Industry 1: Consumer Goods
Industry 2: Food & Beverages
Industry 3: Food Production
Job ID: 38278805269
Category: Sales and Marketing
Location: Denver, CO
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
The Manager, Materials Planning oversees the end-to-end planning of both packaging and raw materials, building and implementing strategy, processes and tools that ensure a reliable, cost-effective, and timely supply across our comanufacturing and supplier network.
This role collaborates closely with Supply Planning and CoMan teams, driving strategic leadership, system and process optimization, risk management, and performance accountability across the materials planning function.
The Manager, Materials Planning leads and develops a high-performing team responsible for ingredient and packaging planning. This role sets the vision for materials planning excellence, providing direction, coaching, and support to ensure the team delivers reliable supply, optimizes inventory, reduces obsolescence, and supports business growth initiatives.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead end-to-end materials planning for ingredients and packaging to ensure production readiness across comanufacturing partners.
- Implement and continuously improve systems, tools, and processes to monitor inventory health, material availability, and excess and obsolete materials.
- Deliver accurate forecasts to suppliers to drive proactive planning of ingredient and packaging materials.
- Partner with suppliers and comans to ensure contracted volumes (including VMI agreements) align with business needs; proactively resolve discrepancies and establish allocations as needed.
- Monitor supplier and coman inventory and safety stock levels to ensure alignment with targeted inventory and obsolescence goals.
- Collaborate with Procurement and Supply Planning to establish and maintain safety stock strategies for packaging and raw materials.
- Manage relationships with packaging vendors to optimize VMI programs, supporting cost-effective production run blocks while ensuring supply continuity.
- Maintain material master data integrity and partner cross-functionally to support new product launches, discontinuations, and specification changes.
- Support R&D trials and commercialization efforts to ensure flawless execution of new product launch timelines.
- Build and maintain strong tactical relationships with existing and prospective suppliers to strengthen supply chain resilience.
- Act as the primary liaison among Planning, Procurement, QA, and Coman teams, proactively managing and resolving near-term supply challenges and escalating to Procurement as appropriate.
- Develop, mentor, and coach direct reports to drive functional excellence in materials planning.
- Lead and contribute to special projects, continuous improvement initiatives, and cross-functional assignments as needed. · Support other miscellaneous SMPL and departmental initiatives as required
KNOWLEDGE / ABILITIES:
- Strong knowledge of MRP processes, supply chain principles, and best practices in materials planning
- Proven leadership skills, with the ability to engage, develop, and manage high-performing teams
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate across internal teams and external partners (suppliers, comanufacturers, and customers)
- Strong execution skills with a track record of successfully implementing plans, projects, and supplier initiatives
- Knowledge of waste reduction strategies, inventory optimization, and continuous improvement practices (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma)
- Strategic thinking capability with a hands-on approach to problem-solving and risk mitigation
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment while managing multiple priorities and driving results
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Operations Planning, Materials Management, Supply Chain, or a related field (required)
- Minimum of 6 years of progressive experience in Procurement, Planning, and/or Supplier Management within CPG
- 2–4 years of experience leading and developing teams with a focus on engagement and growth
- Hands-on experience with ERP systems
- MBA, CPM (Certified Purchasing Manager), or APICS certification (preferred)
- Comanufacturing (CoMan) experience (a plus)
- Willingness to travel occasionally (10%–15%)
ABOUT SIMPLY GOOD FOODS
We’re raising the bar on what food can be. We say no to the status quo, and we say yes to making better food. Food that offers robust nutrition, not hollow nutrition. Energy, not depletion. Enjoyment, not regret. Simply, we’re on a mission to make food that works for you—that is radically nutritious and defyingly delicious. Better nutrition made easy so you can live well. We don’t compromise, so you never have to.
W H A T W E V A L U E :
We are committed to attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce that infuses belonging throughout our culture and business practices. We celebrate diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for our employees.
This commitment is driven by our core values:
• Simply Bold • Simply Deliver • Simply Learn & Grow • Simply Together • Simply Kind
C O M P E N S A T I O N A N D B E N E F I T S :
The health, satisfaction and well-being of our employees are important to us and an integral part of our organization’s goals. In this spirit, we are excited to share the available compensation for this role, which includes a base salary range and an annual short-term incentive.
We provide the base salary range, exclusive of benefits or additional incentives (https://www.thesimplygoodfoodscompany.com/careers). Additionally, this position is eligible for a 15% annual short-term incentive. If you are hired at Simply Goods Foods, your final base salary compensation will be determined based upon such factors as: geographic locations, skills, training, education and/or experience. Please keep in mind that hiring at the compensation range maximum would not be typical to allow for future and continued salary growth.
Headquarters / Simply Offices:
CO annual salary range is: $115,000– $130,000
We provide a comprehensive total rewards package featuring competitive compensation alongside top-tier health and
wellness options. Our goal is to offer a benefits package that can be personalized to meet the diverse needs of each employee and their families. Full-time employees and their eligible dependents have access to a range of benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a company-paid health reimbursement arrangement, life and disability coverage, and a 401(k)- retirement plan, among others. Additionally, we prioritize time off benefits, offering vacation time, sick leave, flexible time off (for exempt positions), and paid parental leave.
Simply Good Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital
status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local laws.
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