The Sr Supply Chain Manager is responsible for driving operational excellence and supply chain readiness across both brewery locations. This role leads Production Scheduling and Materials Planning & Tactical Buying, ensuring finished goods and critical materials flow efficiently through the network. This position serves as a key integrator across Operations, Procurement, and Commercial teams, translating demand signals into executable production and material plans. The Senior Supply Chain Manager plays a critical role in balancing service, cost, and risk while ensuring supply chain resilience. The role reports to the Director of Supply Chain & Procurement and is based on site in Chico, CA.
We're committed to our employees and work hard to prove it. For starters, we're offering $130,809 to $204,063 base compensation for this role. Individual offers are based on skills, experience, and qualifications. This role may be eligible for our bonus program - inquire with our Talent Acquisition Partner for additional details.
But base pay is just the beginning. We support your future by offering a generous 10% company match on 401(k) contributions, providing learning and development opportunities, and fostering your safety at work with ongoing trainings, state-of-the-art equipment, and preventative care. We offer medical, dental, and vision insurance, an onsite medical clinic, as well as mental health and well-being benefits including paid sick leave. We foster a culture of work-life balance and always encourage employees to use and enjoy their paid time off.
What You Will Do
- Strategic Planning & Supply Chain Capabilities
- Support the overall Supply Chain objective: Right Product, Right Place, Right Time, Right Cost.
- Lead production scheduling and materials planning to ensure alignment between demand, production capability, and raw material availability.
- Facilitate the Supply Review within the S&OP/IBP process, ensuring supply constraints, risks, and tradeoffs are clearly surfaced and addressed.
- Balance service levels, cost, and operational risk; escalating critical decisions to the Director of Supply Chain & Procurement when appropriate.
- Identify emerging supply risks and potential disruptions across suppliers, materials, and operations.
- Partner closely with Operations leadership to define clear responsibilities, decision rights, and hand-offs between planning and manufacturing.
- Serve as the primary supply chain leader during operational disruptions including supplier failures, transportation delays, materials shortages, forecast gaps, and production challenges.
- Leverage planning systems and analytics to improve schedule optimization, visibility, and reporting.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen supply chain processes, planning accuracy, and operational performance.
- Inventory & Operations Optimization
- Establish and maintain appropriate inventory strategies across finished goods and materials, including core brands, seasonals, rotators, and new product development (NPD).
- Own and monitor key supply chain KPIs including OTIF, inventory levels (Days on Hand), and supply-related cost drivers within COGS.
- Partner with Warehouse Operations, CanDo (third-party bottling), and Fulfillment teams to ensure internal customer service levels are achieved.
- Collaborate with Demand Planning and Commercial teams to maintain balanced inventory targets and mitigate excess or obsolete inventory.
- Improve network efficiency through strategic production scheduling and material purchasing practices.
- Identify opportunities to reduce waste, improve utilization, and enhance supply chain responsiveness.
- Leadership
- Lead and develop the Production Scheduling and Materials Planning teams, aligning priorities with company objectives.
- Establish clear goals, performance expectations, and development plans for team members.
- Foster strong cross-functional communication across Supply Chain, Operations, Commercial, and Finance teams.
- Promote a culture of accountability, problem solving, and continuous improvement within the supply chain organization.
Please Apply if You Have
- Bachelor's Degree Supply Chain Business, Operations Management, or any combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved required
- 7 years of progressive experience in Supply Chain, Planning, or Operations within brewing, beverage, or consumer packaged goods environments, including operations consulting experience required and
- 5 years experience as a people leader required
- Proven experience managing supply chain operations across a single manufacturing site, with multiple-site management being preferred.
- Strong understanding of brewing, filtration, packaging, and brewery production environments is preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain a high level of customer service.
- Demonstrated ability to integrate supply chain, operational, and commercial perspectives to drive performance.
- Experience working within S&OP / Integrated Business Planning processes.
- Proficiency in planning systems and analytics tools (Power BI, Tableau, or similar).
- Exceptional facilitation, communication, stakeholder management skills, plus a high level of curiosity.
Additional Requirements to Consider Before Applying
- You must be at least 21 years of age to work for Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- Selected candidate must pass a pre-employment, post offer background check.
Before applying for this role, please review the full job description, including the physical demands and working environment: https://sierranevada.jdxpert.com/ShowJob.aspx?EntityID=2&id=3817
** This position will remain open until filled; online applications will be reviewed weekly **
