Manager, Material Planning

Business Unit Overview

Here's what all the hype is about: Premier Nutrition Company (PNC) is one of the fastest-growing companies in the convenient nutrition space showing clear leadership in the category of protein shakes and protein powders. We make the brands Premier Protein, Dymatize, and PowerBar, which is sold internationally, and we are part of our holding company, BellRing Brands (NYSE: BRBR).

We have a simple, yet powerful, formula for our success, which we've been nailing for over 15 years. We start off with an organization powered by our company purpose-Changing Lives with Good Energy. Then our purpose-driven people are given the support and autonomy to develop and grow. Next, we are super-intentional about designing a culture where everyone feels like they truly connect and belong, which is one of our five company core values. Purpose-driven, connected employees who are consistently mastering new skills deliver amazing business results. And winning companies with amazing people and thriving cultures attract and retain top talent, so the cycle becomes self-reinforcing or what we call our regenerative culture.

We don't mind sharing our formula since, as people who we believe in the power of changing lives with good energy, we think the world would be a better place if more workplaces treated adults like adults and gave them the platform to do the best work of their lives-alongside some truly amazing colleagues. Why don't more companies do this? It takes deep-in-your-bones conviction to your people, products, and purpose to pull it off. It also takes resisting the urge to try to control people, and instead trusting them to make the right decisions. The results of our vibrant culture speaks for themselves: We were certified as a Great Place to Work for the 7th year-running in 2023. And we currently rank #2 on Fortune Magazine's Best Workplaces in our category, and in the top 12 for each of the last 5 years.

We have a long list of ways we take care of our people, but here are some crowd-pleasers that our employees often say they love most: Year-round ½ day Fridays, in-office massages, free lunches & snacks, dogs in the office, month-long cultural annd diversity celebrations, monthly over-the-top in-office events like bring your kids to work day, 6% 401k match after 1 year, as-needed sick leave, generous paid family leave regardless of gender, all positions bonus-eligible, company-wide volunteer days, company-matched charitable donations, no employee handbook, no dress code, coaching conversations instead of performance reviews, walking meetings, free exercise classes, and company-paid gym membership for Emeryville-based employees.

PNC seeks individuals who will flourish in this type of work environment and will add to our culture and help build this high-growth company for the next phase in our amazing journey. Does this sound like you? Then read on…#LI-hybrid

Responsibilities

The Role…

The Material Planning Manager is a key operations leader who is accountable for supply plans, factory attainment, network-wide capacity management, supply planner development, and planning process transformation for the ready-to-drink (RTD) "shakes" category. This Material Planning Manager will lead a team of three (3) material planners, optimizing product supply and inventory/cash management to support the dynamic needs of the business.

The position will be based out of our 60,000 sq. foot, modern Emeryville, California office.  WE ARE A CULTURE OF PERSONAL CONNECTON, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE CHOSEN A PERMANENT HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENT WITH NORMS THAT EQUATE TO 2-3 DAYS MID-WEEK IN THE OFFICE FOR EMPLOYEES BASED IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. The expected pay scale this role is $125k to $135k, which may vary based on relevant experience, qualifications, geographic area (if applicable), and internal equity for the role.

You're excited about this opportunity because your time will be filled with…

Planning & business Partnering: 45% of Time

• Subject Matter Expert for planning process transformation, training, project meetings, and contract manufacturing (CM, coman) onboarding.

• Category owner leads Material Planners to optimize raw material inventory to support finished good forecasts, ensuring that customer service levels and inventory performance targets are met.

• Facilitate monthly procurement orders for supplier(s), adhering to capacity availability, lead times, sku mix and minimum order quantities and summarizes output for Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Supply Review.

• Collaborates with PNC Sourcing Manager(s) to ensure Supplier(s) adherence to attainment is met and developing continuous improvement action plans.

• Supply Review product category lead, analyze and communicate relevant information to senior leadership, evaluate multiple scenarios, highlight gaps, articulating impacts, and offer countermeasure solutions.

• Support Material Planners during regular production meetings with Supplier(s) as needed to ensure strong communication with business partners.

• Recommend supplier stock levels and collaborate internally and externally to optimize production schedules to meet business segment cash, cost, and service objectives.

Coach & Develop Team: 20% of Time

• Build a strong team through coaching, feedback, training, and effective performance management.

Drive Continuous Improvement: 20% of Time

• Create inventory and attainment reports/dashboards and present continuous improvement suggestions.

• Drive continuous improvement in areas of MRP plans, ERP system performance and material planning standard work.

The daily stuff that everyone does but few quantify: 15% of Time

• Attending meetings and presentations.

• Participating in company-wide activities and events galore.

• Impromptu conversations with colleagues.

• Administrivia like email, calendaring, expense reports, and other non-value-added work.

Qualifications

What are we looking for?

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or similar discipline.

Experience:

• +5 years of Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) industry experience operating in a MRP environment in areas of inventory control, production scheduling, master scheduling, demand management, capacity management, materials management, or distribution resource planning.

• Integrated planning systems training and experience in ERP/DRP/MRP is required.

Skills:

• Dynamic leadership with the ability to advance development of team.

• Broad knowledge of supply chain processes and planning systems.

• Exceptional quantitative and analytical skills.

• Demonstrated sound business judgment and initiative.

• Self-directed, with the ability to communicate findings, make recommendations and facilitate change.

• Ability to incorporate multiple points of view and synthesize into singular plans of actions.

• Ability to manage many details with a high level of accuracy.

• Comfortable working with individuals at all organizational levels.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

So, if after reading through this long list you're thinking-I'm not sure I meet 100% of these requirements, should I still apply? YES-if you embody a growth mindset, see challenges as opportunities to develop, and find innovative ways to get the real work that matters done, you sound like our kind of candidate!

Select 5 Key Capabilities & Traits Important to Add to and Diversify your Current Team:

• Being all-in

• Coach & mentor

• Adaptability

• Be a builder

• Embody a strategic mindset

You will thrive here and may just do the best work of your life if…

• You want to be an integral part of shaping and nurturing an amazing work culture.

• You can be flexible in your approach to people challenges and abandon past practices if they don't make sense or would lead to a poor outcome.

• You enjoy making people-centric decisions and finding ways to say 'yes' as often as possible to impactful and important priorities for the business or team.

• You are comfortable being natural, casual, open, and even a bit playful at work.

• You don't have a big ego.

• You like to get sh...I mean stuff done.

• You can do periods of focused, deep work on projects that drive the needle.

This may not be your ideal next career move if…

• You like hierarchy, command and control management.

• You want to build lots of processes, systems, governance, or policies.

• Dealing with ambiguity or experimentation is not your jam.

• You like managing from behind your computer and demonstrating excellence through email.

• You tend to chase whatever shiny object presents itself during the day instead of real results.

If we haven't convinced you to apply already, here are some of our favorite perks and benefits:

• Friday afternoons off (and of course a hefty PTO package plus 11 holidays)

• 401K match. Literally free money

• Hybrid work with an average of 3 days a week in the office for local folks

• All jobs are bonus-eligible

• Free custom lunch twice a week. Plus plenty of snacks and shakes.

• 2 weeks of work from anywhere time to move your Big Rocks

• Quarterly team building events/happy hours (city-wide scavenger hunt, bowling, ropes course, putt-putt)

• Bring your dog to work (3 days/week)

• Extended paid parental leave regardless of gender or familial make-up

We strive to create an equitable and inclusive environment to contribute to the success of our organization. Premier Nutrition provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.