Supply Planning Manager

The Farmer’s Dog was born from a mission to change the landscape of pet health, providing dogs and their humans with honest, smart, and simple care. We’re starting by radically improving the $90 billion pet food industry, replacing bags of highly-processed pellets with a personalized subscription service that sends complete and balanced, freshly-made dog food directly to customers’ doors. Our ultimate goal is to create innovative, delightful and personalized experiences across all aspects of pet care, and we believe our direct-to-consumer business model, holistic approach to growth, and dynamic culture uniquely position us to shepherd this backwards industry into the future.

To date, The Farmer’s Dog has delivered over 1 billion meals nationwide and raised over $150M in funding to help us build a company as healthy as the dogs who are eating those meals. Join us as we continue to develop ways of bringing peace of mind to customers, health to their companions, and much-needed change to the way people feed and care for their pets.

#LongLiveDogs

The Farmer’s Dog is seeking a Supply Planning Manager to play a critical role in driving supply chain excellence across our end-to-end planning process. You will own supply planning, ingredient contract optimization, and cross-functional alignment to ensure product availability while managing working capital and operational efficiency. This includes proactively managing supplier capacity constraints, maintaining optimal raw material WOH targets, and ensuring continuity of supply across changing demand signals. This is a highly visible role, requiring strategic thinking, analytical horsepower, and strong collaboration across departments including procurement, manufacturing, finance, growth, and product development. 

This role reports to the Senior Director of Supply Chain Strategy. 

• Own ingredient-level supply planning, aligning forecasts with production schedules and sourcing strategies. Collaborate cross-functionally to optimize timing, volumes, and sourcing locations.
• Reconcile forecast vs. actual usage to monitor contract performance, ensure compliance, and surface risks or gaps.

• Lead the design and ongoing improvement of a scalable MRP (Material Requirements Planning) tool to ensure timely, efficient material availability.
• Reduce manual work and improve visibility by standardizing planning processes and enhancing tools, models, and dashboards in partnership with DSI and supply chain tech.

• Partner with procurement to track ingredient contract terms, usage, and risk exposure—flagging shortfalls, overages, or unmet minimums that may impact cost.
• Act as the primary supply-side liaison to sourcing, ensuring alignment across planning, procurement, and vendor performance.

• Translate demand forecasts into actionable supply plans and material orders in partnership with demand planning.
• Ensure timely ordering, shipment, and receipt of raw materials by aligning closely with procurement and manufacturing.
• Collaborate with finance on budgeting, cost tracking (e.g., COGS, PPV, yield loss), and inventory valuation.
• Work with growth, product, and R&D teams to integrate launches, trials, and transitions into supply plans.
• Champion a shift from reactive to proactive planning through structured, forward-looking processes.

• Assess the supply impact of product launches, recipe changes, and channel expansion through modeling and risk analysis.
• Run "what-if" simulations to anticipate bottlenecks, guide contingency planning, and ensure supply readiness.
• Provide actionable insights to support S&OP/IBP decisions and adapt plans in response to evolving business needs.

• 5+ years of experience in strategic planning, supply chain, or operations management roles, ideally within high-volume CPG environments. Proven track record managing complex SKU portfolios and navigating the challenges of direct-to-consumer fulfillment
• You have excellent analytical skills and a proven track record of translating data-driven insights into operational improvements and consumer-facing impact. Experience with SQL and/or Looker is preferred.
• You have a strong understanding of key supply chain metrics and methodologies, including OTIF performance, capacity planning using T max calculations, and cost optimization models for raw material sourcing and WOH management.
• You have clear, confident and persuasive verbal & written communication skills when working with a diverse group of cross-stakeholders
• You have project management experience and the ability to drive initiatives from concept to implementation.
• You are a strong problem-solver and take a proactive approach to overcoming operational challenges.
• You are adaptable and resilient in a dynamic and rapidly evolving business environment.
• You’re an expert in Excel, e-procurement technologies and system integration.

We are an in-office culture, made of in-office people who thrive on the collaboration and magnetism of working in a shared space. We are seeking individuals who excel in this type of environment, where being present fosters deeper connections and engagement.

Our company’s mission is rooted in deep, genuine care for dogs – and for the people who love them. As an organization we are full of individuals who are unique in many ways, but all united in a mission of providing true peace of mind to dog lovers everywhere. Fixing this industry and improving the lives of pets and their people will be a difficult, decades-long endeavor. We believe the best use of our time, energy, and resources as a collective team is to focus on this mission, and on supporting our team to do their best work and be their best selves. In support of this we’re committed to supporting a diverse workforce, and investing in internal structures, opportunities, and training that create and sustain an inclusive team. We strive to provide an experience at TFD that will be invested, meaningful and memorable as we progress on the journey to reimagine how we feed and care for our pets.

A Few of Our Best Benefits

• Dog-friendly office in Greenwich Village
• Market-competitive compensation and equity packages
• Comprehensive Healthcare, Dental, and Vision
• Company supported mental health benefits
• 12 week paid parental leave
• Competitive 401k plan with company match
• Flexible PTO 
• Discounted fresh food for your pup
• Your pet interrupting video calls (and in-person meetings) is now a feature, not a bug

We commit to building a competitive compensation package and company environment for all individuals to thrive. We believe in competitive base compensation rooted in location specific market data and performance along with equity ownership in the company that allows every team member to build their personal wealth as the company grows, just as much as we believe in fostering a culture that supports our team members personally, professionally, and holistically. For this role the anticipated hiring base compensation range is $119,000 - $140,000 USD annual and the compensation offered will include a robust market competitive package of base and equity. In addition to your base compensation offer you will also receive equity ownership in the company. More information about the value of this equity will be shared at the time of offer. This range is representative of NYC Market Data if you are applying to this role outside of the NYC area the range may change.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Farmer's Dog, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic or status. For more information, please visit Know Your Rights.

TFD complies with applicable federal, state, and local disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.  If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [email protected].