The Sr. Supply Planner is part of Darigold’s supply planning team in Seattle. They play a central role in production and inventory management by developing, maintaining, and publishing a Master Production Schedule (MPS) and inventory reporting for Darigold’s consumer products. The Sr. Supply Planner will gain a deep understanding of the consumer products business and make recommendations on production strategies to leadership. Success in this role is determined by ability to manage supply plans and scenarios, build strong cross-functional relationships, and think creatively within a complex business environment to maximize business results through superior customer order fulfillment.

Additionally, this position has the opportunity to influence the business at a strategic level by maintaining and enhancing capacity models, contributing to Darigold’s monthly supply review process, and refining business planning processes.

What You Will Do

• Provide a production plan to plants considering customer demand profiles, inventory age, plant capacities, materials availability and other factors
• Build maintain intermediate range (12-18 month) supply models of the business, identifying gaps in capabilities vs demand, and making recommendations to leadership of reconciliation options
• Provide inventory forecasts to leadership based on the supply and demand plan to support strategic inventory management decisions
• Own capacity modeling process for your respective plants based on demonstrated capabilities and expected future step-changes
• Partner with sales, logistics, and customer service to ensure orders are shipped on-time and in full
• Partner with sales, logistics, customer service, and demand planning to ensure supply is consumed within it’s saleable life and minimize inventory write-downs
• Maintain master item data integrity to ensure accurate reporting and high-integrity plans within the organization
• Provide a senior-level perspective on supply chain planning, providing mentorship and thought leadership so that junior members of the team can grow
• Learn the processes and duties of other planning areas to provide backup as needed
• Manage seasonal SKU activity and plan for inventory builds

What You Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in business, finance, operations, or supply chain
• 4 - 6 years of experience in supply planning, inventory management, or supply chain
• 4 - 6 years of experience in a manufacturing field in an analytical or planning role
• Strong computer skills with expertise in Microsoft Excel required
• Skilled in other Microsoft Office products (PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Strong analytical capability
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated organization, follow-up, and detail orientation
• Ability to prioritize competing assignments and meet established deadlines

Nice to Have’s

• APICS CPIM certification or equivalent
• Advanced degree in business, finance, operations or supply chain
• Experience using/building reports in Microsoft PowerBI
• Experience running/writing queries in SQL
• Experience developing data models that are easy to understand and simple to update

  Benefits of Working at Darigold

  We understand that as an employee, benefits that support you and your family in and out of work are important. We are proud to offer eligible positions a competitive total rewards package – that includes:

  • Employer 401K contribution of up to 9%
  • Comprehensive medical, dental & vision benefits
  • Employer-paid life & disability coverage
  • Paid time off and paid Holidays
  • 8 weeks of paid paternal Leave
  • Education assistance
  • Flexible (hybrid) working arrangement
  • Compensation range: $91,161 to $125,245(individual wage based on previous experience, knowledge, and skills)

Darigold is known for delivering fresh, high-quality, value-added dairy products to people, & customer-driven solutions to organizations, all around the globe. We are the 5th largest dairy Co-Op in the US & one of the largest privately held organizations headquartered in Seattle, Washington. We produce over 10 billion pounds of milk every year! Since 1918, our Farmer-owners have taken great pride in producing nutritious dairy products with unsurpassed quality. Our work environment provides a result-driven, collaborative space, with open & transparent communication, & a culture of celebrating everyone’s wins. Our mid-size private business model provides the ability to have dynamic involvement at all levels of our organization. We’re also proud to say we offer an excellent Total Compensation Package & a few other unique perks to our industry!

At Darigold, we embrace diversity & welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, marital status, creed, religion, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law- We’re proud to say we are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.

As a condition of employment applicants offered a role will be required to successfully pass our pre-employment background screen, receive a negative drug screen result & confirm eligibility to work in the U.S. We participate in E-Verify- please follow the links for details, English / Spanish & view our Right to Work Statement, English / Spanish.