Welcome page Returning Candidate? Log back in! Sr Manager, Supply Chain Job Locations US-IL-Naperville Posted Date 22 hours ago(4/18/2025 9:48 AM) Category Supply Chain Company KeHE Distributors Requisition ID 2025-26374 Work Type Onsite Why Work for KeHE? Full-time
Pay Range: $84,200.00/Yr. - $123,420.00/Yr.
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Benefits on Day 1
Health/Rx
Dental
Vision
Flexible and health spending accounts (FSA/HSA)
Supplemental life insurance
401(k)
Paid time off
Paid sick time
Short term & long term disability coverage (STD/LTD)
Employee stock ownership (ESOP)
Holiday pay for company designated holidays Overview

Good people, working with good people, for our common good.

 

Sound good?

KeHE-a natural, organic, specialty and fresh food distributor – is all about being “Crazy Good” and is growing, there has never been a more exciting time to join our team.  If you’re enthusiastic about working in an environment with a people-first culture and an organization committed to good living, good food and good service, we’d love to talk to you!

Primary Responsibilities

The Senior Manager of Supply Chain leads a team of Demand Replenishment Planners and oversees an enterprise-wide supply chain operation with responsibilities over purchasing, demand planning and inventory management.  Additional responsibilities include strategic planning, ad hoc problem solving and managing relationships with a diverse vendor community, a growing customer base, and all relevant internal departments.  As with all positions at KeHE, we expect that all actions will be consistent with KeHE’s Mission, Vision and Values.

Essential Functions Leads a team of Demand Replenishment Planners and Transportation AnalystsCollaborates with Director team to influence department strategy and create yearly targets (SMART goals).  Ability to translate strategic goals into specific actions and team objectives.Works to maximize KPIs: outbound fill rate, inventory turns, days on hand, spoilage, and forecast accuracy.Partners with vendor community and KeHE (Transportation/Ops/AM) teams to problem solve, streamline processes and to maximize customer satisfaction.Proactively monitors the business and works to mitigate risks caused by critical demand and supply changes. Creates and fosters and environment of trust, teamwork, continuous improvement, accountability, and innovation.Drives strategic meetings, projects, and improvements with key vendors.Provide data driven insight and actionable feedback to key account teams.Serves as backup to the Director Supply Chain in his/her absence. Minimum Requirements, Qualifications, Additional Skills, Aptitude Outstanding analytic skills with demonstrated success organizing, analyzing, and accurately interpreting large amounts of data.Capable of influencing & educating organization on supply chain and forecasting success factors.High comfort level negotiating with vendors and key business partners. Skilled presenter to senior management and executive level.Outstanding communication (both verbal and written) and relationship management skills.Ability to prioritize workload to have the most significant impact on customer satisfaction and performance to KPI’s.Prior experience in food and/or code sensitive product environment preferred.Experience with business intelligence tools like Power BI and Tableau highly desired.Minimum Requirements, Qualifications, Additional Skills, AptitudeBachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations, Engineering, or related field.7+ years of related supply chain experience desired.Minimum 3 years of experience directly managing people, including hiring, developing, motivating, directing work and setting priorities.Forecasting/planning experience in a high SKU, slow movement environment utilizing advanced planning systems such as Manhattan, JDA Demand/Fulfillment, SAP/APO, Logility, Oracle Demantra, etc. Requisition ID 2025-26374 Equal Employer Opportunity Statement KeHE Distributors provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or faith, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training as well as the administration of all Human Resources and Talent Acquisition processes. Options Apply for this job onlineApplyShareEmail this job to a friendRefer Sorry the Share function is not working properly at this moment. Please refresh the page and try again later. Share on your newsfeed Application FAQs

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