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Company: Wells Enterprises (a Ferrero Company)

Functional Area: Supply Chain & Logistics

The Role

The Sr. Supply Planning role will be responsible for coordinating and leading cross-functional reviews when customer fulfillment prioritizations are required.   Able to consume and analyze large, complex data and process to actionable insights for key stakeholders.

What You'll Do

• Ability to analyze large complex information and able to create dashboards and reporting to provide actionable insights for stakeholders. 
• Responsible for review of customer orders daily and prioritize the available inventory according to service priorities and communicate decisions and supply constraints to Customer Service, Sales, and key stakeholders.
• Support S&OP processes by providing priority updates and inventory risk assessments. Analyze order fulfillment performance, backorders, fill rates, and inventory utilization to identify trends and recommend improvements. 
• Prepare and present analysis at various IBP meetings; explaining financial variances to forecast, plan, budget, as well as other ad-hoc scenario analysis as requested.
• Support and pricing by partnering with Finance and evaluating the financial impact of changes in costs, labor, and overhead. 
• Be curious with strong problem-solving skills. Ability to work independently and with ambiguity. 
• Responsible for understanding and utilizing both internal and external data sources to ensure an accurate forecast (i.e. Arkieva, Llamasoft, Nielsen, and IRI). 

Wells Enterprises, a Ferrero company, is one of the largest ice cream manufacturers in the United States and the maker of well-loved brands including Blue Bunny, Halo Top, Bomb Pop, and Blue Ribbon Classics and today Trolli, Butterfinger 100grand, Baby Ruth, Nutella and Kinder Bueno. 

Wells Enterprises is a 2 billion company employing 4,000 employees, across 4 production plants and 2 main hub locations, Chicago and Le Mars. Guided by innovation, quality, and a people-first mindset, Wells is committed to delighting consumers and developing exceptional teams.

As part of the Ferrero Group, Wells combines its strong U.S. heritage with Ferrero's global standards of excellence, offering a unique opportunity to grow within a dynamic, values-driven, and international environment.

At Wells, our people-and their experience-sit at the heart of our ambition.  Learn more at www.wellsenterprisesinc.com.

What We Offer

At Wells, we're proud to support our employees with comprehensive benefits that enhance health, financial wellness, and include paid time off (PTO). Eligible employees may also receive an annual incentive bonus based on Company performance.  Learn more about our benefits here. 

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree preferred in business, math/statistics, finance/accounting.

• 5-7 years of experience in a demand planning role preferably in a CPG environment. 1-3 years of experience with S&OP. Background with demand planning software. Prefer experience with partnering with large retail accounts in collaborative demand planning or CPFR. 

• Knowledge Solid knowledge of overall business planning processes to ensure decisions are based on being able to see the big picture of supporting company goals & objectives. 
• Skills - Solid analytical and problem-solving skills, strong communication skills both verbal & written, able to effectively use Excel using data from various sources, strong listening skills & comfortable interfacing with customers & sales teams Possesses function and technical skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment, possesses excellent communication skills.
• Abilities - The ability to show patience in high tension situations, able to deal with concepts and complexity comfortably and the ability to focus on delta. 

• Supervisory Scope - Reports to Director of Demand Planning; direct reports - NA; Indirect Reports - N/A.

Wells Enterprises is an EEO/AA employer M/F/Vet/Dis

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