Lead, Supply Chain Management – Functional Solutions

🕒 October 7

🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $119k - $163.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔗 Supply Chain

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Mars

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10,000+ employees

🍽️ Food & Beverage

👥 B2C

🏭 Manufacturing

💰 Debt financing on 2025-04

Food & Beverage • B2C • Manufacturing

Mars is a large, family-owned global consumer goods company with a portfolio of well-known, consumer-facing brands. The company operates across food and petcare categories and emphasizes R&D, supply chain, veterinary expertise, and associate wellbeing (including a pet-friendly culture). Mars recently announced the completion of an acquisition of Kellanova and highlights career mobility, benefits, and a purpose-driven approach.

📋 Description

• Serve as the enterprise process owner and functional authority for supply chain execution, procurement, inventory, and warehousing systems across Mars Snacking Accelerator • Steer the SCM capability roadmap • Directly line-manage the SCM/SCP Functional Analyst • Own accountability for Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Advanced Warehouse Management (EWM/AWM), batch/FEFO traceability, and 3PL logistics integration • Partner with Procurement, Logistics, and Plant Warehousing leaders to convert operational goals into ERP capabilities • Architect end-to-end P2P workflows, including purchase orders, subcontracting/co-manufacturing, and automated 3-way invoice matching • Enforce a standard-first “Clean Core” architecture • Drive functional design for inventory management and advanced warehousing, including inbound staging, putaway, wave picking, cycle counting, and physical inventory • Own functional integration between SAP S/4HANA and external 3PL warehouse and carrier platforms • Govern logistics EDI/B2B transaction flows • Enforce SAP batch management rules, FEFO picking logic, and shelf-life tracking for audit-ready lot traceability • Lead, mentor, and oversee the SCM/SCP Functional Analyst • Match analyst and partner resources to initiatives based on project complexity and individual strengths • Deliver projects using SAP Activate, SAP Cloud ALM, Jira, Monday.com, and Smartsheet • Drive adoption of AI agents and SAP Situation Handling to resolve supply chain exceptions • Lead bi-annual cloud regression testing • Manage AMS support vendors against SLA/KPI metrics

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive enterprise ERP experience specializing in Supply Chain Management (SCM), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), and Warehouse Management • Demonstrated experience mentoring and leading functional analysts • Extensive hands-on experience architecting, delivering, and leading SAP S/4HANA enterprise solutions • In-depth functional mastery of operational purchasing, subcontracting, 3-way match, and Advanced/Extended Warehouse Management (EWM/AWM/IM) • Proven experience integrating SAP ERP with external 3PL WMS/TMS partners • Proven experience governing logistics EDI message sets (943, 944, 940, 945, 947, 846) • 5+ years in CPG or Food & Beverage environments • Experience with batch management, FEFO shelf-life allocation, co-manufacturing, cold chain, and lot traceability • Practical experience using SAP Activate, SAP Cloud ALM (CALM), Jira, Monday.com, or Smartsheet • Experience with AI agent and Situation Handling exception automation • Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Operations Management, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field

🏖️ Benefits

• 401(k) plan • Company-sponsored medical insurance • Company-sponsored dental insurance • Company-sponsored vision insurance • Basic life insurance for the employee and eligible dependents • Up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave • 120 hours of vacation per year • Paid sick time at 100% pay continuation for a maximum of 40 hours per calendar year • 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year • Variable pay and general allowances may be available if eligible