Job Description

We Are Kemin

We are visionaries who see things differently and are inspired by the world around us. We have been dedicated to using applied science to improve the quality of life for over half a century. Committed to feed and food safety, Kemin maintains top-of-the-line manufacturing facilities where over 500 specialty ingredients are made for humans and animals in the global feed and food industries, as well as the health, nutrition, and textile markets. We provide product solutions and options to customers in more than 120 countries.

A privately held, family-owned and operated company, Kemin has more than 3,000 global employees including manufacturing facilities in Belgium, Brazil, China, India, Italy, Russia, Singapore, South Africa and the United States.

We are looking for a strong Supply Chain Planning Manager to lead and stabilize our integrated planning function across demand, supply, production, and inventory.

You will lead the planning team, create one trusted plan across the business, and work closely with Manufacturing, Warehouse, Logistics, Customer Service, Procurement, and commercial teams to turn demand into realistic and executable supply and production plans.

• Strong planning decision-making across demand, supply, inventory, and execution
• Integrating people, data, and decisions into one clear operating plan
• Using ERP and planning tools with discipline and practicality
• Building a capable team and reducing dependency on individual heroics

This is a high-impact role at the center of business execution. You will help create planning credibility, improve alignment across functions, and build a more resilient planning operating model for the business.

If you are a planner who combines sound decision-making, operational realism, and leadership maturity — and you know that advanced tools only work after the basics are under control — we would like to hear from you.

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Responsibilities

• Lead the integrated planning process across demand, supply, production, and inventory
• Build and maintain one trusted plan across ERP and planning files
• Run planning cadence and decision forums with clear assumptions, actions, and accountability
• Translate demand into feasible production and replenishment plans considering capacity, materials, inventory, and operational constraints
• Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Warehouse, Logistics, Customer Service, Procurement, and commercial teams to resolve supply and service issues
• Strengthen planning discipline, master data usage, and ERP transaction consistency
• Lead, coach, and develop the planning team, including the Assistant Planning Manager and Production Planners
• Reduce ad-hoc overrides, bypasses, and undocumented workarounds
• Improve planning transparency, execution alignment, and confidence in the numbers

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related discipline
• Experience in manufacturing environments, preferably within the chemical, agriculture, or related industries
• Strong end-to-end planning fundamentals across demand, supply, production, and inventory
• Good planning decision-making, especially under pressure or incomplete information
• The ability to impose structure and discipline in a chaotic environment
• ERP literacy and process discipline; experience with M3 is preferred, but not mandatory
• The maturity to know when to use system logic, when to challenge it, and when to apply controlled manual intervention
• Experience leading planners and improving team capability
• A practical mindset: simplify first, stabilize first, optimize later

Preferred Experience & Skills

• Experience in manufacturing, supply chain, or complex planning environments
• Experience with ERP-based planning processes; M3 Infor is a plus
• Experience running or supporting S&OP / integrated planning rhythms
• Experience managing trade-offs between service, inventory, and operational constraints
• Prior people leadership experience