Manager, Supply Chain Business Partner

Ocean Spray is hiring for a(n) Manager, Supply Chain Business Partner! We’re a team of farmers, thinkers, creators, and doers. Whatever your title, whatever your role — it always comes back to this: we’re a farmer-owned co-op where everyone rolls up their sleeves to get the job done. Three maverick farmers started it all — and we’ve been making our own way ever since.

The Manager, Supply Chain Business Partner, supports the USA Foods & Beverage Ecosystem businesses, executing commercialization plans that translate commercial strategy into executable, value‑creating supply chain outcomes for an assigned brand, category, or customer portfolio. This role orchestrates cross‑functional teams to ensure end‑to‑end supply readiness for new product launches, base business strategies, product/ pack/ portfolio changes, and capacity / capability planning for Foods & Beverage Ecosystem.

The Manager supports medium‑term demand and capacity analysis and partners closely with Contract Manufacturing and Network Optimization teams without having direct oversight of those functions.

A Day in the Life...Alignment & Planning Own day-to-day coordination of assigned Foods & Beverage Ecosystem launches, promotions, and portfolio changes from concept through postlaunch stabilization.

Facilitate stage‑gate deliverables; ensure readiness across Planning, Manufacturing, Logistics, Quality, Procurement, and Customer Operations.

Prepare inputs to S&OP/IBP for the Foods and Beverage portfolio; ensure demand, supply, and financial alignment.

Maintain a 12–18 month look‑ahead for capacity signals with Supply and Production Planning; identify constraints and trigger options analysis.

Support scenario planning (e.g., mix shifts, step‑up volumes, alternate pack/plant options) and document trade‑offs for leadership decisions.

Cross‑Functional Coordination Serve as the primary day‑to‑day supply chain interface for Marketing, Sales, Finance, R&D, Packaging, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, and Customer Operations for Foods &Beverage Ecosystem.

Coordinate specifications, BOMs, routings, labeling/packaging readiness, and regulatory/quality requirements with functional owners.

Support PMO with operating cadence (project standups, risk reviews, stakeholder updates) and publish clear action lists and owners.

Data, Analytics & Reporting Leverage ERP and planning systems (e.g., SAP, IBP/APO) and advanced Excel/analytics to inform recommendations.

Partnership with Manufacturing (Internal & Coman)
Coordinate with Plants, Corporate Supply Chain & Contract Manufacturing leaders on timelines, MOQ/lead‑time, qualification activities, and change control for Foods/Beverage items.

Provide volume/mix forecasts and readiness inputs; support make‑vs‑buy and sourcing recommendations with data as requested.

Track partner readiness and escalate risks; final sourcing decisions and supplier performance management remain with CM leadership.

Partnership with Network Optimization Supply portfolio inputs (demand signals, service targets, constraints) to network studies impacting Foods and Beverage.

Support implementation of network changes (item/plant moves, DC cutovers, inventory rebalancing) for the assigned Foods and Beverage portfolio.

Coordinate change management, customer communication milestones, and cutover risk mitigation with functional owners.

Standards, Governance & Continuous Improvement Drive continuous improvement and Lean/Six Sigma problem solving to reduce timeline slippage and variability.

Contribute to the maturation of the Commercialization pillar (tools, templates, best practices).

What We Are Looking For :

Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations Management, or Business.
5–7+ years of supply chain experience (CPG or similar high‑velocity environment preferred), including exposure to commercialization/NPI.Working knowledge of integrated planning, inventory management, manufacturing flow (internal and external), logistics, and customer operations.

Demonstrated project management skills with the ability to influence without formal authority.

Proficiency with ERP and planning systems (e.g., SAP) and strong…