Manager, Supply Chain Optimization
Ferrara Pan Candy Co., Inc.

Job Info

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Job Location: Chicago

Chicago - Corporate HQ at the Old Post Office is the primary location. Travel is < 25%, mostly local visits to Chicagoland area facilities.

Want to make an impact?

The Supply Chain Optimization Manager will be responsible for facilitating the scoping, prioritization, and execution of transformative, operations-driven value creation projects. The position is also accountable for supporting the compilation of project-level and program-level value estimations to measure the impact of current and future projects. This position will also serve as the primary point of contact to provide status updates to cross-functional and executive leadership on project value realization.

Ways you will make a difference

• Manage operations project portfolio to ensure projects are delivered on time and in full
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to identify cost savings and throughput improvement opportunities to increase gross margin
• Lead the development of business cases to estimate qualitative and quantitative project value
• Manage pipeline of project opportunities and determine implementation priority based on in-flight projects and other organizational priorities, communicating recommendations to impacted stakeholders
• Collaborate with Finance and Engineering to obtain capital approval where needed
• Provide tactical project management support by creating project plans, influencing stakeholders to buy-in to project delivery, and leading meetings to review project status and action items
• Continuously monitor project-specific timelines and value estimations to ensure program-level status reporting for all projects is accurate
• Partner with Finance to estimate P&L impact of the entire project portfolio based on status reporting for in-flight projects and actuals reporting for completed projects
• Present and collaborate frequently with cross-functional and executive leadership on value realization for completed projects, status of active projects, and scoping for future projects
• Drive the standardization and improvement of project management processes across operations, research & development, and commercial teams
• Balance meeting business objectives and ensuring accountability while promoting collaborative and friendly environment, effectively anticipating and either avoiding or effectively managing potential conflicts

Skills that will make you successful

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while managing parallel work streams, priorities with multiple stakeholders, and aggressive timelines
• Working with ambiguity and limited information
• Excellent time management, communication, and presentation skills
• Exceptional project management skills

Experiences that will support your success

• Bachelor's degree in one of the following: Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance, Food Science, Engineering
• 4+ years of project management experience, ideally within consulting or a large consumer products manufacturing company
• Knowledge of Technical Functions (such as planning, procurement, manufacturing, research and development) and demonstrated ability to partner with cross-functional stakeholders to identify and implement improvement opportunities
• Financial analysis and / or cost accounting experience within a manufacturing business
• Demonstrated track record of managing complex cross-functional projects
• Experience managing a program / portfolio consisting of multiple projects and communicating project status and risks to executive leadership
• Strong experience in standard office tools such as PowerPoint and Excel
• Strong command of project management tools and techniques and their practical application
• Familiarity with ad-hoc reporting from SAP and Business Intelligence systems preferred
• PMP or Six Sigma certification a plus
• Familiarity with corporate governance and organizational behavior models

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