Supply Chain Manager - 1 Year Contract

Grand River Foods is a leading food solutions company serving customers in the North American grocery and food service industry. As a member of the Sunrise Farm family, we remain as dedicated as ever to both providing a quality work environment for our employees, as well as producing only the highest quality products for our customers. We are known for the great care we take with clients and employees alike.

POSITION SUMMARY: The ideal candidate will have Supply Chain Management, Inventory Control, Full Cycle Planning, and Forecasting experience to manage and support retail, food service, and industrial sales in further processed food manufacturing facilities involving meat, dairy, and plant-based proteins. This individual is analytically minded with a knack for streamlining processes and can manage staff, vendor/material requirements, accountability, and performance within a cross-functional, multi-plant environment.

PRIORITY: Leading, developing, implementing, and across-functional managing plant supply chain activities to maximize the service fill performance to our customers, with an ongoing requirement to maximize the productivity of our plant. Promote a healthy work culture ensuring solutions-based thinking and a cross-functional ‘all for one’ team environment. 

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The following list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties rather they are intended to only describe the nature of the management/areas of responsibility, and/or direct reports management, for this production location of Grand River Foods:




• Demand Planning
• Forecasting
• Scheduling
• Purchasing/Procurement
• Logistics - Shipping/Receiving/On-Hand consumables inventory (on-site/third party
• offsite)
• Raw, Ingredient, and Finished Goods Inventory management
• Provides regular updates and status reports to management
• Hold regular team-based meetings to review backorders, aging reports, purchase orders, production schedules, and ETAs with direct team and shared stakeholders

REQUIRED SKILL, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Preferably 5 years of progressive experience; desirable to have touchpoints in multiple, if not all, functional areas of Supply Chain management
• Ability to perform rudimentary sales forecast to planning analysis: demand trends, inventory usage, seasonal putdown strategies for market advantage/capacity utilization development plans
• Degree/Diploma in Supply Chain Management or industry-related (Purchasing, Procurement, Logistics)
• MRP/ERP system experience
• Previous experience managing a team of direct reports and ability to assess required labor increases/reductions
• Collecting relevant data on productivity and customer demand to improve, identify change, and improve supply chain processes

COMPETENCIES AND ATTRIBUTES:

• Strong critical thinking and communication skills (written and verbal) to share ideas and influence others, including the senior management team.
• Ability to implement new business strategies with strong change of leadership skills.
• Ability to achieve successful strategic change and innovation.
• Coach, mentor, and train all Supply Chain team members to enhance performance and to develop and retain high-potential employees of the future.
• Evaluate business risk, and work with executive committees.
• Create a high-performing team with clear direction and realistic but challenging goals. 

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At Sunrise Farms we are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or any other identifying characteristic are encouraged to apply.

Please note that the expected new hire salary range provided is derived from a group of like roles within Sunrise Farms. The final offer amount for this role will be dependent on geographical region, applicable experience, and skillset of the candidate.