Procurement & Planning Manager

Pennsylvania Food Corporation Portage, Wisconsin, United States

Morski Brands is a private-label and co-manufacturing partner built around one idea: make great food easier to bring to market. Based in Portage, Wisconsin, we bring decades of food manufacturing experience together with capabilities across frozen meals, bowls, pouching, IQF formats and co-packing. Together with Pennsylvania Food Corporation (PFC), our shared manufacturing platform expands those capabilities across frozen bowls, handhelds, wraps and additional retail-ready formats.

Beyond production, our Wisconsin footprint includes 3PL cold-storage and logistics support, while continued investments in automation, technology and AI are helping us build a smarter manufacturing platform for the future.

Job Type: Full-Time
Department: Supply Chain / Operations
Reports To: Director of Supply Chain, Plant Manager, or Operations Leadership
Work Environment: Food Manufacturing / Production Facility

The Procurement & Planning Manager is responsible for leading purchasing, production planning, material requirements planning, supplier coordination, and inventory management within a food manufacturing environment. This role ensures the organization has the right ingredients, packaging materials, supplies, and production plans in place to meet customer demand, support food safety and quality requirements, control costs, and maintain efficient manufacturing operations. The ideal candidate brings strong experience in food manufacturing, procurement, production scheduling, ERP/MRP systems, supplier management, inventory control, and cross-functional coordination in a fast‑paced, regulated production environment.

• 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.

• 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.