Job Description
Job DescriptionDescription:
At Cosmos Corporation, we make health and wellness products that help people and pets live better lives. From our O’Fallon, Missouri headquarters, we manufacture high-quality, natural liquid products with ingredients people trust.
We are growing and ready to hire our next ideal team player as the Senior Manager, Supply Planning.
The Senior Manager - Supply Planning is responsible for overseeing supply chain strategies to ensure efficient inventory management and production planning. They lead a team to balance supply with demand, optimize resources, and meet customer needs while minimizing costs. This role will work cross-functionally to develop and maintain a capacity planning system for the manufacturing plant. This role involves collaborating to align supply planning with business goals, improve processes, and address risks in the supply chain.
- Lead and develop the supply planning and scheduling team, driving best practices and continuous improvement.
- Oversee planners to ensure the availability of materials needed for production while optimizing inventory levels and minimizing costs in collaboration with sourcing.
- Oversee scheduler to ensure production schedules are created and maintained to align with resource availability and customer deadlines.
- Develop, manage, and improve supply planning metrics such as schedule adherence, inventory health, OTIF, capacity utilization, and planning accuracy.
- Identify supply risks, constraints, and bottlenecks; develop mitigation plans in partnership with Plant Operations, Sourcing, Quality, and Engineering.
- Support S&OP by providing supply scenarios, risk assessments, and recommendations to align supply with business objectives.
- Drive data accuracy and system optimization in ERP system.
- Ensure all planning and scheduling master data settings at the finished good and component level are maintained.
- Provide support in fostering relationships with customers and suppliers.
- Other tasks as assigned.
Requirements:
- Minimum of bachelor’s degree required.
- APICS CPIM/CSCP certifications preferred.
- Must have a Minimum 5 Years’ experience managing teams in a supervisory role.
- Knowledge of Inventory Management, Forecast Management, Production, Scheduling, Manufacturing, Distribution, Warehousing, and Transportation.
- Proficient in Microsoft Suite, exceptional in Microsoft Excel.
Competencies & Skills
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and cross-functional influence.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to operate in a fast-paced, changing environment.
- Excellent organizational and project management abilities.
- Strategic mindset with hands-on execution capability.
- Ability to prioritize, manage trade-offs, and make data-driven decisions.
What's In It for You
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) with company contribution.
- Paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, and 5 Mission Days.
- Short- & long-term disability, life insurance, and supplemental coverages.
- Development programs.
- A positive, purpose-driven culture where people truly care about one another.
Cosmos is a company that supports and invests in its employees. We have a healthy workplace culture guided by a clear vision, mission, promise, and values! Our culture is intentionally fostered daily by how employees live out our values. The result is a place where employees genuinely enjoy coming to work every day!
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position in both office and remote work settings.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:
- Sit for extended periods of time at a desk or workstation while working on a computer.
- Use hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, stylus, mouse, and design-related tools/software.
- Communicate clearly in person, over the phone, and through virtual meeting platforms.
- Engage in collaborative discussions, review sessions, and brainstorming meetings.
The employee may occasionally be required to:
- Stand, walk, or move about the office, production areas.
- Lift, carry, and handle packaging samples, marketing materials, or office supplies typically weighing up to 50 pounds.
- Reach, bend, or stoop to access materials, prototypes, files, or equipment.
Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus, including extended periods of viewing digital screens.
Cosmos Corporation is an equal-opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. Cosmos Corporation makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.