Amara is scaling quickly, and this role sits at the center of how growth turns into reality. As Supply Chain Planning Manager, you’ll own demand planning and help bring structure, clarity, and alignment to a fast-moving, cross-functional environment.

Amara

Amara is a food technology company that uses science and technology to make healthy, convenient foods, possible for the modern-day parent. From toddler snacks and beyond, we believe if we set kids on the right path from a young age, they will live better, feel better and think better. For the rest of their lives.

Featured by Forbes, Tech Crunch, Food Technology Magazine, Best Products, Good Housekeeping and many more. Join a fast growing, innovative, consumer products company that’s disrupting a category for our youngest foodies.

What You Will Do

The role of Supply Chain Planning Manager offers the unique opportunity to shape planning capabilities at a growing CPG company during a pivotal scaling phase. Reporting to the Director of Operations Finance, this role is key to how information related to product planning travels through the company: from sales and marketing, through finance, through planning, and finally reaching fulfillment.

Responsibilities:

Lead process improvement initiatives across procurement, production planning, and supplier management
Standup and facilitate a structured S&OP process, including tools, and analytics
Produce demand plan (work with finance to turn revenue forecast into demand plan)
Schedule and lead meetings, set agendas, keep the process moving toward decisions
Develop and maintain reports and dashboards
Validate forecasts, understanding assumptions, identifying risks or opportunities
Assess supply constraints, capacity limitations, and lead time impacts
Prepare scenario analyses and what-if modeling to support decision-making on resource allocation, inventory investments, and capacity planning
Track and report on forecast accuracy, plan adherence, inventory turns, service levels, and perfect order rates
Document decisions, action items, and commitments, ensuring clear communication of plan changes across the organization
Facilitate resolution of supply-demand imbalances, coordinating cross-functional teams to develop solutions for constraints or conflicts
Facilitate new product launches, ensuring alignment between commercial timelines and operational readiness
Partner with finance to ensure plans align with financial targets and budgets, translating operational plans into financial impacts
Manage escalations when trade-offs are required between competing priorities (e.g., service levels vs. inventory costs, promotional support vs. capacity constraints)
Work on our Cin7 MRP together with our Senior Supply Chain Planner

Who You Are

The ideal candidate would be energized by the challenge of bringing structure and discipline to evolving operations. This role combines strategic process design with hands-on execution - you'll stand up the tools, analytics, and cross-functional rhythms that align our commercial ambitions with operational realities, while also working with our MRP system to ensure flawless execution.

Qualifications:

5-7 years of experience in supply chain planning, production planning, or operations in CPG or manufacturing environment
Proven track record of standing up new processes, building planning systems from the ground up, and driving process improvement initiatives
Experience managing tolling/co-packing relationships required
1+ years of hands-on experience with MRP systems and production planning workflows
Background in food & beverage or perishable goods industries strongly preferred
Experience facilitating cross-functional planning processes or S&OP cycles preferred
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel including pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, modeling, and data analysis
Strong proficiency with inventory management and MRP systems; experience with Cin7 Core highly preferred
Familiarity with demand planning and forecasting tools a plus
Strong analytical and quantitative skills with ability to synthesize data from multiple sources into actionable insights
Experience creating executive-level dashboards and presentations
Proficiency with data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI, Looker) a plus

Core Competencies:

Change management and process design skills with ability to build planning processes, tools, and analytics frameworks from scratch
Hands-on execution mindset combined with strategic thinking - able to both design processes and roll up sleeves to implement them
Supplier relationship management and negotiation skills with ability to influence external partners
Exceptional facilitation and meeting management skills with ability to drive consensus across diverse stakeholder groups
Strong business acumen with understanding of P&L impacts and financial planning
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to translate complex operational data into clear business insights for various audiences
Proven ability to influence without direct authority and navigate competing priorities diplomatically
Problem-solving orientation with ability to develop creative solutions to supply-demand mismatches and capacity constraints
Process improvement mindset with demonstrated ability to identify inefficiencies and implement sustainable solutions
Comfortable with ambiguity and able to make data-informed recommendations despite incomplete information

Benefits

$105,000 - $125,000 salary
100% paid Health insurance premiums for employees
Vision & Dental coverage
401(k) plan
Flexible PTO