Process Manager, Supply Chain Capabilities

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.

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.

This is a hybrid role with 2-3 days a week in our Lake Forest IL office.

Role Overview

The Process Manager Process Excellence is responsible for establishing governing and continuously improving enterprise planning processes policies standards and operating disciplines across the SIOP ecosystem. This role ensures planning processes are standardized policy-compliant decision-ready and aligned to enterprise objectives.

The Process Manager serves as the governance authority for assigned planning domains including Demand Inventory Supply Capacity Scheduling Performance Management and SIOP Governance. The roles does not own day-to-day planning execution; rather it ensures planning processes operate consistently effectively and with the rigor required to support enterprise decision-making.

By driving process discipline governance readiness and continuous improvement this role enables trusted plans informed decisions and improved business performance.

Key Responsibilities

Process Governance & Standards

• Define maintain and continuously improve enterprise planning standards policies and governance frameworks.
• Establish and govern process requirements operating procedures readiness criteria and compliance expectations.
• Ensure consistent application of planning standards across business units functions and operating locations.
• Maintain documentation policies governance models and audit frameworks supporting enterprise planning processes.

Planning Assurance & Compliance

• Audit planning processes outputs assumptions and decisions for adherence to enterprise standards.
• Evaluate process effectiveness discipline and compliance across assigned planning domains.
• Identify process gaps risks inconsistencies and opportunities for improvement.
• Certify planning readiness and compliance for executive review and decision-making forums.
• Develop corrective action plans and monitor resolution of governance findings.

SIOP Integration & Decision Support

• Serve as a Process Excellence representative within the SIOP operating model.
• Ensure planning outputs entering consensus and executive forums are complete aligned and decision-ready.
• Facilitate alignment across Commercial Operations Supply Chain Finance and Analytics teams.
• Escalate structural process issues policy conflicts and governance risks requiring leadership attention.
• Support development of decision frameworks that improve transparency and accountability.

Performance & Continuous Improvement

• Assess process maturity and identify opportunities to improve planning effectiveness and business outcomes.
• Drive initiatives that improve planning discipline governance rigor process efficiency and organizational capability.
• Support enterprise maturity assessments scorecards and roadmap development.
• Benchmark best practices and recommend enhancements to planning processes and governance models.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Planning Operations Commercial Finance Analytics and Technology teams to ensure alignment between process design and execution.
• Promote consistent ownership accountability and understanding of enterprise planning processes.
• Facilitate issue resolution and drive alignment across competing priorities and stakeholder groups.
• Support organizational change management and adoption of new planning capabilities.

Capability Development

• Establish priorities and manage workload across multiple initiatives and process areas.
• Develop governance tools audit methodologies templates training materials and standards documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Operations Engineering Business Analytics or a related field.
• 5 years of experience in supply chain planning integrated business planning S&OP/SIOP operations process excellence or related disciplines.
• Experience designing governing auditing or improving enterprise business processes.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives in complex organizations.
• Experience working within integrated planning environments and enterprise decision-making processes.

Core Competencies

• Process Governance & Policy Development
• SIOP / Integrated Business Planning
• Process Auditing & Compliance
• Performance Management & KPI Governance
• Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence
• Cross-Functional Leadership & Influence
• Change Management
• Structured Problem Solving
• Risk Assessment & Decision Support
• Executive Communication & Facilitation

Success Measures

• Consistent adherence to enterprise planning standards and governance requirements.
• Improved process maturity and compliance across assigned planning domains.
• Increased readiness and quality of planning inputs entering SIOP forums.
• Closure of identified process gaps and governance findings.
• Enhanced cross-functional alignment and decision effectiveness.
• Increased executive confidence in planning processes data integrity and governance discipline.
• Measurable improvements in planning performance accountability and business outcomes.

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $105000 - $115000 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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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.

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.

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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