Job Description

About Us

The Kraft Heinz Company is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands and global sales of approximately $25 billion. Were a globally trusted producer of high-quality, great-tasting, and nutritious foods for over 150 years. While Kraft Heinz is co-headquartered in Chicago and Pittsburgh, our brands are truly global, with products produced and marketed in over 40 countries. These beloved products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, infant and nutrition products, and numerous other grocery products in a portfolio of more than 200 legacy and emerging brands.

We spark joy around mealtime with our iconic brands, including Kraft, Oscar Mayer, Heinz, Philadelphia, Lunchables, Velveeta, Planters, Maxwell House, Capri Sun, Ore-Ida, Kool-Aid, Jell-O, Primal Kitchen, and Classico, among others.

No matter the brand, were united under one vision: To sustainably grow by delighting more consumers globally. Bringing this vision to life is our team of 39,000+ food lovers, creative thinkers, and high performers worldwide. Together, we help provide meals to those in need through our global partnership with Rise Against Hunger. We also stand committed to responsible, sustainable practices that extend to every facet of our business, our consumers, and our communities. Every day, were transforming the food industry with bold thinking and unprecedented results. If you share our passion and are ready to create the future, build a legacy, and lead as a global citizen theres only one thing to do: join our table and lets make life delicious!

Our Culture of Ownership, Meritocracy & Collaboration

We're not afraid to think differently. Embrace new ideas. Dream big. We empower our people at every level from entry-level intern to senior leader to own their work. We share a responsibility to think like Owners to be mindful of the collective and sustained success of Kraft Heinz which we apply to every situation, every day. As part of Kraft Heinz, you're supported to grow and achieve. Youre expected to bring your authentic self to work every day, to lead with humility, and drive outstanding performance at every level and youll be rewarded. Youre given opportunities to leave a mark and build a legacy. But you wont do it alone. Youre supported by passionate teammates along the way, and our collective, collaborative spirit fuels our incredible progress.

Job Description

Role
The Materials Manager is responsible for ensuring the continuity of supply of raw and packaging materials to production facilities. Develops and manages replenishment strategies for assigned materials. Optimizes the balance between supply availability, inventory investment and risk of obsolescence. Works cross functionally with Marketing, Procurement, R&D, Suppliers, Quality, Plants, Product Change Managers, and Finance on commercialization and productivity change management initiatives to ensure on-time materials availability and cost minimizing transitions. Leads and collaborates with plants on inventory reduction inventory reduction initiatives by leveraging SAP and supplier capabilities to align with BU manufacturing strategy.

Primary Responsibilities

* Scope covers Materials Planning for $5.5 Billion in spend across 15,000 packaging, ingredients and commodity items. This spans 42 internal factories and 80 External Manufacturers
* Ensure flawless execution of the materials management aspects of commercialization and change management initiatives to ensure customer and productivity commitments are met by establishment and maintenance of effective communications with internal contacts (R&D, Procurement, Quality, Finance, Marketing, Plants, BU leadership) and external contacts (suppliers & External Manufacturers). Deliver transition strategy alternatives to the BU which enable cost-based decisions. Execute transition plan to minimize write-offs.
* Ensure availability of materials through delivery of supplier forecasts, supplier collaboration, establishment of effective communications and monitoring of key touch points. This delivers capability to produce finished goods as desired to enable delivery of service level to customers.
* Develop and implement optimal inventory replenishment strategies with Procurement, Suppliers, and Plants which align with BU manufacturing strategy, desired service levels, and BU risk profile. This provides cost-based supplier run rules and clarifies liability for supplier held inventory.
* Develop and lead inventory reduction initiatives entailing optimization of SAP MRP parameters, total supply chain process improvement, and application of Lean principles. Ensure cash flow goals (eg. Inventory $$ & DIOH are met)
* Minimize impact of unneeded excess inventory through transfer to other Kraft locations, return to supplier, or salvage sale (ingredients).
* Provide input to Procurement on projected volumes, business changes, supplier performance, and contractual needs so that Procurement can write contracts that serve the BUs and minimize total cost
* Manage major supply disruptions driven by extraordinary events (flood, supplier bankruptcy, supplier Equipment failure, major quality issues, etc).
* Understand supplier capacity constraints and have appropriate contingency plans in place to maintain supply when capacity is exceeded.
* Maintain key data impacting job function such as contract balances and material discontinuation
* Continuously improve job processes and provide continuous improvement suggestions for the larger Materials Management Function.

Qualifications

* Bachelors Degree required; MBA preferred
* 3-5+ years of experience required
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills cross-functionally and at various management levels
* Strong computer and analytical skills; Prior experience in SAP, Tableau, and Excel required
* Planner/scheduler experience is required
* Strong influencing skills
* Strong problem-solving skills with data driven, total cost approach
* Inventory management experience preferable
* CPG experience preferred
* Prior management experience preferred

Location(s)

Chicago/Aon Center

Equal Opportunity Employerminorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity