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Sales Operations Planning Manager
iRiS Recruiting Solutions
📍 Front Royal, Virginia (Northern Virginia area)
We are partnering with a growing food & beverage manufacturing organization to hire a Sales Operations Planning Manager. This is a highly visible role for someone who can connect supply chain, manufacturing, sales, procurement, and finance while serving as a strategic partner to Operations leadership.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and continuously improve the end-to-end S&OP process
- Align demand, supply, production capacity, materials, and financial objectives
- Monitor production performance, including planned vs. actual output, yields, order cuts, fill rates, and schedule adherence
- Identify material shortages, production gaps, and operational bottlenecks and drive corrective actions
- Facilitate executive S&OP meetings and provide risk assessments, trade-off analysis, and recommendations
- Partner directly with Operations leadership to manage high-priority manufacturing, logistics, and supply chain initiatives
- Lead cross-functional projects involving Operations, Procurement, Quality, Sales, and Finance
What We’re Looking For
- 3+ years of progressive experience in S&OP, supply chain, demand/supply planning, or manufacturing operations
- F&B manufacturing or CPG experience strongly preferred
- Strong understanding of how demand, materials, production, and customer service work together
- Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional projects and drive accountability
- Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Sage, or NetSuite
If you’re ready to step into a strategic role where you can make a direct impact on operations and supply chain performance, let’s connect.