Supply Chain Planning

Founded in 1954,
Vibrant Ingredients
is a leading provider of natural, clean label ingredients and systems that power extraordinary food and beverage experiences. The company's broad portfolio — including natural flavors, botanical extracts, functional nutrition, cold brew coffee, tea essences, and food protection solutions — enhances taste, texture, color, shelf life, and performance across a wide range of applications. Vibrant operates four state-of-the-art facilities across the United States and works with leading brands, manufacturers, and foodservice operators. With vertically integrated capabilities and a proven track record of innovation and execution, Vibrant helps customers accelerate to market without compromise.

About The Role
We are a trusted partner to our customers when it comes to innovation and an industry leader in clean label ingredients, we are a true partner. We collaborate with our customers in ways that respect people and the environment. A commitment to Purely Better drives our innovation team to discover new, on trend solutions.

As the
Supply Chain Planning & Performance Manager
, you will play a critical role in optimizing our end-to-end supply chain within a dynamic food, ingredients, and beverage manufacturing environment. This role is responsible for elevating supply chain performance through advanced analytics, disciplined planning processes, and effective activation of ERP and digital tools. You will lead the enhancement of S&OP/IBP practices and drive the maturity of planning systems to improve visibility, agility, and decision-making across the value chain.

How Will You Contribute
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. Essential job functions and duties include, but are not limited to:

Performance Management & Analytics

• Develop, monitor, and report supply chain performance KPIs, including service levels, inventory turns, forecast accuracy, production adherence, material availability, and logistics cost.
• Conduct root cause analyses of performance gaps, driving actions to improve supply reliability and customer fulfillment.
• Partner with Finance to align supply chain performance with P&L and working capital goals.

Planning Excellence & Process Leadership

• Lead continuous improvement of demand, supply, and inventory planning processes to balance service, cost, and cash objectives.
• Support rollout and ongoing maturity of S&OP/IBP processes, ensuring strong cross-functional alignment across Sales, Operations, and Procurement.

ERP / APS Product Ownership

• Serve as ERP and Advanced Planning Systems (APS) product owner for planning functionality.
• Lead activation, configuration, and optimization of planning modules such as MRP, DRP, Demand Planning, Production Scheduling, and Capacity Planning.
• Partner with IT, Master Data, and Operations to ensure accurate system data, including BOMs, routings, lead times, lot sizing, and shelf-life constraints.

Digital Tools & Data Visualization

• Promote adoption of digital analytics tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.) to visualize performance, enhance forecasting, and enable proactive decision-making.
• Translate complex data into actionable insights that drive improved planning efficiency and supply chain outcomes.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or a related discipline. MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• 5–10 years of progressive experience in supply chain management or planning, preferably within food, beverage, or ingredient manufacturing.
• Demonstrated success leading S&OP/IBP processes and improving planning outcomes.
• Hands-on experience with ERP systems (SAP, JD Edwards, Oracle, Microsoft Business Central, or similar), including activation/optimization of planning modules.

Preferred Qualifications

• Lean, Six Sigma, or APICS/ASCM certification preferred.

Work Environment

• May involve exposure to allergens such as Soy, Wheat, Fish, Shellfish, Milk, Egg, Tree Nuts and Sesame.

What Vibrant Ingredients Can Offer You

• Generous time off for vacations
• Paid Holidays
• 401(k) with company match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Health & Wellness programs

More About Us
Vibrant Ingredients, headquartered in Lake Mary, FL, is one of the world's leading independent providers of natural ingredients. With a legacy spanning over 70 years, we deliver a diverse portfolio of clean label ingredients and innovative system solutions to the food and beverage industry. Our commitment to quality and performance is reflected in our American-made products, which enhance both taste and functionality. Backed by advanced manufacturing capabilities, we specialize in fermentation, patented cold brew extraction, custom flavor development, and a range of drying and blending technologies. Operating from four state-of-the-art facilities strategically located across the U.S., we ensure the accessibility of real, high-quality ingredients—helping our customers create better-for-you food and beverage for consumers.

"Improving the food and beverages consumed by providing real ingredients from nature that work."

This position is currently classified as on-site.
Employees are eligible to participate in Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401(k), Holidays, Vacation, Tuition Reimbursement Program.

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