Leads Bimbo Bakeries USA’s national, multi-year manufacturing network planning portfolio. Responsibilities include assessing capacity and capabilities, developing 3-, 5-, and 10+ year plans, prioritizing capital investments, evaluating production sourcing and landed-cost scenarios, managing cross-functional projects, validating financial benefits, resolving portfolio risks, and developing planning talent across multiple facilities.
Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas’® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann’s® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!
More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development and allows our associates to be their authentic selves.
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Salary Range: $105,100 - $147,100
Annual Bonus Eligibility
Comprehensive Benefits Package
401k & Company Match
The posted salary range reflects the range the Company reasonably expects to pay for this position. Actual starting salary will be determined based on internal pay equity to promote consistency and fairness across comparable roles, while also considering the candidate’s relevant experience and qualifications.
Position Summary:
The Senior Manager of Strategic Manufacturing Planning will partner with the Director of Strategic Business Planning to lead the development and execution of BBU’s long-term manufacturing network plans. The role leads an integrated national portfolio of manufacturing capability, capacity, asset planning, productivity, and lowest landed cost initiatives. Working across manufacturing, engineering, finance, supply chain planning, distribution, commercial teams, and R&D, this leader establishes planning priorities, evaluates complex investment and production sourcing alternatives, and drives cross-regional alignment and execution. The Senior Manager operates with broad autonomy within approved strategy and investment authority, develops team capability, and is accountable for portfolio delivery, risk management, and validated business results.
Success will be measured by approval and execution of integrated 3-, 5-, and 10+ year manufacturing plans; closure of priority capability and capacity gaps; delivery of national portfolio milestones and finance-validated benefits; and sustained improvements in landed cost, asset utilization, and productivity while maintaining safety, quality, and service. Additional expectations include effective investment prioritization, timely resolution of cross-project risks, and development of manufacturing planning talent.
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Lead the national assessment of manufacturing capabilities and capacity; establish planning standards and prioritize gaps, constraints, and opportunities across regions and product categories.
- Own the integrated 3-, 5-, and 10+ year manufacturing capability, capacity, and asset planning roadmap; recommend investment priorities, modernization, product transfers, and network changes for leadership approval.
- Challenge and align demand, product, and growth assumptions with commercial and planning leaders; establish scenarios and contingency plans for material changes in business requirements.
- Direct a portfolio of complex, multi-site national manufacturing planning and productivity projects; establish governance, prioritize resources, and hold project owners accountable for milestones and validated benefits.
- Lead lowest landed cost strategy and scenario evaluation across production sourcing and network alternatives, integrating manufacturing conversion, materials, freight, distribution, inventory, and investment requirements with safety, quality, and service constraints.
- Lead cross-functional development and review of capital and asset business cases; challenge assumptions, evaluate financial returns and implementation risk, and recommend investment sequencing within approved strategy.
- Establish consistent analytical models, planning assumptions, and decision criteria for capacity utilization, capability gaps, production allocation, network trade-offs, and manufacturing cost opportunities.
- Resolve competing cross-functional and regional priorities, manage portfolio dependencies and resource trade-offs, and escalate decisions outside delegated authority with clear recommendations.
- Serve as a senior manufacturing planning partner to business leaders; present integrated strategies and investment recommendations and secure alignment on major cost, capability, and service trade-offs.
- Establish portfolio performance reviews with finance and operations; validate savings and profit-and-loss impact, address delivery gaps, and sustain accountability for realized benefits.
- Lead and develop the manufacturing planning team; coach project leaders, build analytical and planning capabilities, and partner with bakery leaders on operational readiness and sustainable implementation.
Key Behavioral Competencies:
- Build trusted partnerships with senior functional and regional leaders to align national manufacturing priorities and resolve competing objectives.
- Set clear portfolio objectives, decision rights, ownership, and accountability for implementation and sustained business results.
- Influence senior leadership through clear strategic recommendations, rigorous financial analysis, and transparent communication of risks and trade-offs.
- Exercise sound judgment and broad autonomy in balancing long-term manufacturing capability and asset needs with near-term cost, capacity, service, and operational requirements.
- Develop planning talent and project leaders through coaching, delegation, succession development, and consistent analytical and leadership standards.
- Lead complex change across regions and functions; resolve conflict, remove barriers, and sustain commitment to national portfolio priorities.
- Demonstrate financial stewardship through disciplined investment prioritization, lowest landed cost decisions, and accountability for realized productivity benefits.
Leadership Competencies
- Situational Adaptability - Adapts approach and attitude in real time, according to the changing demands of different situations.
- Drives Engagement - Creates a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.
- Ensures Accountability - Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments.
- Manages Complexity - Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
- Education and Work History:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Business Management, or a related field; MBA or a relevant master’s degree preferred.
- 8 or more years of progressively responsible experience in manufacturing operations, manufacturing or capacity planning, engineering, or supply chain network planning in the food industry or a comparable manufacturing environment, including at least 3 years leading complex, cross-functional, multi-site initiatives.
- Demonstrated success developing and implementing multi-year manufacturing capability, capacity, and asset strategies across multiple facilities; experience leading and developing teams or project leaders.
- Strong presentation and written/oral communication skills, with the ability to build business cases, explain trade-offs, negotiate priorities, and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, financial, and project management skills, including experience with cost modeling, landed cost analysis, capital evaluation, and cross-functional project delivery.
- Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, with the ability to develop scenario models and communicate manufacturing planning recommendations.
- Occasional travel throughout BBU to support bakery assessments, cross-functional planning, and national project implementation.
The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be requested to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Bimbo Bakeries USA is an equal opportunity employer with a policy that provides equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, any other classification protected by law.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
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