Director Supply Chain - S&OP Manufacturing (Food CPG)

Director, Supply Chain – S&OP Manufacturing ( Food, CPG and similar)Demand & Supply Planning, Material Planning, Warehousing, Logistics & TransportationIndustry: Manufacturing Site Food - Beverage -CPGLocation: Milton – Guelph- Cambridge, ON areaBase Salary: $130,000- $175,000 bonus benefitsPermanent full-timeMinimum 3 Days on-site, may be a bit more initiallySome travel involved within Canada 15%Our client is a well-established food /CPG manufacturer with multiple sites in Canada. They have a job open for Director, Supply Chain for establishing the S&OP Planning Process and have the over all responsibility of Purchasing, Warehousing, Transportation & Logistics based out of their facility located in Milton – Guelph- Cambridge, ON area. This is a hands-on strategic yet daily tactical leadership role to lead S&OP, Planners, Warehouse, Logistics in a fairly manual process. All candidates must have established success in end to end demand planning forecasting.Director, Supply Chain will be fully responsible for setting up a formal S&OP process for Demand Planning , Forecasting , Material Planning at the plant manufacturing level, select and manage vendors, work with the logistics partners, 3rd party carriers for inbound and outbound freight nationally, be responsible for MRP (packaging , ingredients, MRO, MRP), finished goods Inventory, Warehousing, Transportation & Purchasing. This is a Continuous Improvement strategic yet daily tactical role, presently with fairly manual processes, responsible for establishing short-term and long-term strategy while providing leadership, coaching, mentoring to 4-5 direct reports, leading them through a growth plan & an ERP implementation phase.Director, Supply Chain will ideally have a minimum of 10 years’ of leadership experience in Plant level Supply Chain - Demand Planning & Forecasting, established S&OP on site ideally in Food, Consumer Goods, Cosmetics and similar. Strong analytical aptitude, numbers and cost driven mindset, Excel, Power BI and similar and proven success in laying down Supply Chain S&OP strategy yet managing the daily tactical functions. Bachelor’s degree, experience familiarity with GMP, ability to work on-site 3-4 days initially and be able to travel 10-15% nationally is a MUST.Qualified applicants already in the GTA / KW area ideally with experience in establishing the S&OP process with minimum 5-7 years of leadership experience are invited to forward their resumes in MS Word format to Preeti.Dayal@hays.com Please write “Director, Supply Chain - S&OP Manufacturing” in the subject line of your e mail.