Blue Buffalo (BLUE), is one of the strongest and most recognized pet food brands in America, and the undisputed leader in Wholesome Natural pet food, the fastest growing segment of the market. At over four times the size of the next largest brand in this segment, BLUE has become the new mainstream brand that’s delivering products that pet parents are looking for, and connecting with them in a true, authentic way. BLUE thinks of dogs and cats as family members, and believes their food should be natural and healthy. In fact, this was the motivation for the Bishop Family’s decision to create the Blue Buffalo Company. When the beloved Bishop family dog, Blue, faced a variety of health issues, Bill and his two sons, Billy and Chris, set out to create a pet food that was made with only the highest quality natural ingredients—the kind of things a family member deserves. Fifteen years later BLUE has, in many ways, accomplished what the Bishops set out to do—help our dogs and cats live happy, healthy lives. BLUE has a broad portfolio of natural pet foods, enabling pet parents to satisfy their pet’s specific dietary, lifestyle and life-stage needs, offering them no-compromise product solutions. OVERVIEW This role is responsible for supporting the balancing of demand and inventory information against capacity realities to determine net requirements and production quantities by location. Process responsibility includes supporting the setting of inventory targets, Distribution Requirements Planning, Volume Planning, & Capacity Planning. Primary responsibility is to build supply plans that support demand while enabling commercial & supply chain decisions with cost-benefit analysis. This role will serve as a key member of the Pet Planning team, reporting to the Concurrent Supply Planning Lead - Pet. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES Distribution Requirements, Volume, & Capacity Planning: • Owns operational planning in week 5-13 and strategic planning from months 4-36 • Run scenarios based on total capacity, net requirements, inventory targets, segmentation strategies, and volume plans across locations based on cost-benefit analysis • Drive execution against selected Supply Plan scenarios that balances constraints in consideration of Capacity, Distribution Requirements, and Volume Planning • Partner with (distribution) Network Management to support mid to long-term distribution strategies • Support mid to long-term volume plans (production volume) • Build annual supply strategies to meet financial, operational, & business targets of each market he/she supports • Balance supply plan & drive adherence according to Shared Resources market supply agreements • Partners closely with Demand Planners to understand levers and make decisions regarding supply chain and business trade-offs Processes and Procedures: • Monitor & drive improvement through KPI tracking to reconcile performance against plans to drive ongoing improvements in costs, time, capacity, and asset utilization • Perform root cause analysis for key service issues, as well as share output with appropriate leadership Stakeholder Management: • Maintain and develop relationships with stakeholders, encourage and enhance cross function collaborations • Build relationships with Brand Planners and Product Platform Managers & understand all market supply agreements supported by his/her supply chain • Build relationship with finite scheduler, deployment, network manager and material planner, External Supply Chain and Region Planning Center of Excellence MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS • Bachelor’s degree in any major • 5+ years related experience • Knowledge of end-to-end supply chain planning process • Ability to utilize visualization and communication tools • Effective communication and influencing skills PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS • Bachelor's degree in Operations • Basic knowledge of demand planning processes, principles and acumen to push integrated strategies that consider impact of demand through supply chain • Pet enthusiast preferred • Must be able to work in environment with free-roaming companion pets • 2 years+ of experience as Logistics Planner or Supply Planner COMPANY OVERVIEW We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.