Director, Integrated Planning & S&OP

fairlife, LLC is a Chicago-based nutrition company that creates great-tasting, nutrition-rich and dairy products to nourish consumers.

With over $3B in annual retail sales, fairlife's portfolio of delicious, lactose-free, real dairy products includes : fairlife ultra-filtered milk ; Core Power High Protein Shakes, a sports nutrition drink to support post-workout recovery; fairlife nutrition plan , a nutrition shake to support the journey to better health.

A wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola company, fairlife, LLC has been recognized by both Fast Company and Nielsen for its industry leading innovation.

To learn more about fairlife and its complete line of products, please visit fairlife.com .

Director, Integrated Planning & S&OP

company information

fairlife, LLC is a Chicago-based dairy company that produces nourishing and great-tasting milk-based products made using a patented cold-filtration process that removes some natural sugars while concentrating the protein and calcium naturally found in real cows' milk.

Our line of delicious, lactose-free fairlife products includes : fairlife ultra-filtered milk, which has 50% more protein and 50% less sugar than regular milk; Core Power High Protein Shakes, a sports nutrition drink to support post-workout recovery; fairlife nutrition plan, a nutrition shake to support one's journey to better health. In partnership with The Coca-Cola Company, fairlife ultra-filtered milk and Core Power high protein shakes are distributed throughout the United States (U.S.) and Canada; all other fairlife products are available in the U.S. To learn more about fairlife and its collection of products, please visit fairlife.com.

job purpose : The Director, Integrated Planning & S&OP is a key strategic leader within the End-to-End Planning team, leading Demand Planning, S&OP, and Network Supply Planning teams. This leader is responsible for leading and championing fairlife's S&OP and S&OE planning cycles in partnership with Commercial, Finance, and Supply Chain Leadership while overseeing the development of fairlife's Operating Forecast as our primary demand signal to drive supply plans and performance. Additionally, this role will work cross-functionally with key members of manufacturing, logistics, procurement, strategy, sales, finance, and commercial teams to ensure the strategic priorities of the business are met and executed.

responsibilities :

• Lead the demand and supply planning teams inclusive of S&OP, demand planning, network supply planning, capacity planning, distribution, customer service, network raw materials, and network milk requirements planning.
• Lead and champion fairlife's S&OP / IBP planning cycles and S&OE routines in partnership with Commercial, Supply Chain, Finance, and Executive stakeholders ensuring robust collaboration across functional areas to drive our operating strategy.
• Mentor and develop a team of Supply Chain Planning Leaders and Contributors, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, ownership, partnership, and curiosity.
• Direct and oversee the execution of supply chain planning strategies through precise execution to meet business and operational objectives, while ensuring inventory levels and supply chain costs are managed to target.
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities across the supply and demand planning processes to reduce waste, improve efficiency, and uphold best-in-class planning principles.
• Partner with Manufacturing and Supply Planning Operations to ensure plans are conducive to production efficiency, engineering requirements, and operating capabilities; and are aligned to our supply chain and operations strategy.
• Partner with Commercial and Brand leadership on the development of the company's operating forecast do drive demand requirements for the network supply chain.
• Develop all aspects of network finished goods, materials, and milk supply strategy from supplier through to customer.
• Refine information systems configurations / settings to drive a more integrated supply planning and material resource management system.
• Demonstrate value through leadership, critical thinking and sound judgment in all situations. This leader will challenge existing status quos and provide thought-leadership to shape strategic priorities for supply chain.

skills / qualifications required :

position location : Chicago, IL

reports to : Sr. Director, End to End Planning

travel requirements : 20%

Base pay range :

$140,000 — $180,000 USD

fairlife, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. All qualified applicants and employees will be given equal opportunity. Selection decisions are based on job-related factors.

In addition to its nondiscrimination commitment, the Company will also provide reasonable accommodation of qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the Company. If you have a disability and would like to request accommodation in order to apply for a position with us, please email careers@fairlife.com .

For Recruitment Agencies

At fairlife, we manage the majority of our hiring internally through our dedicated Talent Acquisition team, which is actively engaged in direct candidate sourcing. Most of our roles are filled through applications submitted via our careers site or through direct outreach by our team.

As our recruitment is primarily handled in-house, we work only occasionally with external agencies, and only those on our existing, pre-approved vendor list. At this time, we are not reviewing or expanding that list.

Unsolicited resumes or submissions from external agencies not authorized by our Talent Acquisition team will be considered direct candidate applications. As such, fairlife will not assume responsibility for any placement fees associated with these submissions.