HelloFresh

HelloFresh

Senior Manager, Long-Term Planning

Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$16k-$52kDetected 1 day ago
ExcelSAPSupply ChainLogisticsProcurementERPLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationPublic SpeakingS&OP

About the role

  • The Senior Manager, Long-Term Planning will serve as the architect of our future-state planning for the North America (NA) market, comprising our US and CA businesses.
  • Reporting into the Director, Strategic Planning, you will be responsible for implementing a structured, long-term strategic planning horizon in the NA business.
  • This role demands a strategic mindset, strong analytical skills, and effective collaboration to ensure a seamless flow of goods and services.

Responsibilities

  • Drive Long-Term Alignment: Own the long-term view (16-52 weeks) of end-to-end plans.
  • You will collaborate with Network, Demand, Fulfillment, and Supply Planning counterparts to assess risks and ensure our infrastructure can support initiatives like "Project 500" (expanding to 500+ recipes) and "Infinite Choice".
  • Champion Process Standardization: Partner with global Planning counterparts to understand successful operating models and adapt best practices for NA, fostering a unified North American planning culture.
  • Support planning Tooling Strategy (Build vs.
  • Buy): Help define detailed business requirements, participate in evaluation of external vendors versus internal builds, and draft the business case to move the NA planning function away from manual Google Sheets toward an integrated, automated Planning System.
  • Experience implementing, managing or working with Advanced Planning Systems (APS) (e.g., OMP, Blue Yonder, SAP IBP, Kinaxis) and managing the "build vs. buy" decision process
  • Ability to work as an Individual Contributor who leads through influence across cross-functional stakeholders (Operations, Logistics, Procurement, Finance, Product).

Requirements

  • You will facilitate the monthly review meetings, identifying misalignments between demand and supply, and owning the escalation process to senior leadership when decisions on footprint, inventory, or labor are required.
  • If you have any concerns with being exposed to any particular food ingredients, including meat, please disclose this during the hiring process.
  • A Strategic Thinker: You can look past today's operational fires to solve tomorrow's structural problems.
  • An Effective Communicator: You can distill complex supply chain risks into clear decision points for the Executive Team.
  • A Change Agent: You are comfortable driving process adoption in an environment transitioning from siloed operations to integrated planning.
  • It would be an asset if you have:
  • 6+ years of experience in Supply Chain Planning, S&OP, Network / Operations Strategy, or related positions that require cross-functional collaboration in the intersection between strategy and operations
  • Proficiency in spreadsheet applications, such as Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets, with preference for ability to automate within spreadsheets
  • Bachelor's / Master's degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, or a related field
  • Bachelor's / Master's degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, or a related field; strong mathematical/statistical skills.

Skills

  • This is a critical
  • Implementing a formal Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process in the US, leveraging our Canadian model as a reference point
  • Leading and continue improving our existing S&OP process in Canada
  • Acting as the key NA Planning representative for our global transition from manual tools into an Advanced Planning System

Compensation

  • Toronto, ON Pay Range

Benefits

  • Health & Wellness
  • Health & Dental benefits from day 1, a Health Spending Account, unlimited access to the Headspace app to meet your self-care needs, and 25% discount on GoodLife fitness memberships!
  • Vacation & PTO
  • Time off is also an important part of self-care!
  • We offer generous vacation and PTO to help you create a good work-life balance.
  • Family Benefits
  • A parental leave top-up program for expectant parents.
  • We support your career progression, provide development opportunities, and invest in your continued learning through our organization wide L&D fund.

Company info

  • It's no surprise that as a food company, we use many ingredients that may be considered common allergens (i.e. peanuts, tree nuts, milk, etc.).
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