Category Inventory Planner; Product Cycle

Full time

IL Oak Brook

Supply Chain Planning

Category Inventory Planner (Product Life Cycle)

Tree House Foods is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At Tree House Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families.

We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

Named one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and stride to “Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time.” Guided by our values—
Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together. We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.

• Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period – you’re eligible from your first day!

• 401(k) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll.

• Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holidays).

• Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform – DevelopU – with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way.

• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.

• Access to our wellness and employee assistance programs.

We are seeking a Category Inventory Planner based out of our corporate office in Oak Brook, IL. The Category Inventory Planner manages the execution of the product life cycle within their defined categories. This may include new product launches, graphic redesigns, strategic and national transitions, and customer item discontinuations. The Category Inventory Planner helps create and execute strategies that align with internal procedures, maximize customer expectations, and minimize potential financial liability.

• Manage key Product Lifecycle activities for new, transitioning, and exiting products in planning and cross functional systems. Turn operational inputs into business decisions; help drive action through defining risk and opportunities.
• Provide initial, ongoing, and final liability analysis for transition projects utilizing key planning systems and customer inputs. Drive conversation to adjust transition/exit plans where needed.
• Offer expertise in cross functional meetings on transition statuses and document status updates to maintain project momentum.
• Conduct monthly audits of category risk and costs to identify macro-opportunities for supply chain improvements.
• Utilize supply planning systems to provide real-time data and identify where data gaps exist.
• Host and facilitate monthly or bi-monthly review of transitions within category for category leaders,…