Director Supply Chain Business Analytics & Intelligence - Network Optimization

Title: Director Supply Chain Business Analytics & Intelligence - Network Optimization                 Location: Kennewick, WA                 Job Requisition ID: Req-271915                 Time Type: Full time                 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.

Summary                 Lead the analytical engine that drives Lamb Weston's network optimization decisions across footprint, sourcing, and distribution flow, and translate that work into business action, with a clear cost-to-serve and capital efficiency objective. The Director of Supply Chain Business Analytics & Intelligence is responsible for the strategic development and application of advanced analytics, optimization, and business intelligence capabilities that enhance the performance of Lamb Weston’s end-to-end supply chain network. This role provides enterprise leadership for network design and optimization, leveraging sophisticated analytical models to inform critical decisions regarding manufacturing footprint, capacity investments, sourcing strategies, inventory deployment, and distribution flows. In partnership with Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, IT, and Commercial teams, the Director translates complex data into actionable insights that improve service, cost, inventory efficiency, and supply chain resilience, while advancing enterprise capabilities in network analytics, performance management, and decision support.

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