Industrial Supply Chain Manager bei Flora Food Group
Flora Food Group · Hugoton, Vereinigte Staaten Von Amerika · Onsite
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- Optionales Büro in Hugoton
About Flora Food Group
We offer consumers a compelling choice in four growing categories: butters and spreads, creams, liquids and cheeses. We hold leadership positions in many of the 100 countries we operate in, with iconic brands including Flora, Becel+ProActiv, Blue Band, Country Crock, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Rama, and Violife, together with our local brands and Professional business.
Global branded food champion Flora Food Group, offers the next generation of delicious, natural, nutritious food. Our products are more affordable and more sustainable than their dairy equivalents.
Job Description – Industrial Dairy Supply Chain Lead
Position: Industrial Dairy Supply Chain Lead
Location: Hugoton, Kansas
Reports to: Business Development Director
Role Overview
The Industrial Dairy Supply Chain Lead will ensure the seamless execution of supply chain activities
across our dairy operations, acting as the primary counterpart to customers on supply chain topics. This
role balances commercial commitments with operational execution, overseeing inbound milk
management, production scheduling, inventory flow, and outbound logistics. Reporting to the Business
Development Director, this position plays a critical part in translating customer expectations into
operational delivery, driving both reliability and service excellence.
Key Responsibilities
Customer & Business Development Interface
Serve as the main supply chain contact for customers, handling escalations and ensuring issues are
resolved quickly and effectively. Collaborate with the Business Development Director and commercial
teams to translate customer forecasts and contracts into executable supply plans. Provide regular
service level reporting and proactively identify risks to customer satisfaction.
Planning & Scheduling
Lead the short- and medium-term production planning, aligning raw milk intake with customer demand
and plant capacity. Optimize schedules for efficiency, service levels, and cost effectiveness. Maintain
rolling forecasts and adjust plans dynamically based on milk supply variability and customer order
changes.
Inbound Milk & Plant Coordination
Oversee the inbound raw milk process from suppliers/cooperatives, ensuring volumes, quality, and
timing meet requirements. Align intake with plant operations to secure continuous production flows.
Track milk supply versus forecast, escalating deviations and proposing corrective actions.
Supply Chain Operations & Logistics
Manage inventory, warehousing, and outbound distribution of finished dairy products. Coordinate with
logistics providers to ensure on-time, in-full (OTIF) deliveries to customers. Support cost efficiency and
sustainability initiatives across the supply chain.
Performance & Continuous Improvement
Define and monitor KPIs such as service levels, OTIF, plant utilization, and inventory turns. Drive
continuous improvement in planning accuracy, supply reliability, and operational responsiveness.
Partner cross-functionally (operations, quality, finance, BD) to strengthen the end-to-end supply chain.
Qualifications & Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Dairy/Food Science, or related
field.
• 5–7+ years of experience in supply chain management, production planning, or logistics, ideally in
dairy or food processing.
• Strong track record of customer service and escalation management.
• Proficiency with ERP and planning systems (SAP, Oracle, or equivalent).
• Solid understanding of dairy supply dynamics and regulatory requirements.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and negotiation skills.
Competencies
• Customer-first mindset: ensuring supply reliability in line with commercial promises.
• Cross-functional leadership: able to coordinate between BD, operations, and customers.
• Analytical and structured: turning data into actionable insights for planning.
• Agility and resilience: navigating variability in milk supply and market demand.
• Continuous improvement orientation: committed to optimizing processes and service levels.
Why Join Us
This is a high-visibility role at the intersection of customers, commercial growth, and plant operations.
As Industrial Dairy Supply Chain Lead, you will have the opportunity to directly shape customer
satisfaction and operational reliability, while supporting the Business Development Director in delivering
sustainable growth for our dairy business.
We understand your resume might not be up to date and recommend that you apply with what you have or your LinkedIn Profile. Flora Food Group is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, we understand that you might not meet all the requirements stated in the description, but we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this role or other roles.
Flora Food Group is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias.
No personal characteristics should be a barrier to joining Flora Food Group. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other personal characteristics.
