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Clover Sonoma | Posted Mar 13

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As a purpose-driven, certified B corporation, Clover is leading the way for conscious businesses by demonstrating care for all stakeholders and moving the world forward. We are committed to lowering our environmental impact and meeting our sustainability targets, by providing kids and adults with healthy, nutritious, and delicious products that are made with care for animals, people, and the planet.

Clover Sonoma is seeking a highly strategic and analytical Sr. Director, Supply & Capacity Planning to lead the enterprise supply planning organization across commodities, milk balancing, capacity modeling, demand planning, and product replenishment.

Reporting directly to the COO, this leader owns the supply side of the business — ensuring reliable raw milk and material availability, proactive commodity risk management, optimized milk utilization, aligned production capacity, and inventory performance that supports Clover’s growth, margin objectives, and sustainability commitments.

Partnering closely with Commercial, Finance, Farm Relations, and Manufacturing leadership, this role translates demand signals into executable, cost‑effective, and scalable supply strategies. While Commercial retains ownership of S&OP governance, the Sr. Director ensures supply readiness, operational alignment, and disciplined execution across the network.

This is a high‑impact leadership opportunity for a supply chain leader who thrives in a dynamic, commodity‑driven environment and wants to shape the operational engine of a purpose‑driven, growth‑oriented dairy brand.

• Primary Liaison Between Manufacturing/Warehouse/Distribution Operations and Sales/Operations Teams: Direct and lead the primary communication and strategic alignment between Manufacturing, Warehouse, Distribution Operations, and Sales/Commercial teams. Oversee real‑time reporting of product availability and inventory status to Sales, ensuring rapid resolution of fulfillment challenges and effective prioritization of deliveries.
• Strategically influence and optimize production scheduling to maximize manufacturing efficiency, minimize changeover time, and meet fluctuating customer demand. Lead daily and weekly coordination meetings with key stakeholders to review fill rates, safety stock levels, systemic bottlenecks, and finalize short‑term operational execution plans.
• Enterprise Capacity Planning and Constraint Management: Direct the development and ongoing refinement of a 3–5 year supply chain capacity model spanning all operations, including production lines, warehousing, distribution fleet, and co‑manufacturing. Conduct rigorous capacity analysis to anticipate future growth requirements, proactively identify operational constraints, and design long‑term capital and operational strategies to remove bottlenecks and enable the company’s growth targets ($250M to $400M+).
• Capital Expenditure (CapEx) Planning: Partner with the CEO, COO, VP of Strategy & Execution and Finance to forecast, evaluate, and justify capital expenditures supporting supply chain infrastructure improvements — including new processing equipment, expanded cold storage, and technology upgrades. Ensure capital planning positions the supply chain to scale effectively in support of a growing premium dairy brand.
• Strategic Dairy Industry Relations and Raw Material Balancing: Establish and cultivate strategic relationships with key industry stakeholders, including milk brokers, other California dairy plants, and co‑manufacturers. Proactively manage raw milk balancing requirements across the enterprise, including forecasting conventional and organic demand over an 18‑month rolling horizon. Model seasonal fluctuations in supply and demand to ensure reliable raw milk availability, particularly during peak production seasons. Serve as the primary external point of contact to strategically balance milk and cream needs across the operation, securing consistent, high‑quality raw material flow while negotiating favorable and competitive contract terms.
• New Products and New Customers Introduction Support: Collaborate closely with the Sales & Marketing team to define the supply chain requirements for all new product introductions (NPIs) and New Customers. Collaborate cross‑functionally with Sales, Production, Finance, and Quality Assurance to align demand forecasts, production schedules, and inventory targets.
• Establish and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) for the entire supply chain to the executive team.
• Oversee the effective use of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system (SAP) for production planning, inventory management, and reporting.

• Strategic Planning & Engineering Analysis: Proven ability to define and execute long‑term supply chain and capacity goals that are quantitatively aligned with company growth targets. Demonstrated systematic, engineering‑based approach to modeling complex operational systems.
• Executive Communication & Cross‑Functional Leadership: Exceptional verbal and written communication and presentation skills, capable of influencing and aligning diverse executive and operational stakeholders, both internal and external (suppliers, industry contacts, co‑manufacturers).
• Advanced Problem‑Solving & Constraint Removal: Decisive, data‑driven approach to resolving real‑time supply chain disruptions. Ability to analyze complex supply chain and operational models to proactively identify bottlenecks, and architect and champion long‑term capital and process plans for constraint removal, risk mitigation, and cost optimization.
• Quantitative & Systems Expertise: Deep, practical expertise in advanced capacity modeling, cold chain logistics, and best practices in inventory control. Expert proficiency with major Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems (e.g., SAP) for production planning and inventory. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel is mandatory, including the ability to build, maintain, and utilize complex data models, advanced statistical functions, and cost‑to‑serve analyses for forecasting and strategic planning.
• Regulatory and Compliance Oversight: Strong commitment to and understanding of adherence to company policies, procedures, and applicable industry regulations, including dairy, food safety, and procurement compliance standards at a strategic level.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in a senior supply chain or operational role, ideally in the food or high‑volume manufacturing industry. A degree in Engineering (e.g., Industrial, Mechanical), Supply Chain Management, Business, or a related quantitative field is preferred.

• Analytical Acumen: Exceptional ability to interpret complex operational and market data, translating quantitative analysis into actionable, high‑impact business strategies and capital expenditure justifications.
• Strategic Relationship Management: Superior soft skills encompassing high‑stakes negotiation, organizational agility, and the ability to build and maintain robust, strategic relationships with key external partners (e.g., milk brokers, co‑manufacturers).
• Leadership and Decisiveness: A proven track record of effective problem‑solving and decision‑making under pressure, coupled with the organizational skills required to manage multiple complex, interdependent priorities across a large organization.

Compensation Range: $190K - $220K