Supply Chain Execution Specialist

Company Overview
Farmers Business Network® ( FBN® ) is on a mission to power the prosperity of family farmers and rural communities around the world, transforming how the world farms with an integrated, technology-enabled agricultural platform.
We offer high ROI farm inputs, fintech and sustainability products and services powered by network data, and farm-tested insights from our global farmer community. Our platform helps FBN® members make confident decisions to ensure the economic viability of their farms, while also empowering them to be a part of the solution as the global community confronts its most pressing issues: providing food security for a growing population, transitioning to more sustainable agriculture, and responding to climate change.
We are a dynamic, innovative, and mission-driven AgTech company that offers competitive compensation and benefits as well as boundless career mobility. We are backed by top investors, including Fidelity, ADM, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, DBL Partners, T Rowe Price and Temasek. We have been featured in these articles by the Wall Street Journal and Forbes , and were also named " One of the 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World " by Fast Company Magazine.
As just one part of the rapidly expanding FBN network The FBN Direct Network is disrupting the legacy retail AgBiz world. With operations in the United States, Canada, and Australia we are just getting started. Come join in the adventure as we build out our world class logistics network globally with a singular focus on putting Farmers First.
Position Summary
Reporting to the Supply Chain Manager, the Supply Chain Execution Specialist - Livestock is responsible for proactively managing sales order booking requirements, contributing to the team's productivity and throughput of orders, and to look for opportunities to increase automation, simplify, and standardize global processes. The Supply Chain Execution Specialist role exists in other areas of the business, but this will be a new role, specifically supporting our Livestock team.
This role will work cross functionally with Customer Experience (CX), Transportation, Procurement, and Warehousing partners to resolve service critical items. They will also use exception reporting to systematically call out service risks that need to be addressed.
Key Responsibilities:

• SO Item Fulfillment
• Provide transactional direction for sales order pathing.
• Resolve inbound delays that could impact customer orders.
• Escalate and communicate service risks to CX and propose alternatives to meet customer needs. Follow the issue management process in NetSuite through to completion.

• Operations and Order Management
• Manage the open order book to ensure the team has visibility to all customer requirements.
• Drive best in class service levels for assigned areas.
• Ensure that orders are flowing through the system within a reasonable time frame and being executed accordingly by the appropriate teams.
• Propose cost savings and productivity projects that can help provide efficiencies.

• Continuous Improvement and Planning
• Participate in cross functional meetings to ensure the execution plan is aligned to overall goals of the organization.
• Work on continuous improvement initiatives such as order automation to reduce manual processes and improve scalability of the department.
• Develop exception reporting that helps to highlight areas of key risk and provide visibility on KPIs to the organization.

• Team Contribution
• Be a cross functional team player - partner with Procurement, Warehousing, Customer Experience, and Transportation teams.
• Be a thought leader - Identify opportunities to increase automation and to simplify and standardize global processes.

Skills and Abilities:

• Farmer focused
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Independent and detail oriented, strong written, verbal and negotiating skills
• Must possess strong problem solving skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, ability to establish and maintain strong relationships internally and externally
• Adapts to new technologies
• Adapts to changing roles and responsibilities
• Ability to travel up to 10% of time

Experience:

• 2-4 years supply chain and inventory management experience
• Seasonal planning or Livestock (Feed/Animal Health) planning experience
• NetSuite experience (Preferred)
• Customer service experience (Preferred)=

Education:

• Bachelor's degree (Preferred)
• American Production and Inventory Control Society, (APICS) & Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) certification or equivalent (Preferred)

The following represents FBN's reasonable estimate of the US national average base salary range of possible compensation for this role based on market data and placement of internal employees: $60,000 - $70,000.
This salary range may vary based on geography and variations in cost of labor. Beyond the above or adjusted to market salary range, FBN also offers all full-time employees competitive equity compensation, health and wellness benefits, and various perks.
FBN is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. FBN considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
We participate in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program here .
FBN is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email fill out this form .
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