Senior Manager S&OP & Supply Chain

About Petit Pot

Petit Pot is reinventing refrigerated indulgence with simple, high-quality ingredients and an obsession for taste, texture, and quality. We make French-inspired, indulgent, extra-creamy desserts, from crème brulée to rice pudding, chocolate pudding, and our new protein range, crafted for consumers who want real food, made with real ingredients, great taste, and a little everyday magic.

As we continue to expand, the Senior Manager, S&OP & Supply Chain will play a central role in connecting Petit Pot’s commercial plans with our manufacturing and supply capabilities.

This person will own our S&OP process and the supply plan for all raw materials and packaging, working closely with Sales, Marketing, Finance and Operations to turn demand into a clear and executable mid-term plan.

The role will partner with the Operations Director on mid-term capacity and strategic procurement initiatives, lead our freight and logistics with three direct reports and build strong working relationships with external customers, distributors and suppliers.

• Own and continuously improve Petit Pot’s monthly S&OP process.
• Build one aligned demand plan incorporating customer forecasts, new distribution, promotions, trade activity, marketing support and innovation.
• Partner closely with Sales and Marketing, as well as key customers and distributors, to challenge assumptions, improve forecast accuracy and translate external input into a reliable demand plan.
• Work with Finance to align the demand plan with the latest financial outlook.
• Bring clear visibility to changes in demand, risks, opportunities to facilitate key decisions.

• Own the supply plan for all raw materials and packaging.
• Translate the S&OP demand plan into purchasing and replenishment requirements.
• Ensure materials are available to support production while maintaining the right inventory coverage.
• Manage supply assumptions including lead times, MOQs, safety stocks and purchasing parameters.
• Own the supply-chain relationship with external partners to keep plans aligned.
• Lead the monthly inventory reconciliation and align inventory positions with the latest S&OP plan.

• Partner with the Operations Director to reconcile demand with mid-term manufacturing capacity.
• Build a rolling demand-versus-capacity view to identify future needs and constraints.
• Provide Manufacturing with clear visibility into upcoming demand and supply requirements.
• Manufacturing owns short-term production planning, scheduling and day-to-day capacity management.

• Partner with the Operations Director on strategic procurement initiatives
• Own strong day-to-day relationships with key external suppliers.
• Support the identification, evaluation and qualification of new suppliers.
• Participate in supplier negotiations covering pricing, payment terms, MOQs, lead time.
• Identify opportunities to improve cost, reliability, flexibility and supply continuity.
• Lead a team of 3 to secure day to day execution.
• Oversee inbound freight for raw materials and packaging and outbound freight for finished goods.
• Ensure freight execution is aligned with the S&OP and supply plan.
• Drive improvements in freight cost, service and reliability.
• Build clear accountability and performance expectations across freight and logistics activities.

• Identify weak spots in processes and systems and implement improvements.
• Maintain accurate planning parameters and master data.
• Track key KPIs including forecast accuracy, OTIF, Inventory turns, supplier performance and freight cost.
• Build simple reporting that highlights risks, gaps and decisions requiring attention.

• 7-10+ years of experience in…