ABOUT US
OLIPOP was founded in 2017 by Ben Goodwin and David Lester. Ben and David have been working together for nearly a decade to find accessible solutions to bring the benefits of digestive health to as many consumers as possible. OLIPOP is a deliciously refreshing tonic that is crafted with prebiotics, botanicals, and natural plant fiber to support your microbiome and benefit digestive health. We're on a mission to provide an affordable, delicious alternative to soda that delivers leading-edge health benefits to mainstream consumers.
OUR TEAM
At Olipop our values lead the way we create our products, engage with each other, and interact with our community. While we’re invested in our product, we’re equally invested in personal development. We’re tightly knit, we’re genuine and we’re always pushing the envelope to do a better job than we did the day before. Our team is also fully remote, requiring us to be resourceful, creative and collaborative to support our fast-moving business.
To best serve our diverse community of customers, we also seek to recruit and include people with a diversity of abilities, backgrounds, and cultures.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
Working at a start-up can be as much a personal journey as it is a professional one. To succeed at a company like Olipop, you must be comfortable with failing, learning, and adapting. You need to be curious, optimistic, and able to find a way when it seems impossible. You must be confident enough to express your ideas but humble and open to learning from your experiences and from others. If this is the approach you take to life, then we’d love to hear from you.
THE ROLE
As a Supply Planning Manager, you'll provide strategic direction and planning regarding the management of finished goods, inventories at manufacturing facilities, copackers and distribution centers. Direct the production planning function for long-term scheduling, inventory planning, capacity planning and all deployment activities. Achieve inventory, service and other S&OP metric improvement. Support innovation projects as needed.
The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced and results driven environment; is hard working; a natural leader; works with a strong sense of urgency; and is enthusiastic about helping us achieve our mission, as well as our business goals.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support the Supply Chain team as a key stakeholder in the MRP and S&OP processes to help meet customer demand while minimizing inventory costs and maximizing service levels.
- Lead a growing team consisting of supply planners.
- Develop, manage, validate, and communicate production plans for all items across multiple co-
manufacturers. - Monitor inventory levels across multiple FG warehouses and work closely with customer service
to ensure all orders are being fulfilled in full and on-time to meet our Fill Rate % metric. - Guide the development and maintenance of ongoing network supply and capacity planning.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams on the positioning and maintenance of finished goods inventories, in such a way to balance customer fill rate, inventory carrying costs andtransportation.
- Establish guidelines to achieve cost-efficient movement of finished goods while maintaining minimum inventory investment.
- Anticipate and communicate current and potential risks and opportunities to Senior Management so they can make appropriate decisions.
- Monitor FG inventory and manage aged inventory, SKU rationalized inventory, and restricted stock (hold, damage, etc.) to maximize sales revenue and minimize P&L impact.
- Lead monthly slow moving and obsolete process to minimize aged inventory with Finance, Sales,
and Warehouse teams. - Be the key stakeholder in owning and maintaining data and reporting within our MRP system.
QUALIFICATIONS
- A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in Supply Chain is required
- 2+ years of team lead experience
- Experience working in a CPG or beverage manufacturing environment is a plus
- Expert in inventory management and supply planning
- Dynamic problem solver
- Proficiency in advanced Excel is required
- Strong analytical and statistical skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential
- Proven experience in having an influencing and collaborative approach
- Work cross-functionally between Supply Planning, Finance, Sales, and Commercialization teams
- Experience using MRP systems a plus
- Certification in supply chain management (e.g., APICS CPIM) is a plus
REPORTS TO: Director of Planning
COMPENSATION: $ 115,000- $120,000 base + bonus
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Olipop does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination under Federal law. For more information, please see EEO is the Law.
