overview

The Director Supply Chain Planning - Manufacturing leads a manufacturing planning team which generates and manages manufacturing plans for multiple manufacturing plants across major product categories to support multiple business units and their objectives.

This is a hybrid position with three days in office.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership

• Lead a multi-level team with supply planning responsibilities across multiple business units
• Represent the Supply Chain to support the companys strategic initiatives while successfully managing their normal responsibilities
• Driving the organization towards KPI targets in Delivery Inventory and Cost
• Supporting SIOP process by escalating decision making up the organization to resolve cross-business conflicts and drive resolution of issues preventing the attainment of production plans
• Manage and develop direct reports
• Lead others and extend influence beyond the Supply Chain Planning team

Communication

• Communicate with multiple levels of the business including the executive level
• Present polished and concise data and recommendations with good decision quality
• Facilitate cross-functional alignment on key trade-offs risks and scenarios
• Prepare executives with structured insights recommendations and decision options

Analytics/Decision Making

• Analyzing capacity constraints and ensuring alignment of service inventory and cost targets
• Drive fact-based decision-making using standardized planning data and scenarios
• Ensure decisions balance service cost inventory and revenue objectives
• Translate business strategy into planning priorities and decision criteria
• Enable alignment between strategic plans financial plans and operational plans
• Assist in the continuous improvement of Supply Chain processes and systems

Qualifications

• BA/BS required with emphasis in supply chain business or operations management preferred
• 7 years business or supply chain experience in a multi-facility environment
• Ability to lead direct reports
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong computer literacy Microsoft Excel proficiency and experience with an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system required; SAP JDA/Blue Yonder a plus
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
• Ability to think strategically and manage long range planning
• Self-Directed & demonstrates the ability to proactively identify and resolve discrepancies or potential issues
• Must have strong organizational skills and be detail oriented with the ability to multi-task and prioritize work responsibilities with sense of urgency to meet deadlines
• Excellent problem identification & follow through to issue resolution
• Willing to travel moderately

Leadership Competencies

• Executive facilitation and influence
• Strategic and financial alignment
• Decision framework development
• Enterprise change leadership
• Systems thinking and trade-off analysis

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $150k-$200k bonus benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range individual pay is determined by job-related skills experience and relevant education or training. At Novolex it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.

The benefits for this role include 401(k) plan with company match comprehensive medical dental and vision insurance flexible spending and health savings accounts paid vacation and sick days paid parental leave paid holidays and wellness program.

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What Youll Get From Us

Benefits

With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.

Community Engagement

At Novolex giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.

Training and Development

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union) and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.

Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices including but not limited to selection hiring promotion transfer and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age race color national origin sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity religion handicap or disability genetics citizenship status service member or veteran status or any other category protected by federal state or local law. Any individual who because of his or her disability needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Companys application process should contact .

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