Enterprise Resources Planning Lead

Who We Are

Freshpet is a fast-growing entrepreneurial company that began making fresh pet food in 2007.  The company was started with the goal of changing the way pets are nourished and changing the pet food industry forever. Company sales have grown double digits since launch, with no plans to slow down.

At Freshpet, we started off with a mission to change the way pet parents feed dogs and cats, but we also wanted to be a company that had a thoughtful approach to how we operate. We wanted to do things differently, make great products but be gentle to the planet, good to the people who touch our business, and leave a positive impact with everything we do. We work hard every day to ensure that the original vision is met, starting with making the highest quality foods in our kitchens to running our business with integrity, transparency, and social and environmental responsibility.  IT’S AMAZING WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU START COMPLETELY FRESH!

What You Will Do

The Manufacturing and Operations Business Engagement Lead will be responsible for leading the IT innovation and application support for the end-to-end supply chain organization at Freshpet. They will be a business partner to leaders of Manufacturing and Operations and working specifically on Production Module and configuration of all modules related to Production and troubleshoot as needed.  They will play a key role in driving improvements in the business operations through technology and process innovation. 

How You Will Make an Impact

• Proven experience in D365 configurations and troubleshoot
• Knowledge of ERP capabilities as well as bolt on technology to build the IT funnel for Supply Chain in line with the strategic objectives of the business
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in ERP implementation principles, practices, and methodologies
• Participate in all phases of the project life cycle including analyzing, designing, modeling, testing, training, pre and post Go live support, and deploying suitable and appropriate solutions
• Play a key role in providing day to day support for the Supply Chain IT applications including trouble shooting issues, leveraging our third-party support team, and leading break/fix solutions and enhancements, along with the larger ongoing projects
• Proven experience leading requirement gathering and discovery with users and stakeholders
• Demonstrate strong analytical, communication (written and verbal) and problem-solving skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively with a larger team throughout an enterprise transformation 
• High degree of initiative and personal responsibility
• Comfortable in settings from smaller discovery/workshop environments to senior management
• Understand how to build and maintain positive client and peer relationships

What You Will Bring 

• Bachelor’s degree in IT/ MIS required
• Minimum of 5-10 years’ experience with full life-cycle implementation of D365FO/ Dynamics AX SCM
• Experience and strong working knowledge across key Production and Manufacturing modules and Microsoft products
  • Production management
  • Inventory management
  • Warehouse management
  • Transportation management
  • Quality assurance management
  • Working knowledge of Procure to pay
  • Working knowledge of Order to cash
  • Working knowledge of security roles and best practice
  • Master planning, demand, and supply forecasting

• Using Azure DevOps, test case planning and acceptance testing framework
• Understanding the integration options and underlying technologies available
• Power Platform, Logic Apps, Power Automate
• Using Lifecycle Services to design and plan a project
• Participation in FIT/GAP process and ability to write complete functional design specification
• Solid experience in reviewing technical specification documents
• MS Certifications preferred
• Excellent customer facing skills, able to communicate at all levels of an organization, from C-Suite, SME, and end users

What We Offer

At Freshpet, we offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package, including medical, dental and vision insurance, basic and optional life insurance, short- and long-term disability protection, flexible spending accounts, and a 401(k) plan with company match, paid parental leave, pet insurance, tuition reimbursement, stock options, a generous PTO plan and so much more!

Our Commitment to a Diverse Workforce:

At Freshpet, we embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, sex, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. 

Freshpet aims to foster, cultivate, and preserve a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our employees are our most valuable assets. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities, and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation and company’s achievement as well. Freshpet is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  

Disclaimers

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.

Freshpet is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Freshpet via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Freshpet. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Freshpet as a result of the referral or through other means.