Senior Manager, Supply Chain Optimization

Position Overview:

As a member of the Infrastructure Planning team, this role plays an integral part in enabling NPSG's mission by partnering with Regional Producing Bottlers (RPBs) to optimize delivered costs from plant to distribution centers, plan capacity and capital investments that meet customer and consumer demand. and strengthen long-term competitiveness of the U.S. Bottling System.

The role has four primary areas of responsibility:

• Conduct supply chain network optimization studies, including production center to distribution center sourcing for concentrate-based, cold-fill products
• Develop input for analyses of strategic capital investment and divestment recommendations and decisions
• Translate analytical findings into actionable recommendations for Bottling partners and senior leadership
• Advance the team's capabilities through process improvement, tool enhancement, and team development

The Senior Manager, Supply Chain Optimization serves as a subject-matter expert in supply chain network optimization, data analysis, and infrastructure business-case development. The role translates network-modeling results into financial and operational recommendations for Bottler senior leadership and the NPSG Board and independently leads multiple complex projects and workstreams.

Success in this role requires advanced analytical and network-optimization capabilities, experience leading cross-functional projects, strong financial and business-case acumen, and the ability to communicate complex recommendations to senior executives. The role also requires the ability to coach and develop others, support organizational change, and drive continuous improvement.

Detailed Responsibilities:

Develop Supply Chain Business Cases Supporting RPB Supply Chain Infrastructure Strategies

• Build and validate supply chain network models using demand forecasts, transportation and manufacturing costs, capital requirements, production capacity, and other relevant operational inputs.
• Use the Lyric software platform to evaluate production and distribution sourcing strategies, capacity and capability additions, plant consolidations, and greenfield opportunities.
• Synthesize optimization results, financial analyses, operational constraints, and stakeholder input into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert for Lyric, leading the application of the platform on highly complex network-optimization projects.
• Develop inputs for end-to-end value-chain analyses, cash-flow models, and capital-investment business cases that quantify payback, net present value, internal rate of return, return on investment, and key sources of risk.
• Independently lead network modeling activities for multiple complex projects and workstreams, managing priorities, dependencies, risks, deliverables, and stakeholder expectations.

Lead Project Validation and Stakeholder Alignment

• Lead or participate in cross-functional validation discussions to review model inputs, financial assumptions, operational constraints, and business-case outputs.
• Develop RPB-specific sourcing analyses, financial models, executive presentations, and other supporting materials required for project validation, using tools such as Lyric, Tableau, Power BI, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Incorporate validated stakeholder feedback into recommendations, finalize business cases, and build alignment around the proposed course of action.

Develop and Deliver Executive Recommendations

• Present project findings, insights, and recommendations to the NPSG Board and Forum members, Senior Leadership within RPBs, and Regional Bottler Personnel.
• Summarize capital requirements and expected financial results (payback, NPV, IRR, ROI).
• Track and report implementation progress across approved projects and workstreams.
• Provide workstream and process updates to the NPSG Board as needed.

Advance Infrastructure Planning Tools, Processes, and Analytical Capabilities

• Identify, prioritize, and implement improvements that increase analytical quality, efficiency, or scalability.
• Enhance and maintain the tools, data, and processes used for network modeling and project assessment, including improvements identified through the team's multi-year capability roadmap and change-the-business initiatives.
• Evaluate emerging analytical tools and optimization capabilities and recommend adoption when they can improve analytical quality, speed, scalability, or decision support.

Develop Team Capability and Technical Proficiency

• Develop and update training materials and onboarding plans as needed.
• Provide coaching to peers and others and conduct training during the onboarding of new team members

Qualifications / Education:

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, finance, or a related field or equivalent relevant experience.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in supply chain network design, optimization, infrastructure planning, logistics, operations research, or a related analytical field.
• Direct experience applying network-optimization methods and translating model outputs into business recommendations.
• Experience developing financial analyses and business cases for capital or operational decisions.
• Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to structure ambiguous problems, define analytical scenarios, evaluate trade-offs, and recommend a course of action.
• Ability to synthesize large and varied data sets into clear insights, risks, opportunities, and recommendations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop and deliver compelling recommendations for senior and executive audiences.
• Track record of collaborating across organizations and building alignment among stakeholders with different priorities and perspectives.
• Ability to coach colleagues and contribute to a collaborative, team-based environment.
• Intellectual curiosity and commitment to continuous learning, particularly in analytical methods, technology, and supply chain practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Lyric or a comparable supply chain network-design platform such as Coupa or OptiLogic.
• Experience with data-visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
• Experience developing capital-investment models incorporating NPV, IRR, ROI, and payback period.
• Experience presenting analytical recommendations to executive or governance audiences.