Supply Chain Loss Manager

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Job Type

Full-time

Description

TITLE : Supply Chain Loss Manager

REPORTS TO : Director, Supply Chain Planning

LOCATION : Chicago, IL

Lactalis Heritage Dairy is currently seeking candidates to join our team in Chicago!

Lactalis Group, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day.

At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do.

If you're looking for a unique experience with a company that offers strong brands, professional expertise, and a dynamic work environment that champions entrepreneurial spirit, hands-on responsibility, and real opportunity for career development, we want to hear from you!

Lactalis Heritage Dairy : inviting you to share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE.

From your PASSION to ours

The Supply Chain Losses Manager is responsible for leading the efforts to reduce supply chain waste, including both identification of opportunities before product has met customer guarantee and once product moves into liquidation and donation categories.

This role will work across Supply Planning, Deployment, Customer Service, Finance and Inventory Controlling to drive reporting of waste risk and actuals.

They will assist, with the support of the Director of Supply Chain Planning, in the definition and execution of Liquidation, Donation and Tankage processes.

They will perform ad-hoc analyses, maintain and monitor and escalate waste trends and support / drive key improvement initiatives.

Works under minimal supervision and exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action and escalations.

Assists and leads driving change.

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include :

• Builds productive internal / external working relationships to work collaboratively and ensure alignment with subject matter experts on key processes
• Build relationships with prospective outlets for donation orders, assist with new customer setup processes as they are onboarded with the customer service team.
• Assist in identifying liquidation outlets and working closely with sales on increasing liquidation volume.
• Create an end-to-end supply chain losses process outlining weekly and monthly rituals and routines involving cross functional partners.
• Resolves moderately complex issues, supports technical and operational processes in SAP and with 3PL partners
• Receives general instructions on routine work, detailed instructions on new projects or assignments
• Recommends streamlined processes and process improvements to senior staff members. Assists in driving change as needed.
• Collaboration on priorities : Work closely with Director of Supply Chain Planning to ensure that priorities of work, key milestones, and road-blocks as well as wins are clearly communicated and tracked.

Requirements

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following :

Education and Experience

• B.S. in SC Management or related fields
• Minimum of 4+ years in supply chain functions, CPG industry experience preferred
• Experience with SAP, SAP BW / AFO is a plus

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong collaboration skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Process improvement mindset
• Strong ability to assess problem situations, identify root causes and propose recommendations
• Strong organizational skills
• Highly developed problem solving and prioritization skills that will be demonstrated by the successful and timely completion of assignments
• Must be a self-starter and be able to successfully execute initiatives with minimal guidance and accomplish the stated goals
• Detail oriented and excellent analytical skills
• Strong project management skills with ability to interface with various levels
• Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as in team setting

Lactalis Heritage Dairy is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to : veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities.