Job Title

CPFR Manager, Supply Chain

Location

Skokie, IL / US (Hybrid)

Role Summary

Own Collaborative Planning, Forecasting & Replenishment (CPFR) with strategic customers to improve on-shelf availability, reduce out-of-stocks and inventory, and drive customer-facing service KPIs. Lead joint business planning, build customer-aligned forecasts, orchestrate replenishment health, and deliver continuous improvement through analytics, root-cause actioning, and cross-functional influence.

Key Responsibilities

CPFR Ownership & Customer Engagement

Lead weekly & Monthly CPFR cycles with assigned customers: demand alignment, order projection, inventory positioning, risk/opportunity management.
Facilitate Joint Business Planning (JBP) and handshakes across Sales, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, and Customer fulfillment teams.
Run retailer line reviews: promo/event ladders, assortment transitions, resets, seasonal/launch readiness, and exit planning.
Build and maintain collaborative forecasts using retailer POS, inventory, and forecast signals, reconciling with internal consensus demand.

KPI Delivery & Continuous Improvement

Own customer-facing KPI targets: Fill Rate, On-Time/In-Full (OTIF), In-Stock %, On-Shelf Availability (OSA), Forecast Accuracy (MAPE/bias), Weeks of Supply (WOS) and Inventory Turns.
Establish KPI governance: weekly dashboards, variance analysis, root cause classification (supply, demand, logistics, master data, execution), and corrective action plans.
Drive master data integrity (item/store/DC), order parameters (MOQ, lead time, min/max), safety stock and pack logic optimization.

Analytics & Tooling

Build automated dashboards and exception-based alerts (e.g., OSA gaps, phantom inventory, late/lost POs, demand spikes, DC constraints).
Convert insights into quantified actions (e.g., PO pulls/pushes, allocation, ship window adjustments, planogram/pallet configuration changes).
Partner with IT/Analytics to evolve data pipelines (POS, EDI 852/850, iDOCs, ASN 856, inventory, store/DC data, lead times).

Launches, Promotions & Events

Orchestrate promo/event demand lift models, pre-builds, allocation logic, and recovery plans; reconcile retailer and internal lift assumptions.
Lead CPFR readiness for new product introductions (NPIs): item setup, DC fill, store distribution, and sell-thru ramp; track launch KPIs.

Cross-Functional Leadership

Influence senior stakeholders to resolve constraints (capacity, materials, transport, allocation).
Create customer playbooks and “lessons learned” to scale best practices across accounts and channels.

Required Qualifications

5–8+ years in Customer Supply Chain, Replenishment, Demand Planning, or CPFR (CPG, retail, or eCommerce).
Demonstrated success improving fill, OTIF, OSA, and forecast accuracy with a major retailer or marketplace.
Strong analytics: Excel/Sheets (advanced), SQL or Python a plus; experience with BI tools (Power BI/Tableau).
Hands-on with retail portals/data.
Working knowledge of EDI (852/850/855/856), S&OP/S&OE, inventory policies, and replenishment parameters.
ERP/APS exposure (e.g., SAP, Kinaxis etc.)
Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and the ability to lead cross-functional forums.

Preferred Qualifications

CPFR certification or APICS/ASCM (CPIM/CSCP/CLTD).
Experience designing KPI governance and exception-management workflows.
Category resets, seasonal build strategies, and promotion effectiveness measurement.
Familiarity with OSA/computer vision audits, phantom inventory remediation, and store execution levers.
Experience negotiating supply/logistics constraints with customers.

Core Competencies

Customer-Centric Problem Solving – turns POS and operational noise into prioritized actions.
Analytical Rigor – bias/variance analysis, cohorting (by DC/region/SKU), scenario modeling, sensitivity to lead time and MOQ.
Execution & Accountability – closes the loop from insight → action → measured impact.
Systems Thinking – understands upstream/downstream impacts (factory → DC → store → end customer).

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