Contract Manufacturing Manager
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Magic SpoonFood or drink-based CPG
USFull-TimeManager
Salary115000 - 125000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 3-5 years
Requirements
- 3-5 years of experience managing suppliers in a co-manufacturing environment (preferably in a food or drink-based CPG business).
- Exposure and understanding of multiple Supply Chain and other business disciplines (Purchasing, manufacturing, logistics, R&D, etc.) in previous positions or project work preferred.
- Outstanding project management skills.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Ability to think creatively.
- Authentic leader: direct communicator.
- Proven ability to build enduring professional relationships with internal and external partners.
- Sense of urgency and bias for action: a high level of motivation and discipline.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end production planning with all co-manufacturers and manage relationships to ensure seamless execution and alignment on capacity, timelines, and operational priorities.
- Oversee daily and weekly production performance, resolve delays or issues, and communicate risks and updates to cross-functional partners.
- Own ERP production activities across co-mans, ensuring accurate receiving, inventory movements, and consumption tracking to maintain data integrity.
- Coordinate product movement across the network by partnering with the Freight Team and co-mans on production releases, COA readiness, and shipment timing.
- Support commercialization of new and reformulated products by ensuring co-mans have accurate specifications, BOMs, materials, and packaging requirements ahead of production.
- Approve finished good invoices, troubleshoot three-way match issues, and support pricing transitions, credit applications, and RPO-based billing.
- Maintain high-level operational reporting, including production dashboards, schedule updates, and co-man performance tracking to support visibility and decision-making.
- Ensure audit-ready documentation of production activity, inventory files, and co-man reports to support transparency, traceability, and compliance.
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