Procurement & Planning Manager Job Portage area,Wisconsin USA,Supply Chain/Logistics

Lead purchasing activities for raw materials, ingredients, packaging, commodities, services, and other production-related supplies.
Develop and maintain supplier relationships that support quality, service, cost, innovation, supply continuity, and risk mitigation.
Negotiate pricing, lead times, service expectations, supplier agreements, and cost-saving opportunities in alignment with business needs.
Partner with Quality Assurance, Regulatory, R&D, and Operations to ensure suppliers, materials, specifications, documentation, certificates of analysis, and alternate sources meet food safety, customer, and regulatory requirements.
Monitor supplier performance related to quality, delivery, responsiveness, documentation accuracy, and cost competitiveness; lead corrective actions when performance gaps occur.
Identify and communicate supply risks, shortages, long lead-time materials, cost increases, and alternate sourcing opportunities to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

Production Planning and Scheduling

Develop, maintain, and communicate production plans and schedules that align with customer orders, demand forecasts, material availability, labor capacity, equipment constraints, sanitation requirements, allergen controls, and shelf-life considerations.
Coordinate daily and weekly planning activities with Production, Warehouse, Quality, Maintenance, Customer Service, Sales, and leadership teams.
Use ERP/MRP tools, inventory reports, sales forecasts, and production data to determine material requirements, production priorities, and schedule feasibility.
Monitor schedule attainment, service levels, material shortages, production changes, and customer demand shifts; develop recovery plans when needed.
Support new product launches, product transitions, formulation changes, packaging changes, customer onboarding, and commercialization activities by aligning material readiness and production timing.

Inventory, Materials, and Food Safety Controls

Maintain appropriate inventory levels for raw materials, ingredients, packaging, work-in-process, and finished goods while minimizing excess, obsolete, expired, or at-risk inventory.
Support FIFO/FEFO rotation, lot control, traceability, allergen segregation, temperature control where applicable, and accurate inventory practices.
Partner with Warehouse and Inventory Control teams to strengthen cycle counting, inventory accuracy, transaction discipline, storage practices, and material flow.
Analyze usage trends, yields, waste, spoilage, shelf-life risk, demand variability, and supplier lead times to improve inventory planning and working capital performance.
Ensure procurement and planning activities support compliance with GMPs, HACCP or food safety plans, FSMA requirements, allergen controls, sanitation standards, and customer audit expectations.

Leadership, Reporting, and Continuous Improvement

Establish, monitor, and report key performance indicators such as supplier performance, purchase price variance, inventory turns, schedule attainment, material shortages, forecast accuracy, service levels, and working capital.
Lead or support continuous improvement initiatives focused on cost savings, material flow, schedule reliability, inventory accuracy, waste reduction, and supply chain responsiveness.
Build strong communication rhythms with plant leadership, operations teams, and commercial partners to ensure priorities, risks, and changes are clearly understood.
Coach, train, and develop procurement, planning, inventory, or supply chain team members as assigned.
Maintain accurate purchasing records, planning files, supplier documentation, inventory reports, and related compliance records.

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