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Manufacturing Supply Planner

Must come from Food Manufacturing Industry

Location: Bay Area, CA (Hybrid)

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What's it like to work here? It's a collaborative, hands-on environment where people care deeply about what they build and how they build it. There's a strong focus on execution, continuous improvement, and delivering high-quality products to customers.

With a broad portfolio of products sold nationally and a growing global footprint, the company operates in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial manufacturing environment. Privately held and founder-led, the organization values agility, ownership, and practical decision-making.

As the business continues to scale, we're looking for smart, adaptable, and results-driven professionals who want to see the direct impact of their work. Every day, you'll contribute to products that reach millions of customers.

How You'll Have Impact

We are hiring a Manufacturing Supply Planner to support Supply Chain Planning. This role plays a critical part in managing and optimizing end-to-end supply chain processes to ensure products are delivered efficiently and in alignment with customer expectations.

The Manufacturing Supply Planner supports supply chain execution, monitors production schedules, and manages inventory to align with customer demand. The ideal candidate is proactive, detail-oriented, and brings a continuous improvement mindset to a dynamic, high-growth environment.

This role works cross-functionally to interpret demand and supply plans and develop production plans aligned with inventory strategies. The planner is accountable for developing safety stock levels, reorder points, and supporting service level targets.

Working closely with Planning, Sales, Marketing, and external manufacturing partners, this role ensures that packaging materials and finished goods are available to meet business needs. Reporting to the Director of Production Planning, the Manufacturing Supply Planner helps orchestrate planning schedules that balance working capital targets with the needs of a growing and fluctuating business.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess short-term inventory requirements to support service level and order fulfillment targets, coordinating with contract manufacturers, quality, and fulfillment teams
• Facilitate cross-functional meetings with internal stakeholders and external partners to review completed and scheduled production and address operational issues
• Proactively identify and escalate risks to supply, including raw material or packaging constraints, quality holds, or production issues, and support decision-making to resolve them
• Identify potential future capacity constraints and bottlenecks and escalate material concerns
• Collaborate with purchasing, planning, logistics, warehousing, and commercial teams to support capacity planning assumptions and performance measures
• Partner with cross-functional teams to support speed-to-market initiatives, including new product launches, product changes, and demand-shaping activities
• Coordinate manufacturing start-ups and capacity enhancements for both short-term and long-term needs
• Apply a continuous improvement mindset to enhance planning and operational processes
• Create, review, and take action against the Master Production Schedule for finished goods
• Track and review key performance indicators including schedule adherence, attainment, inventory turns, customer service, and days on hand
• Review firm demand, new sales or marketing activity, and inventory levels to monitor emerging demand
• Support process improvement efforts related to ERP functionality and inventory and production planning methodologies
• Work with internal and external resources to ensure initiatives deliver on time and meet inventory and service level targets
• Partner closely with inventory teams to ensure accurate inventory transactions
• Support cost-effective supply chain execution and escalate exceptions or trade-offs as needed
• Assist with documentation and maintenance of standard operating procedures

Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, or a related field preferred
• 3+ years of experience in supply planning or supply chain roles
• Experience managing supplier and third-party logistics relationships
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Strong understanding of manufacturing and end-to-end supply chain processes
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, changing environment
• ERP experience preferred; SAP experience a plus
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including strong Excel skills

Location & Work Structure

This role is based in the Bay Area with a hybrid work structure designed to support collaboration while offering flexibility when appropriate.

Compensation & Benefits

The anticipated base salary range for this role is $120,000–$130,000+ annually, with final compensation determined by experience, qualifications, and business needs.

Benefits may include paid time off, health benefits, retirement programs, incentive eligibility, and additional employee offerings. Details will be shared during the interview process.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The company is an equal opportunity employer and provides consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. Reasonable accommodations are available during the application and employment process.