Supply Chain Planner

Island Way Sorbet•Wellesley, MA

13d•$65,000 - $75,000

About The Position

Behind every Island Way Sorbet is a complex supply chain balancing tropical ingredients, forecasting, fast-growing demand, and accelerating NPD launches. As Supply Chain Planner, you’ll help turn data into smarter decisions that keep this unique CPG brand running smoothly. Island Way Sorbet Island Way began with a dream, a dream to share the very best sorbet recipes in a way that paid tribute to exceptional taste. As we transformed tropical fruits into tropical sorbets we couldn’t resist noticing nature's perfect form of packaging. The Natural Fruit Shell. Easily biodegradable, Eco-Friendly, and inspiring, the natural fruit shell honored the legacy of our sorbets by delivering a sorbet with a wow factor in both presentation and taste. Since its inception Island Way has sparked curiosity and inspiration across the globe. What You Will Do As the Supply Chain Planner, you will play a key role in supporting Island Way’s supply planning and inventory management across North American markets. Working within our streamlined S&OP process, you’ll help balance supply and demand by managing inventory levels, optimizing sourcing decisions, and identifying opportunities to reduce excess inventory while meeting service level commitments. You’ll collaborate closely with Sales and cross-functional partners to align forecasts, improve demand planning accuracy, and refine planning models. Through strong data analysis and significant Excel expertise, you’ll help translate insights into actionable plans that support a fast-growing business and continuously improve our planning processes.

Requirements

3-5+ years’ experience in supply chain, with increasing levels of responsibility.
2+ years’ experience in inventory management, logistics and supply planning.
Hands-on experience in forecasting and demand planning.
Experience with different forecasting models, inventory management models and statistics.
Excellent Excel skills (ninja level) and the ability to communicate status updates through data to stakeholders and peers.
CPG experience is a must, food/bev manufacturing industry is preferred.
International supply chain experience preferred.
Ability to work across teams and with remote team members.
Strong attention to detail.
Thrives on a lean team in a small or medium-sized, scaling company environment.
High level of initiative, responsibility, and ability to work autonomously.
Superior communication skills and team spirit.

Nice To Haves

ERP working knowledge (NetSuite, Oracle, SAP or similar).
B.S. in Business, Finance or Supply Chain Management.
Experience in Frozen product supply chains.

Responsibilities

Support the supply planning process as part of our streamlined S&OP.
Manage inventory levels across all supply chain locations to meet business SLA’s.
Optimize sourcing requirements to achieve working capital targets.
Manage excess inventory and determine ways to prevent over sourcing.
Fine-tune inventory rules according to the demand plan and market trends.
Develop demand planning models, align forecasts from Sales, and support their inclusion into our planning processes.
Improve the forecast accuracy through cross-functional coordination and continual improvements of the forecasting and demand planning tool.