Job description
Business Unit Overview:
Responsibilities & Accountabilities:
Travel:
Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings Inc., is focused on providing delicious food choices for every taste and budget. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all.
Brand:
The company’s portfolio ranges from iconic brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats
®, Grape-Nuts
® and PEBBLES
™ cereals, as well as Peter Pan
® peanut butter to the top-selling Malt-O-Meal
® brand of value ready-to-eat cereals and more. Our business is growing and that’s where you come in. Our company is a hearty mix of ambitious people who want to make great things happen.
Location Description:
Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America.
Responsibilities:
Overview:
The Director of Operations Business Management is the primary interface between the Manufacturing plants and Sales & Marketing and works closely with all functional departments including R&D, Engineering, Finance, Quality, Procurement, Demand/Supply Planning, & SC Operations teams. This individual has oversight for and leads the Supply Chain and Manufacturing inputs into the product commercialization process. This position plays an integral role in the development and implementation of new business initiatives with a focus on providing incremental capacity & capability for growth, volume, and GM% improvement through our internal and external manufacturing network. The Director leads a team of Operations Business Managers who will have direct oversight of specific technologies within the manufacturing network.
Work Location: Office/Remote Hybrid. This role will be officed out of the Lakeville, MN Corporate office
This position is in-office with a flexible schedule that may entail working from home a couple of days out of the week. #LI-hybrid
Responsibilities & Accountabilities:
- Primary liaison between the sales & marketing groups and the manufacturing plants.
- Operations commercialization expert with deep understanding of how engineering, manufacturing, and commercialization work with each other to execute the business strategy
- Builds close ties with R&D and engineering to support the strategic direction of manufacturing with regards to assigned assets
- Drive gross margin % improvement through partnership with Finance and other key stakeholders
- Supports and provides manufacturing guidance to project & brand management teams.
- Provides direction on product sourcing and manufacturing location for new items.
- Supports assessments on new products, line extensions, & quality improvements.
- Develops project justifications to improve manufacturing network flexibility & reduce costs.
- Serves as project sponsor/lead for network operations driven projects during commercialization.
- Performs capacity assessments to ensure network design matches anticipated volume within 4-18 month time horizon.
- Coordinates with sales to explore product options for underutilized assets & platforms.
- Assess manufacturing capabilities to ensure alignment with consumer promotions needs and planned future innovation
- Supports engineering and capital project initiatives as needed.
- Interfaces with sister companies on synergies and external manufacturing inquiries.
- Provides periodic manufacturing updates & capability overviews to organization.
- Provides support as needed to Network Strategy related to acquisitions.
- Work with the manufacturing plants and business teams on budgeting, forecasting, and resource allocation processes
- Develops best practices related to the commercialization process that drive efficiency.
- Coordinates reviews & gain alignment on project priorities with the commercial teams.
- Responsible for personal & career development of Operations Business Management Team
Work Structure:
Position requires high level of motivation & initiative to get results with little supervision. Key contacts internally include Sales, Marketing, Finance, R&D, Quality, Legal, and Supply Chain.
Qualifications:
REQUIREMENTS:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Food Science, or Supply Chain.
Experience& Skills:
- Minimum of 10 years manufacturing experience in food & consumer packaged goods.
- Minimum of 5 years supply chain experience with external contract packagers.
- Demonstrated leadership with strong negotiating and influence management skills.
- Ability to effectively communicate across the entire organization & all levels of management.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing costs and product P&L’s
- Track record of developing and implementing cost savings via continuous improvement.
- Strong business acumen and understanding of the commercialization process.
- Strong understanding of business continuity & risk profile analysis.
- Preferred prior CPG background and experience.
- Knowledge of engineering / manufacturing related operations (Production-Processing, Packaging, Controls, Mechanical, and Electrical) or strong financial analytical experience in an operations environment preferred.
- Critical/analytical/strategic/creative thinking; ability to communicate to all levels of the organization effectively, organize, prioritize and interpret; ability to direct department activities in a team-oriented environment.
Leadership Competencies:
People development and leadership, motivation, decision-making, problem solving, results orientation, budget & P&L management, ability to work with ambiguity. Ability to effectively influence other parts of the organization, while maintaining forward motion on key results and deliverables.
Travel:
Travel requirements related to this position is estimated to be 25-40% on an annual basis.
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