Manager S&OP

<strong>Retail Business Services currently provides services to five omnichannel grocery brands, including Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop &amp; Shop. Retail Business Services leverages the scale of the local brands to drive synergies and provide industry-leading expertise, insights and analytics to local brands to support their strategies. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and we foster a community of belonging where everyone is valued.</strong>

Quincy, MA

Retail Business Services

<strong>Retail Business Services currently provides services to five omnichannel grocery brands, including Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop &amp; Shop. Retail Business Services leverages the scale of the local brands to drive synergies and provide industry-leading expertise, insights and analytics to local brands to support their strategies. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and we foster a community of belonging where everyone is valued.<br /></strong> https://www.retailbusinessservices.com/

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Full Time

N/A

Overview: <p>ADUSA Procurement provides end-to-end supply chain optimization and visibility to support the delivery of product from a supplier to the warehouse.<BR>ADUSA is a partner company to&nbsp;Retail Business Services, the services company of leading grocery retail group Ahold Delhaize USA, which includes Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop &amp; Shop.</p> <p><u>Position Summary</u>:</p> <p>Our Supply Chain Control Tower Team is responsible for the continuous improvement of day-to-day stability and operational execution through the following activities:</p> <ul> <li>Provide daily visibility to the inbound and outbound projected, planned and actual volumes throughout our distribution network</li> <li>Connect leaders from DC Ops, Replenishment, Forecasting, and Logistics, through a regular cadence of stand ups</li> <li>Manage the Sales &amp; Operations Planning between Supply Chain and our great local brands</li> <li>Use data to provide direction to operations (DC/Transportation/Demand/Logistics) on any potential or current challenges where action is needed.</li> </ul>
Responsibilities: <ul> <li>Manage the connectivity cadence and reporting for Supply Chain operations, inclusive of Demand Management, DC Operations, and Logistics.</li> <li>Collect, quantify, and summarize the activities of DC Ops, Replenishment, Forecasting, Logistics, Brand Category Management &amp; Merchandising, and Brand Retail Operations that impact Supply Chain Operational Execution.</li> <li>Own the development and publishing of DC/Operation Shipping Projections.</li> <li>Facilitate inventory effectiveness conversations, for Replenishment and DC Ops, across multiple areas including Category, Retail Operations, Shelf Merchandising, Banner Merchandising, and Supply Chain Operations.</li> <li>Create new methods and procedures based on industry best practices, trends and best in class external benchmarking.</li> <li>Act as a Supply Chain leader to identify opportunities that drive out cost and improve service within the network.</li> <li>Provide support for the implementation of a continuous improvement culture and recommend and drive strategies and tactics to Control Tower Lead and Manager peers for continuous improvements and innovation.</li> <li>Lead and/or serve as a member of key teams and committees as needed.</li> <li>Manage and develop the Control Tower Analysts&rsquo; knowledge and understanding of S&amp;OP concepts.<BR>Recruit, mentor, direct, motivate the Control Tower Analyst staff while maximizing their individual contributions and leveraging diverse strengths</li> </ul> Organizational context: Provides support and direct partnership to functional leaders within the components of Supply Chain, Operations, Demand Management and Logistics.<br /><br />Framework &amp; guidelines: Provides and directs analysis that brings transparency and understanding to the operational health of the Supply Chain.<BR>Provides data and recommendations in executive summaries to allow leadership to make effective decisions.<br /><br />Financial dimension: Through the successful execution of the Supply Chain Control Tower and S&amp;OP process, efficiency will be brought that improves overall supply chain costs and improves service to the brands.<br /><br />Degree of latitude: Works on projects and analysis directed by management and determines projects and analysis based on observation of Supply Chain health and opportunities.<br /><br />Interactions and relationships: The Manager deals internally with Supply Chain Replenishment, Demand Planning Leads, Operations Regional leadership, Distribution Inventory Control leadership, Logistics and Supply Chain functional leadership.
Requirements: Knowledge<br /> <ul> <li>Understanding of the common approaches and requirements for end-to end planning capabilities including demand planning / forecasting, inventory planning, supply / production planning and S&amp;OP / integrated business planning</li> <li>Experience with planning technology solutions, technology, and/or implementation experience</li> <li>Proficiency with Data Management and Visualization applications (e.g.<BR>Alteryx, Tableau, MS Power BI)</li> <li>Proficiency with communication/presentation applications (MS Visio, MS PowerPoint)</li> </ul> Skills<br /> <ul> <li>Excellent analytical skills to connect facts and see trends and opportunities</li> <li>Prior experience with development of supporting analytics and metrics to assess Supply Chain performance and identify and quantify improvement opportunities</li> <li>Strong communication and presentation skills to interface with internal groups and exchange information through multiple modalities</li> <li>Solid strategic planning skills</li> <li>Proven influencing and negotiation skills; a strong collaborator</li> </ul> <br />Abilities<br /> <ul> <li>Demonstrated ability to build cross-functional teams</li> <li>Detail oriented, organized, and self-motivated</li> <li>Comfort with ambiguity and changing priorities</li> <li>Ability to interact well with diverse network of internal business partners</li> <li>Ability to influence organizational alignment across multiple business areas</li> <li>Ability to manage day to day activity in support of identified business area and functional area strategies &middot; Pragmatic; Creates harmony and unison in cross functional groups to drive and impact results</li> </ul> Education<br /> <ul> <li>Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in supply chain, Business Administration, Statistics or equivalent combination of education and related work experience.</li> <li>Master&rsquo;s degree in supply chain or related field preferred</li> </ul> Experience<br /> <ul> <li>Minimum of 7 years combined experience in Supply Chain, Logistics, Retail, Merchandising, Category, Pricing, Procurement, or Distribution</li> <li>Cross-functional leadership experience</li> </ul>