Company Overview
Why Choose Us?
Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.
Our Sustainability Commitment
The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.
Job Description
Role Overview
The Director, Supply Chain Planning - Manufacturing leads a manufacturing planning team which generates and manages manufacturing plans for multiple manufacturing plants across major product categories to support multiple business units and their objectives.
This is a hybrid position with three days in office.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership
Lead a multi-level team with supply planning responsibilities across multiple business units
Represent the Supply Chain to support the company's strategic initiatives while successfully managing their normal responsibilities
Driving the organization towards KPI targets in Delivery, Inventory and Cost
Supporting SIOP process by escalating decision making up the organization to resolve cross-business conflicts and drive resolution of issues preventing the attainment of production plans
Manage and develop direct reports
Lead others and extend influence beyond the Supply Chain Planning team
Communication
Communicate with multiple levels of the business, including the executive level
Present polished and concise data and recommendations with good decision quality
Facilitate cross-functional alignment on key trade-offs, risks, and scenarios
Prepare executives with structured insights, recommendations, and decision options
Analytics/Decision Making
Analyzing capacity constraints and ensuring alignment of service, inventory and cost targets
Drive fact-based decision-making using standardized planning data and scenarios
Ensure decisions balance service, cost, inventory, and revenue objectives
Translate business strategy into planning priorities and decision criteria
Enable alignment between strategic plans, financial plans, and operational plans
Assist in the continuous improvement of Supply Chain processes and systems
Qualifications
BA/BS required with emphasis in supply chain, business or operations management preferred
7+ years business or supply chain experience in a multi-facility environment
Ability to lead direct reports
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong computer literacy - Microsoft Excel proficiency and experience with an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system required; SAP, JDA/Blue Yonder a plus
Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
Ability to think strategically and manage long range planning
Self-Directed & demonstrates the ability to proactively identify and resolve discrepancies or potential issues
Must have strong organizational skills and be detail oriented with the ability to multi-task and prioritize work responsibilities with sense of urgency to meet deadlines
Excellent problem identification & follow through to issue resolution
Willing to travel moderately
Leadership Competencies
Executive facilitation and influence
Strategic and financial alignment
Decision framework development
Enterprise change leadership
Systems thinking and trade-off analysis
A reasonable estimate of the current range is $150k-$200k + bonus + benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. At Novolex, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.
The benefits for this role include 401(k) plan with company match, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending and health savings accounts, paid vacation, and sick days, paid parental leave, paid holidays and wellness program.
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Company Benefits
What You'll Get From Us
Benefits
With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.
Community Engagement
At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.
Training and Development
We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.
Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices, including but not limited to selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, handicap or disability, genetics, citizenship status, service member or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. Any individual who, because of his or her disability, needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Company's application process should contact myHRservices@novolex.com .
Formerly Pactiv Evergreen
Job Locations US-IL-Lake Forest
ID 2026-33468
Category Supply Chain
Position Type Full Time
Pay Type Salaried
