Associate Director, Supply Chain Development - Network (Manufacturing)

Location: Chicago, IL — Chicago/Aon Center

Base salary: $164,200–$205,200 per year, plus eligibility for a performance-based bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a consumer food company developing and commercializing food products through manufacturing and supply chain operations.

What you will do

• Lead commercialization for large-scale projects, platform innovation programs, and significant capital initiatives.
• Assess capacity requirements and develop strategic capacity plans for new business initiatives and growth across the product life cycle.
• Build feasibility assessments, business cases, preliminary COGS models, and financial targets covering capital, trials, startups, and productivity initiatives.
• Lead manufacturing cost improvement and supply chain readiness activities for successful product and facility startups.
• Partner with business units, manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, external manufacturing, and procurement stakeholders.
• Present progress, risks, trade-offs, recommendations, and funding priorities to sponsors, governance forums, and senior leaders.

Requirements

• 10+ years of combined experience in manufacturing, business development, or headquarters business teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Operations Management, Food Science, Chemistry, or a related field.
• Experience working in a consumer food company.
• At least 2 years of plant manufacturing experience preferred.
• Strong planning, project management, problem-solving, negotiation, communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong digital literacy, including advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office and Excel; ability to travel up to 50%.

Nice to have

• Startup experience.
• Experience with basic marketing and finance principles.

Culture & Benefits

• Cross-functional work in a regional and global matrixed environment.
• Flexible work arrangements and a multifaceted, changing culture.
• Healthcare coverage, including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and screenings.
• Paid time off, company holidays, leave of absence, training, and recognition programs.
• 401(k), life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance, wellbeing, and family support programs.