Contract Manufacturing Specialist - Sweet Goods
- Company:
Sara Lee - Location:
Downers Grove, IL 60515 - Job Status/Type:
Full Time
Employee - Job Category:
Manufacturing/Production/Operations - Industry:
Manufacturing - Other
Food and Beverage Production - Occupations:
Production/Operations Planning - Career Level:
Entry Level - Reference Code:
05959
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
We make it our mission at Sara Lee to "Simply delight you...every day." Our brands make up one of the world's best-loved portfolios of innovative food, beverage, household, and body care products. Our leading, trusted brands include Ambi Pur, Ball Park, Douwe Egberts, Hillshire Farm, Jimmy Dean, Kiwi, Sanex, Sara Lee, and Senseo. Collectively, these brands generate nearly $13 billion in annual net sales as they delight millions of consumers every day in approximately 200 countries around the world. The global Sara Lee team consists of 41,000 employees.
At Sara Lee, we believe that careers are as unique as individuals. That's why we offer employment opportunities that give you ownership of your career. With the resources of a global corporation and direct responsibility to make it happen, you can be confident that you'll always be able to perform your best and be recognized for it. At Sara Lee, the difference is you.
The Sara Lee compensation program is designed to provide you with comprehensive, flexible benefits that enable you to select those features that best fit your needs. Our benefits include, but are not limited to: medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life, short and long term disability, retirement plans, and tuition reimbursement.
An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer
- Lead the overall management for assigned co-manufacturers and address issues with internal and external stakeholders
- Develop & execute strategies for assigned category and project scope to achieve business objectives and benefit targets
- Maintain external / marketplace awareness related to trends within responsibility scope and supply chain best practices
- Proactively engage internal stakeholders to communicate new product solutions based on category and lead the co-manufacturing sourcing solution
- Participate in appropriate business team meetings to ensure engagement and manage relationships with internal and external key stakeholders
- Work with Sara Lee subject matter experts to gather and assess business requirements
- Research, analyze, and develop contract manufacturing capability profiles and develop detailed co-man cost models
- Develop total cost of ownership cost models for strategic product lines
- Manage commodity market fluctuations and understand how this effect co-manufacturer's cost models
- Find manufacturing solutions for capacity constraint product categories
- Maintain and develop co-man contracts within the S2C Tool
- Work with internal stakeholders to develop, communicate and execute category implementation plans
- Establish on-going category management strategies
- Implement and maintain contract manufacturing Key Performance Indicators and track performance relative to metrics
- Review performance data with Co-Manufacturers and key internal stakeholders
- Address and resolve issues related to material / service delivery to business partners
- Monitor Sara Lee and supplier compliance with supplier agreements related to assigned scope area
- Drive identification and development of lean manufacturing solutions with strategic co-manufacturers
- Provide first point of issue resolution for co-manufacturing service and quality issues
- Lead or participate in Cross-Functional Category Teams across business units as required
- Support all sourcing and innovation projects
- Work across the supply chain to identify, develop and implement lean manufacturing opportunities and solutions
- Execute ongoing category activities within assigned scope to achieve business objectives and benefit targets
- Align key initiatives with the appropriate Marketing Business Unit and develop implementation strategies, responsibility assignments and establish timelines for completion
- College degree required; Engineering, Supply Chain Management or Research & Development preferred
- Self motivated
- Excellent communicator
- Must be a quick study
- Proven ability to manage change
- Ability to work across boundaries and borders
- Strong decision making skills
- Politically persuasive
- Demonstrated collaboration and teamwork skills
We make it our mission at Sara Lee to "Simply delight you...every day." Our brands make up one of the world's best-loved portfolios of innovative food, beverage, household, and body care products. Our leading, trusted brands include Ambi Pur, Ball Park, Douwe Egberts, Hillshire Farm, Jimmy Dean, Kiwi, Sanex, Sara Lee, and Senseo. Collectively, these brands generate nearly $13 billion in annual net sales as they delight millions of consumers every day in approximately 200 countries around the world. The global Sara Lee team consists of 41,000 employees.
At Sara Lee, we believe that careers are as unique as individuals. That's why we offer employment opportunities that give you ownership of your career. With the resources of a global corporation and direct responsibility to make it happen, you can be confident that you'll always be able to perform your best and be recognized for it. At Sara Lee, the difference is you.
The Sara Lee compensation program is designed to provide you with comprehensive, flexible benefits that enable you to select those features that best fit your needs. Our benefits include, but are not limited to: medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life, short and long term disability, retirement plans, and tuition reimbursement.
