Job Description
Job Description
Welcome To The Traegerhood:
Our business is BBQ, and business tastes good. Traeger invented the wood pellet grill over 30 years ago, and we've been revolutionizing outdoor cooking ever since. We're a team of disruptors, innovators, problem solvers, and food fanatics who are dedicated to bringing people together to create a more flavorful world. From our headquarters in Salt Lake City and beyond, we work tirelessly to provide a world-class experience to our customers, retailers, and especially our employees. If you're a team player who's dedicated to delivering top-quality results every day, then we want you to come cook with us!
What You'll Do:
As the Global Supply Planning Manager, you will coordinate and manage a team of supply planners that play a meaningful role in the delivery of reliable supply to Traeger's Customer base. This position works closely with Demand Planning, External & Internal Manufacturing, Sourcing, Quality, Transportation, Project Management, Sales, and Finance to co-ordinate these activities.
How You'll Help Us Win:
- Drive rapid, significant, and sustainable improvement in on time delivery, production flexibility, lead times and Minimum Order Quantities
- Lead regular strategy deployment and key performance indicator (KPI) reviews for the Manufacturing and Planning teams – responsible for both setting and driving attainment to the targets
- Passionately drive continuous improvement culture while implementing the strategic roadmap to achieve breakthrough performance in working capital, quality, delivery, cost and growth
- Ensure key materials metrics (Inventory, Supplier Delivery Performance, Plant/Vendor Fill Rates, and Supplier Quality) and key performance indicator systems are consistently tracking the appropriate measures and driving appropriate pro-active problem solving behaviors
- Periodically present plans and actual results, as well as strategy deployment and KPI progress to plant and business unit management teams. Take aggressive action to drive financial performance in the areas of inventory levels, customer delivery and daily purchasing
- Partner with management across the business to coordinate materials functions with manufacturing, sales, marketing, design engineering and other departments.
- Play an active and significant role in the S&OP process Continually benchmark best practices and implement as appropriate.
- Participate in NPI process and Go-to-Market planning through product commercialization & launch
What You'll Need To Succeed:
- At least 5-10 years of relevant experience or equivalent specialized education/training in supply chain and/or operations.
- Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and/or Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) or proven ability to learn new systems quickly
- Advanced Excel skills
- Effective project management skills, team leadership skills, strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written and the ability to effectively communicate throughout all levels of the organization.
- Ability to quickly interpret, summarize, and disseminate large volumes of data into actionable management information.
- Solid problem-solving ability and strong attention to detail required.
- High attention to detail and ability to respond to changing priorities
- Experience with software development as project manager
- Experience designing reports using Access, SQL, Tableau, Power BI or similar
Why You Will Love Working Here:
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- Be part of the most disruptive force in outdoor cooking
- Join a true team working towards a common goal
- Culture of risk-taking, innovation, & quality
- Much. Food.
- Have an outdoor lover's paradise in your backyard
- Work within 45 minutes of 7 world-class ski resorts
- Access to Ski Utah Gold Passes for free skiing, riding, & mountain biking
- Full medical/dental/vision package to fit your needs
- 401k to help you plan for the future
- Tuition reimbursement
- Individual professional development programs & initiatives to help you grow professionally
- Great discounts on all things Traeger
- Did we mention all the food?