Brand: Post Consumer Brands
Categories: Supply Chain
Locations: Lakeville, Minnesota
Position Type: Regular Full-Time
Remote Eligible: No
Req ID: 27591
Job Description
Business Unit Overview
Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Nutrish®, Kibbles 'n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook for the latest news. Brand Post Consumer Brands invests in opportunities for early career talent to grow their career through meaningful work, sponsorship, networking, and intentional experiences. We believe early career team members possess unique skills that are valuable to the growth of our company and can grow to become future leaders of our organization. Through this investment in early career talent, we have developed roles to help early talent bring their skills to work to grow themselves as well as the organization. To fully realize the value of diversity of talent, experience, strengths, and backgrounds each of us brings to Post Consumer Brands, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture built on these behaviors: Be open to new ideas Listen attentively as a partner Model collaboration Be accountable Respect all viewpoints Location Description Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America. Responsibilities Post Consumer Brands currently operates 8 cereal plants, 4 pet plants and 5 PCB-operated distribution centers across North America. We are offering a supply chain-focused Operations Leadership Development Program for new and recent graduates. The program provides an accelerated career development experience for participants enabling them to become part of the strong bench of Operations Leaders at Post Consumer Brands. The program consists of four rotations over a two-year timeframe typically at two different locations. Roles are determined through business need, participant interest, and committee guidance. An Executive leader sponsors each participant's development during and after the program. At the conclusion of the program, participants apply for a role in one of our manufacturing, distribution, or corporate locations. Program rotations may include assignments to the following roles: Warehouse Supervisor - Oversee daily warehouse operations; support partnership between Warehouse Lead and Dispatch to execute workload, including receiving, storage, post-production assembly (PPA), staging, and loading to meet internal & external customer expectations. Production Planner- Help determine what, where, when, and how much finished products to produce. Our Planners are an integral part of the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process, and work collaboratively with cross-functional groups to ensure high levels of service to our customers. Develop monthly supply plans, manage network production and inventory volumes, facilitate new product launches, and identify cost-saving opportunities. Customer Operations Specialist - Provide a simple point of contact to our customers for order management by acting as a liaison between the Customer and various internal PCB departments. Build customer loyalty and confidence by receiving incoming calls/e-mail, entering/managing orders, answering questions, resolving issues and advising customers of stock availability and delivery schedules. Manage the order mismatch process, managing customer data, order quality improvement, and Customer inventory management. Supply Chain Planning Coordinator - Monitor inventory and supply sources to support Post Consumer Brand's manufacturing and distribution processes to meet our customers anticipated demand. Balance the needed inventory levels necessary to service the customers of the business. Coordinate item discontinuations or introductions, track promotions, progress of aging inventory, and root cause analysis of supply chain disruptions. Master Supply Planner - Establish and manage accurate supply plans to deliver low costs while optimizing inventory plans for assigned technologies. Partner with Supply Chain Coordinators to manage inventory and meet demand targets. Track and report Key Performance Indicators on significant supply variances, perform root cause analysis and make the appropriate revisions within the Supply plan. Qualifications Ideal candidates will be graduating in Dec. 2025 or May 2026 with a degree in Supply Chain Management/Logistics, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering or other related fields. They should possess strong communication skills and be adaptable to change. In addition, candidates must: Have future career desires to lead people in formal leadership roles or projects in individual contributor roles. Be mobile and willing to work at one of our plants or distribution centers in North America and our Corporate campus in Lakeville, MN throughout the course of the program. Be willing to move at the conclusion of the program to a location with an open role. Have large-scale warehousing, distribution, or supply chain planning experience via previous internships or full time experience. Have exhibited previous leadership capability through job history, campus leadership or project experience. Be available for and commit to the full two-year program. The pay range for this position is $59,423 - $83,191 per year.
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