Senior Manager, Co-Manufacturing Manager

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Two generations of families-and counting-have grown up on Horizon Organic milk. From the start, as the leading organic milk producer in the U.S., Horizon has been committed to delivering innovative, nourishing dairy that growing families can rely on. In 2023, Horizon Organic became a brand of Platinum Equity. Today, Horizon works with more than 500 farmers across the U.S. to bring high-quality, certified organic milk to consumers. For more information on Horizon's full portfolio of organic dairy products, visit Horizon.com.

We are currently looking to hire a Senior Manager, Co-Manufacturing Manager who will create and manage relationships, agreements and projects with Co-Manufacturing (Co-Man) suppliers to deliver manufacturing capacity and capabilities at competitive costs, with excellent quality and performance. The role will lead an Inventory Control Team and is tasked with setting a clear direction, strategy and expectations for the group. The role participates in various commercial and quality system assessments of key Contract Manufacturers, with a particular focus on identification and quantification of opportunities for joint improvement activities.

The role can be hybrid or remote with a preference to be based in Broomfield, CO.

About the Job:

Category strategy development, validation & activation

• • Develop in depth market Co-manufacturing knowledge for existing and innovation platforms
  • Develop, lead and activate Co-Man sourcing strategies to meet regional capacity requirements and Company established quality and performance criteria at competitive costs.
  • Engage with and assist in onboarding new Co-Packers

Co-Man relationship & performance management

• • Identify, build, and develop relationships with Co-manufacturers
  • Preparation of performance objectives and annual business reviews

Support Innovation and productivity projects

• • Identify key innovation needs with Marketing and R&I, particularly in early stages of developments (Inno Days, Select & Define phases)
  • Leverage Co-Man network and assess innovation capabilities
  • Identifying improvement projects and managing cross-functional implementation to improve performance of key components and suppliers

Category reporting, compliance and system integration

• • Prepare or contribute to Budget, price lists, and Purchase Price Variance Analysis
  • Monitor Financial performance: productivity & cash
  • Ensure Co-Man Quality compliance: Manufacturing site audit
  • Ensure Co-Man performance compliance and generate action plans for any deficiencies
  • Support contract compliance & GTCPs

Secure sourcing of materials

• • Together with Procurement Team:
  • Support and ensure that capacity requirements are met
  • Support Business Contingency plans for critical platforms or products
  • Improve forecast accuracy with demand planning and suppliers
  • Service Level Agreement with suppliers: Production to Plan measure experience.

The base compensation range for this position is $96,000 - $143,000 commensurate with experience.

About You:

• Bachelors Degree in Business/Food Science/Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum eight years' experience required, preferably in CPG beverage procurement and food supply chain
• Experience in commercialization/ launches of new products
• Experience in leading, managing and developing direct reports
• Strong contract negotiation skills
• Solution oriented; always focused on solving problems
• Strong financial acumen and business understanding
• Excellent stakeholder influencing skills and cross functional leadership
• Project management fundamentals to easily facilitate cross functional projects
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to build positive relationships with plant leadership teams, corporate continuous improvement team and other functions as necessary

• Travel - Up to 50% (primarily North America)

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