F&B Division Supply Leader

Company: WestRock Company
Location: Atlanta
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

About WestRockWestRock (NYSE: WRK) partners with our customers to provide differentiated paper and packaging solutions that help them win in the marketplace. WestRock's 50,000 team members support customers around the world from more than 320 operating and business locations spanning North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Learn more at www.westrock.com . F&B Division Supply Leader 501 South 5th StRichmond, Virginia, 23219-0501United States CAREER OPPORTUNITY The Division - Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Supply Leader will lead the supply planning functions for the Food and Beverage Americas converting operation, a $1.8 billion dollar consumer packaging business consisting of 20 converting facilities across North America. This role will lead an organization that maintains valid, feasible, supply plans ensuring there is appropriate internal and/or external production capacity and inventory to meet customer service levels, inventory turn targets and capacity utilization/staffing requirements. The IBP Supply Leader will develop strong collaborative working relationships with Operations leaders, Commercial, Finance, Pricing and Mill leadership to ensure an integrated and financially balanced approach to supply planning. The Division IBP Supply Leader is a key role in the Integrated Business Planning Process and reports directly to the Director, Supply Planning and Customer Support Leader. Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with demand management, sales, finance, and operations leadership to effectively plan the resources required to meet the unconstrained demand
  • Deliver a monthly balanced supply plan across a 28-month demand horizon for the FBNA converting division that meets customer service, inventory and financial targets
    • Update and publish monthly capacity utilization projections
      • Lead the monthly IBP Division Supply Review with representatives of all supply functions, to reach consensus on recommended production and inventory plans
        • Ensure current manufacturing strategies for products are appropriate and optimally support the business.
          • Identify potential bottlenecks or excess capacity across the division; Develop and recommend proposals to mitigate supply and cost risk
            • Develop a supply strategy and ensure adequate availability of qualified contract manufacturing capacity, evaluate subcontracting cost models and connect converting sites with supply options.
              • Ensure delivery of an accurate time-phased paperboard consumption forecast as input into the integrated supply planning process
                • Establish, monitor and report division aggregate finished goods inventory levels with respect to age and targeted days of inventory.
                  • Review and report all division planning performance metrics (KPIs) and partner with operations to ensure improvement plans are captured
                    • Ensure business excellence is maintained in the supply planning tools, process and outputs; Leads continuous improvement efforts related to supply planning process and tools.
                      • Lead centralized board planning activities, drive best practices across the division
                        • Participate in upstream initiative production planning reviews to ensure adequate forward visibility for the supply organization reviews
                          • Lead, coach and develop a team of supply planning professionals
                            • Adhere to WestRock Values and Behaviors with a focus on Safety What You need to Succeed
                              • Bachelor's Degree - Engineering, Supply Chain management, Operations Management or Mathematics
                              • Minimum 7+ years of supply planning or related experience
                              • Proven leadership and coaching success, minimum 3 years.
                              • Demonstrated understanding of planning and inventory management principles
                              • Demonstrated problem-solving and negotiation skills
                              • Excellent communication and organizational skills
                                • Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills
                                • Work in typical office environment with flexibility to work remotely
                                • Moderate business travel, 15-20%

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