The Farmer's Dog

The Farmer's Dog

Senior Manager, Contract Manufacturing

New York, New York, United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$140k-$150kDetected 8 days ago
Project ManagementNegotiationAccountingExcelOperations ManagementSupply ChainProcurementPerformance ManagementLeadershipCollaborationProblem SolvingMicrosoft Office

About the role

  • While serving as their day-to-day point person, you'll also gain a deep understanding of their processes and needs.
  • This role reports directly to the VP, Contract Manufacturing.
  • One Team: We don't think of ourselves as "Acquisition Marketers", "Engineers", "Data Analysts", or "Product Managers".

Responsibilities

  • External Relationship Management: Serve as the primary point of contact for manufacturing partners, from day-to-day contact to weekly calls and quarterly business reviews (QBRs).
  • Establish and report critical metrics - including RFT, OTIF, cost per lb, yield, and complaint rates - to ensure data drives all decisions and partner accountability.
  • Internal Relationship Management: Act as the liaison for the manufacturing partner within TFD, explaining capabilities and the reasoning behind decision making and prioritization.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with P&P, FSQR, R&D, and other groups to ensure all stakeholders have the information needed to be successful.
  • Performance Improvement: Drive projects that improve throughput, performance, and product quality while simultaneously decreasing product cost.
  • Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions for service or quality failures, and proactively identify and mitigate operational risks.
  • Product Commercialization: Support projects from ideation through execution utilizing TFD's commercialization, qualification, and verification tenets.
  • Collaborate with manufacturing partners, FSQR, R&D, and Commercialization to ensure all parties are aligned and prepared for launches.
  • Capacity Management: Partner closely with planning to review capacity needs and commitments both short- and long-term. Influence decisions on where and how much to run with each partner based on a deep understanding of capabilities and metrics.
  • You possess outstanding project management and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think creatively and drive results.

Requirements

  • You are detail-oriented and proactive, you thrive as a self-starter and excel in managing multiple projects simultaneously

Nice to have

  • You have 3-5 years of experience in the food or beverage manufacturing industry.
  • You are skilled in plant operations management, engineering, supply chain, distribution, consulting, and/or procurement.
  • You have experience in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access) and Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms).
  • You are comfortable collaborating with cross-functional teams including Supply Chain, Finance, Accounting, Planning, Procurement, and FSQR.
  • You thrive in fast-paced settings and bring an assertive, proactive approach to your work.
  • You have experience with negotiation and contract manufacturing development (preferred).
  • You are comfortable with up to 50% work-related travel.
  • You are based in NYC or open to relocating to NYC.

Compensation

  • Market-competitive compensation and equity packages

Benefits

  • The Farmer's Dog was born from a mission to change the landscape of pet health, providing dogs and their humans with honest, smart, and simple care.
  • Join us as we continue to develop ways of bringing peace of mind to customers, health to their companions, and much-needed change to the way people feed and care for their pets.
  • Market-competitive compensation and equity packages
  • Comprehensive Healthcare, Dental, and Vision
  • Company supported mental health benefits
  • 12 week paid parental leave

Company info

  • The Farmer's Dog was born from a mission to change the landscape of pet health, providing dogs and their humans with honest, smart, and simple care. We're starting by radically improving the $90 billion pet food industry, replacing bags of highly-processed pellets with a personalized subscription service that sends complete and balanced, freshly-made dog food directly to customers' doors. Our ultimate goal is to create innovative, delightful and personalized experiences across all aspects of pet care, and we believe our direct-to-consumer business model, holistic approach to growth, and dynamic culture uniquely position us to shepherd this backwards industry into the future.
  • To date, The Farmer's Dog has delivered over 1 billion meals nationwide and raised over $150M in funding to help us build a company as healthy as the dogs who are eating those meals. Join us as we continue to develop ways of bringing peace of mind to customers, health to their companions, and much-needed change to the way people feed and care for their pets.
  • #LongLiveDogs
  • What We Stand For and Where You'll Come In
  • We're starting by radically improving the $90 billion pet food industry, replacing bags of highly-processed pellets with a personalized subscription service that sends complete and balanced, freshly-made dog food directly to customers' doors.
  • Our ultimate goal is to create innovative, delightful and personalized experiences across all aspects of pet care, and we believe our direct-to-consumer business model, holistic approach to growth, and dynamic culture uniquely position us to shepherd this backwards industry into the future.

Equal opportunity

  • The Farmer's Dog, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic or status.
  • For more information, please visit Know Your Rights.
  • Reasonable Accommodations
  • TFD complies with applicable federal, state, and local disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.
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