Senior Supply Chain Manager

COMPANY DESCRIPTION
At Beyond Meat, we started with simple questions. Why do you need an animal to create meat? Why can’t you build meat directly from plants? Thus, we make plant-based meats that allow families to eat more, not less, of the traditional dishes they love while feeling great about the health, sustainability, and animal welfare benefits of plant protein. Our goal is to bring exciting change to the plate—and Beyond.
The Senior Supply Chain Manager is responsible for managing the planning, inventory accuracy, and procurement processes for the Beyond Meat East Coast manufacturing facility. They will build, hire, and coach the team to ensure optimal performance of the value stream with accountability for driving improved COGS performance and inventory turns as well as ensuring production readiness. 

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain processes that ensure production readiness
• Scheduling management of materials, ingredients and finished goods to and from locations
• Procurement of all needed materials, WIP and ingredients
• Support commercialization and trial events
• Staffing of warehouse roles
• Partner with site and corporate management team to develop and execute the global Beyond Meat supply chain strategy.
• Manage day-to-day supply chain operations.
• Lead planning, procurement, and inventory accuracy performance at the plant.
• Implement business processes to improve key supply chain KPIs (plan adherence, inventory accuracy, SLOB reduction, turns, etc).
• Work with site leadership team to develop ERP system strategy including implementation of WMS/MES, NetSuite and Demandcaster. Ensure system accuracy and utilization.
• Lead upcoming ERP system transition.
• Manage and drive MRP process.
• Hire, grow, and develop supply chain and procurement team.
• Develops and monitors key product, program, and business metrics.
• Consistently identifies, implements, and socializes the most effective processes, tools, and systems to keep the department current with world-class best practices.
• Actively contributes to the development of the Beyond Meat culture and standards of quality.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7+ years of supply chain and/or manufacturing experience
• Bachelor’s Degree
• ASCM CPIM or CSCP Certification
• Expert understanding of supply chain factory planning processes and tools (ERP, MRP, DRP, etc)
• Prior supply chain / materials leadership experience in a manufacturing plant
• Ability to collaborate daily with a cross functional team in a healthy, robust matrixed environment.
• Process improvement experience using Lean and/or Six Sigma tools
• Competence with MS Office, specifically Excel.
• ERP systems and implementation knowledge; NetSuite experience a plus
• Excellent oral and written communications skills, team building, change management and team leadership experience and able to work with minimum direct supervision
• Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail

Beyond Meat is an equal employment opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, ancestry, veteran status, marital status, gender identify, sexual orientation, national origin, liability for military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. If you are interested in learning the status of your application, please note you will be contacted directly by the appropriate human resources contact person if you are selected for further consideration. Beyond Meat reserves the right to defer or close a vacancy at any time.
Please note that Beyond Meat has adopted a COVID-19 vaccination policy to safeguard the health and well-being of our employees. All U.S. employees who (a) physically enter a Beyond Meat facility in the United States, (b) represent Beyond Meat at work-related events, including but not limited to trade shows and product demonstrations, or (c) physically enter customer or potential customer sites in connection with their work for Beyond Meat must take all necessary steps to be Fully Vaccinated as a condition of employment, unless a reasonable accommodation is approved.