Manager, process, inventory control, & cost savings - Kennesaw, GA

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Job Title: Manager, process, inventory control, & cost savings - Kennesaw, GA
Location: Kennesaw, GA, South United States, USA

Company: Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)
Industry Sector: Agribusiness
Industry Type: Input Retail, Cooperative and Related Crop Services
Job Type: Full Time

Job Description: Job Description

Manager Lifecycle Management Creative Design & Development (CD&D) - Kennesaw, GA

This role will look at manufacturing & processes improvements, inventory control/usage , cost savings/cost avoidance, the overall lifecycle management

Job Purpose:

Implement / drive agreed Lifecycle Management (LCM) related detailed regional initiatives successfully with a strong focus on NA. Provide insights and guidance on the ways-of-working with the regional Dietary Supplement (DS) sites for LCM. Collaborate with the regional DS teams across functions and drive exec. in the area of LCM.

Main Responsibilities:

Supports generating the annually regionally agreed savings and avoided cost goals
Makes sure LCM related process changes will be properly implemented, e.g. the "strategic ingredient status"
Supports the local team with projects relevant for LCM:
- Ingredient swaps
- Second supplier, incl. project "Probio Fortis"
- Support H&W supply chain team with their projects relevant for LCM: Inventory at risk management (SloNoMovers, expiring raw materials)
- Support Creative Design & Development(CD&D) teams in the respective DS sites with their recipe optimization activities:
  - proactive recipe optimization for ingredients and formula with scope on top 20 (sales volume)
  - reactive recipe optimization, triggered e.g. by production team
- Help out with any CD&D development work if time permits

Qualifications, skills and experience:

BSc. Food Science, Microbiology, or related field (would consider an individual w/o a degree but with plenty of hands-on experience in the Health & Wellness(H&W), DS business, e.g. in Operations, QM, ...)
3+ years of experience in lifecycle management/cost savings ideally with a H&W, DS, ingredients, or related industries.
Structured and process-savvy
Fluent in English

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Job Post Date: 07/30/25