Supply Chain Manager

Overview

Join Our Team at LaClare Creamery!

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for optimizing operations and leading high-performing teams? LaClare Creamery is searching for a Supply Chain Manager to oversee and elevate our supply chain activities at our cheese plant in Malone, WI. This role is essential in ensuring our award-winning products reach customers efficiently and on time!

Location: Malone, WI – role is 100% on site

Reports to: Director of Operations

• Oversee supply chain functions including inventory management, procurement, warehousing, and logistics.
• Develop and implement strategies to optimize operations and reduce costs.
• Partner with sales to improve demand forecasting and resource planning.
• Manage vendor and 3PL relationships to ensure cost-effective, high-quality service.
• Drive continuous improvement projects and supply chain metrics like on-time delivery and inventory accuracy.
• Support production scheduling and ensure raw material purchasing aligns with production needs.

We need a self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and brings:

• 3+ years of supervisory/leadership experience
  , including performance management and team development.
• Proven ability to mentor and engage teams.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (data analysis, modeling, reporting) and familiarity with Power BI
  .
• Strong financial acumen and experience in executive-level decision-making.
• Background in global supply chain operations
  , including importing foreign goods.
• Expertise in demand planning and forecasting to optimize inventory and reduce costs.
• Experience in food manufacturing and knowledge of industry standards (preferred).
• Familiarity with Lean process improvement and project management methodologies (preferred).

• Be part of a growing, innovative company known for premium dairy products.
• Work in a collaborative environment that values integrity, accountability, and ownership.
• Enjoy opportunities for professional growth and leadership development.
• We offer competitive compensation & full benefits!

• Oversee the work of operations personnel which includes inventory management, production data entry, purchasing, customer service, warehouse, and shipping/receiving personnel.
• Oversee supply chain activities including inventory management, production data entry, warehousing, materials management, procurement and logistics.
• Develop and implement supply chain strategies to optimize operations and reduce costs.
• Propose inventory transfers, capacity balancing and other solutions to ensure supply chain and customer objectives are met.
• Compute and maintain supply chain metrics such as on-time delivery rates, order fulfillment rates, inventory accuracy, and inventory turns.
• Ensure proper raw material purchasing occurs to support plan production schedules, balancing inventory levels with production needs.
• Act as point of contact with vendors and 3PL monitoring performance and ensuring high levels of service and cost effectiveness are maintained.
• Partner with the sales team to implement, maintain and improve our demand forecasting processing that allows for visibility to planning our future resource requirements.
• Provide production requirements for production departments for use in production scheduling.
• Support all strategic efforts to generate new sales and maintain the existing customer base.
• Assist in the development and formulation of long and short-term planning, policies, programs and objectives.
• Identify, communicate, and drive implementation of improvement projects.
• Follows all policies and procedures LaClare Creamery has implemented regarding food and personal safety to assist in maintaining a safe work environment and safe, quality products at all times.
• Lives the Mosaic Way while promoting our values and culture drivers.
• Other job duties as required and assigned.

• A bachelor’s degree in supply chain or business administration or 5 years’ equivalent experience in supply chain management is preferred. Experience in the food or dairy industry is a plus.
• Minimum of 3-5 years’ supervisor/leadership experience…