Director Supply Chain Business Analytics & Intelligence - Network Optimization

About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world. 

A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You’ll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.

If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Network Design & Optimization (Primary Focus)

• Own the network optimization roadmap and enterprise digital twin spanning plants, distribution centers, transportation flows, and fulfillment nodes
• Lead future-state network design, determining optimal footprint, sourcing strategy, storage deployment and flow paths across the global supply chain in partnership with functional leaders.
• Quantify network trade‑offs (cost to serve, capacity utilization, lead time, inventory positioning, carbon footprint) and recommend the optimal balance to executive leadership
• Build a repeatable scenario‑modeling capability to stress‑test decisions against demand shifts, capital constraints, tariffs, and disruptions — and translate model outputs into executable plans with Manufacturing, Logistics, Procurement, and Commercial
• Model network resilience — alternate sourcing, redundant capacity, re‑routing — through "what‑if" scenarios and contingency plans for demand volatility, supplier risk, and capacity constraints
• Measure and report realized value of network optimization initiatives against committed savings and service targets

Strategic Planning,  Analytics & Decision Support

• Provide analytical insights that optimize network performance, capacity utilization, and supply chain flows across the manufacturing and distribution network.
• Lead the development of forecasting, optimization, and decision-support capabilities that improve planning, investment prioritization, and network strategy.
• Develop data-driven long-range capacity plans (LRCP) aligned to growth strategies and product roadmaps, supporting executive decision-making through LRCP and S&OP/IBP processes.
• Evaluate strategic alternatives, quantify trade-offs, and recommend actions that improve service, cost, inventory, and resilience outcomes
• Identify high‑impact analytics and optimization use cases that improve customer service, total delivered cost, inventory investment, and working capital, aligned to supply chain strategy, the long‑range capacity plan, and operational execution

Inventory, Service & Cost Optimization Analytics

• Develop assortment and inventory optimization models balancing demand, capacity and storage constraints, freshness, and waste across raw materials, WIP, and finished goods, including optimal deployment and positioning across the network
• Quantify service, cost, and working capital trade‑offs to support decisions on capacity, sourcing, network flows, and fulfillment strategies

Data, Systems & Digital Enablement

• Partner with IT, Engineering, and data teams to deliver reliable data pipelines and scalable platforms that enable network modeling and critical decision‑making
• Maximize value from BI platforms, network modeling tools, and supply chain systems to drive integrated, end-to-end insights and improved business outcomes
• Guide production‑grade optimization and advanced analytics solutions on modern, cloud‑native stacks, including deployment, monitoring, and retraining

Leadership, Stakeholder Collaboration & Business Impact

• Build, develop, and lead a high‑performing, multidisciplinary team of analytics, data science, and network modeling professionals, setting clear standards for experimentation, production models, and model governance
• Serve as a trusted thought partner to Supply Chain and Operations leadership, translating ambiguous business problems into well‑defined analytical solutions with clear KPIs and ROI
• Drive adoption and change management so models and network recommendations are embedded in operational workflows, fostering a culture of rigor, innovation, and operational excellence

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

Education/ Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree in analytics, data science, operations research, industrial engineering, supply chain, business, or related field required; Master's or advanced quantitative degree preferred

Skills and Experience:

• 10 years of progressive experience in supply chain analytics, network design, business intelligence, data science, or supply chain planning required, including 5 years in analytics leadership with people management responsibility
• Demonstrated success leading network design and optimization studies and translating results into executed footprint, sourcing, or distribution changes
• Strong financial acumen with the ability to develop and evaluate total delivered cost and working capital models, translating network decisions into clear P&L and cash flow impacts
• Partner effectively with Commercial teams and cross-functional teams to design network scenarios that support channel and category strategies across global markets
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex, multi-variable trade-offs and communicate recommendations to executive leadership in a clear, actionable manner that enables timely decision making
• Working knowledge of network optimization tools and methodologies with the ability to direct modeling efforts, challenge assumptions, validate outputs, and translate insights into actionable business recommendations
• Advanced capability across descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics; deep experience with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, or similar) and advanced Excel
• Experience with enterprise systems (ERP, planning, or data platforms); SAP preferred
• Experience building analytics governance, data standards, and operating models

Preferred Skills:

• Hands‑on experience with supply chain modeling and optimization platforms (e.g., Coupa/Llamasoft Supply Chain Guru, AIMMS, Optilogic) and digital twin approaches
• Strong foundation in operations research, statistics, or applied mathematics, including deterministic and stochastic optimization
• Food manufacturing, CPG, agriculture, or other perishable/temperature‑controlled supply chains, including multi‑plant, multi‑DC, and global export network structures
• Sustainability, waste reduction, and responsible sourcing analytics; scaling optimization and ML systems across large physical footprints

Physical Environment/Demands:

• Some travel may be required; most work is performed in a temperature-controlled office environment
• Incumbent may sit for long periods of time at a desk or computer terminal and use calculators, keyboards, telephone, and other office equipment during the normal workday
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Stooping, bending, twisting, and reaching may be required

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive.  Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts

• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program

• Paid Time Off

• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance

• Family-Friendly Employee events

• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Anticipated Close Date

Pay Transparency

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law