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$143,100.00 - $193,100.00JOB OVERVIEW:
Blue Diamond Growers is a grower-owned cooperative made up of approximately 3,000 growers and is one of the world’s leading almond processors and marketers, with $1.7B in annual revenue and products sold across the U.S. and in markets around the world. With a strong manufacturing footprint and deep agricultural roots, BDG is focused on delivering high-quality almond products through operational excellence, innovation, and partnership.Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the role owns the end-to-end Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process (Demand, Almond Supply, Supply, Integrated Reconciliation), ensuring the company’s most critical cross-functional planning processes deliver measurable financial and operational results.
The role acts as the partner for enterprise alignment - connecting strategy, demand, supply, inventory, and execution. IBP is positioned as the main management system of the business, enabling clear trade-offs, disciplined decision-making, and predictable value delivery.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS - KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Enterprise Integrated Business Planning Leadership
Governance, Cadence & Decision Quality:
Owns and continuously improves Blue Diamond’s end-to-end IBP framework, ensuring tight integration between:
- Strategic priorities and full year execution
- Demand, supply, and inventory planning
- Financial commitments (P&L, cash flow, working capital, capital spend)
Lead, coordinate and orchestrate the full IBP governance cadence, including:
- Demand Review
- Almond Supply Review
- Supply Review
- Integrated Reconciliation/Management Review
Ensure IBP forums are decision-oriented, with clear visibility of:
- Risks and opportunities
- Ensure gaps between operational plans and financial commitments are surfaced early, quantified, and escalated with clear options and recommendations.
- Reinforce financial discipline by ensuring trade-offs are explicitly framed, decisions are documented, and outcomes are tracked (net profit and cash flow)
- Required executive decisions and ownership
Embed scenario planning as a core capability to proactively manage volatility related to demand shifts, crop variability, capacity constraints, and margin pressure.
Establish IBP as the single source of truth for enterprise volume, mix, capacity, inventory, and service assumptions.
Governance, Cadence & Decision Quality
Design and maintain enterprise planning and execution governance that ensures:
- Clear decision rights and accountability
- Consistent operating cadence across functions
- Executive focus on the highest-value issues
Improve decision quality by strengthening:
- Data integrity and assumption transparency
- Scenario comparison and trade-off visibility
- Alignment between strategic intent and execution reality
Prepare executive-level materials that are concise, insight-driven, and focused on actions and decisions.
Leadership & Development
Build, lead, influence, and develop teams cross-functionally through:
- Strong analytical capability
- Business and financial acumen
- Executive communication skills
- Influence without authority
Foster a culture of enterprise thinking, collaboration, and accountability.
Elevate IBP maturity across the organization by coaching functional leaders,
standardizing ways of working, and reinforcing ownership of commitments.
Serve as a change/transformation leader, shifting mindsets from functional optimization to enterprise value optimization.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Engineering, or equivalent (MBA preferred)
- 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in Integrated Business Planning:
- Critical experience:
- Demonstrated end-to-end IBP implementation experience
- Worked across Sales, Operations, Finance and Supply Chain
- Nice to have: PMI certifications and Six-Sigma (at least green belt)
- Experience in asset-intensive, demand/supply-driven environments (CPG, food, agriculture, manufacturing preferred)
Technical & Business Skills
- Deep understanding of IBP maturity models and best practices
- Strong business acumen with the ability to translate operational plans into value creation impacts
- Experience with ERP, planning, and analytics platforms (e.g., SAP, BI solutions, AI tools including Claude)
- Ability to synthesize complex data into clear executive-level insights
Leadership & Interpersonal Skills
Five leadership capability clusters will be critical:
- Enterprise Perspective & Strategic Agility: Systems thinking, dealing with ambiguity
- Decision Framing & Executive Influence: Drive for results, influence without authority
- Operating Model & Process Leadership: Process management
- Talent Multiplication & Coaching: Developing direct reports, building effective teams
- Change Leadership & Resilience: Leading through change, perseverance, continuous learning
Success Metrics
- IBP is viewed as the primary enterprise decision-making forum by 1Q 2027
- Clear linkage between strategy, operational plans, and financial outcomes
- Improved predictability of margin, inventory, and cash performance
- Strong executive confidence in planning assumptions and trade-off decisions
- Tangible improvements in business performance driven by IBP-led decisions
SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS
N/A
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Office demands include extensive use of telephone and computer.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Fast-paced in a dynamic growing environment. Occasional Travel.
Blue Diamond Growers is an Equal Opportunity and E-Verify Employer
EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability
WHY BLUE DIAMOND?
In addition to working at the world’s largest, state-of-the-art almond manufacturer, we offer a safe and collaborative team environment, with numerous opportunities for free training and career advancement. Check out the BDG Benefits, Health & Wellness Guide HERE .
Grow your career. Partner with us. We Are the Almond People!Ready to get started? Apply now!
Blue Diamond Growers (BDG) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. BDG provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, or genetic information. BDG also complies with all provisions of the U.S. Government's Executive Order 11246 dated September 24, 1965 and the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor.Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Engineering, or equivalent
- Ideal with PMI and Six Sigma certifications (at least green belt)
- 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in Integrated Business Planning / S&OP
- Experience in asset-intensive, demand/supply-driven environments
Blue Diamond Growers Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Blue Diamond Growers and has not been reviewed or approved by Blue Diamond Growers.
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Healthcare Strength — The benefits menu includes multiple HMO/PPO medical options, dental and vision coverage, an EAP, life and long‑term disability, plus optional protections and a wellness program. The breadth and add‑ons present a comprehensive health and protection suite.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a tiered employer match and Roth/in‑plan conversion is offered, with indications of immediate vesting. This structure is positioned as a solid component of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid holidays, vacation, sick time, and family or statutory leaves (parental, bereavement, military, jury duty) are available, with eligibility varying by status/tenure. The portfolio covers common leave needs across life events.
Blue Diamond Growers Insights
What We Do
Blue Diamond Growers is on a global mission to share the benefits of almonds with the world. Blue Diamond Growers is the world's largest almond processing and marketing company. We are the world’s leading almond brand, and we’re focused on building markets and creating new products to deliver the benefits of almonds to the world. Made up of more than 3,000 growers, we’re cooperatively owned by half of the state's almond growers who produce over 80 percent of the world almond supply. The California almond crop is marketed to all 50 states and more than 90 foreign countries, making almonds California's largest food export, the sixth largest U.S. food export and the #1 specialty crop in America. We keep that market-leading position by remaining strategically ahead of the curve, with continual innovations in our award-winning processing plants and information technology systems that have grown by leaps and bounds to support global growth. Our biggest point of differentiation, though, is our people. Through cooperation and teamwork, we, the Almond People as we’re affectionately known, deliver the best-tasting, highest-value almonds and almond products in the world. This is an exciting time at Blue Diamond where every team member can showcase their talents and contribute in new and innovative ways to drive accomplishments. The opportunity is here for each of us to step up, take our futures in hand and find new ways to achieve at Blue Diamond. We’re building on our strengths, learning as we go, trusting one another and realizing unprecedented levels of success. Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
