Collaborative Planning Manager

Job Summary The Collaborative Planning Manager is the critical link between the customer demand signal and the Maker's Pride constrained supply plan, ensuring an optimized, level-loaded plan across a 13-week horizon. This role owns demand and supply planning accuracy for a designated group of business, challenges and influences customer demand signals, and ensures compliance to production wheels, segmentation, and customer black-out calendars.

Serving as the single point of contact on planner-to-planner calls, the Collaborative Planner works closely with plant finite scheduling in the 0-2 week horizon and corporate planning in the 13+ week horizon to deliver "One Supply Plan" that balances customer service, plant efficiency, and inventory health.

Key Responsibilities Core Responsibilities

• Challenge and influence demand signals across customers to improve accuracy and align to realistic run rates and capacity
• Ensure supply is optimally planned at plants, with a level-loaded and smoothed schedule that supports service, cost, and operational stability
• Own demand and supply planning accuracy with a 13-week focus, driving continuous improvement in plan quality
• Own segmentation and production wheels for assigned lines, in coordination with the appropriate Supply Chain Directors
• Minimize unconstrained demand that is not scheduled, ensuring gaps are surfaced, resolved, or escalated
• Manage customer black-out calendars, ensuring compliance and appropriate usage of designated shifts

• Validate unconstrained demand "reasonableness" by comparing run rates versus forecast and challenging anomalies
• Ensure unconstrained customer demand is fully covered within the supply plan
• Ensure level loading and optimal scheduling across the 13-week horizon
• Document week-over-week changes and the drivers of "why" (demand change, rate change, operating shift changes, etc.) to support transparency and decision-making
• Own the translation of the unconstrained demand signal from the customer to the systemic entry of the constrained supply plan into SAP
• Ensure compliance to defined production wheels and elevate deviations as needed

• Partner heavily with plant finite scheduling on the 0-2 week horizon and with corporate planning on the 13+ week horizon to ensure "1 Supply Plan"
• Serve as the single point of contact on planner-to-planner calls for designated groups of business
• Own production wheels per line in coordination with the appropriate Supply Chain Directors
• Partner cross-functionally with Demand Planning, Customer Service, Plant Operations, Materials, and Commercial teams to resolve constraints and align on priorities

• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
• An equivalent combination of relevant experience and education will be considered.
• Experience:
  
  5+ years of Supply Chain planning experience across demand planning, supply planning, production scheduling, or S&OP
• Experience in a multi-site manufacturing environment; food or CPG industry experience preferred
• Demonstrated experience translating customer demand signals into executable supply plans
• Experience working directly with plant scheduling and commercial/customer-facing partners
• Skills:
  
  Strong knowledge of demand and supply planning processes, production wheels, segmentation, and level-loading concepts
• Proficient in SAP and planning systems (Blue Yonder or comparable); advanced Excel skills
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and root cause analysis skills
• Excellent communication and influencing skills; able to challenge demand signals and align cross-functional partners
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities across short- and long-term horizons
• Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy, consistency, and documentation
• Collaborative mindset with strong customer service orientation
• Ability to travel to plant locations as needed (10-15%)

The pay range for this full-time, salaried position is $110,152-$165,228/year. Individual base pay depends on work location and additional factors such as experience, job-related skills, and relevant education or training. The position is eligible for a discretionary annual incentive based on company and individual performance. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, 401k and wellness benefits beginning on the first day of employment

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