Premier Nutrition Company (PNC) is one of the fastest-growing companies in the proactive wellness space showing clear leadership in the category of protein shakes and powders. We make the brands Premier Protein and Dymatize,  and are part of our publicly traded holding company, BellRing Brands (NYSE: BRBR).
We have a simple, yet powerful, formula for our success, which we’ve been nailing since our founding in 1997. We start with an organization powered by our company purpose—Changing Lives with Good Energy. Then our purpose-driven people are given the support and autonomy to develop and grow. Next, we are super-intentional about designing a culture where everyone feels like they truly connect and belong, which is one of our five company core values. Purpose-driven, connected employees deliver amazing business results. And winning companies with remarkable people and thriving cultures attract and retain top talent, so the cycle becomes self-reinforcing or what we call our regenerative culture.
We don’t mind sharing our formula, since we believe the world would be a better place if more workplaces treated adults like adults and gave them the platform to do the best work of their lives—alongside some truly amazing colleagues. Why don’t more companies do this? It takes deep-in-your-bones conviction to your people, products, and purpose to pull it off. It also takes resisting the urge to try to control people, and instead, trusting them to make the right decisions. The result of our vibrant culture speaks for itself: We were certified as a Great Place to Work™ for the 9th year-running in 2025. And we currently rank #8 on Fortune Magazine’s Best Workplaces in our category and were in the top 12 for each of the last 7 years.
We have a long list of ways we take care of our people, but here are some crowd-pleasers that our employees often say they love most: Year-round ½ day Fridays, in-office massages, free lunches & snacks, dogs in the office, culture of belonging celebrations, engaging in-office events like bring your kids to work day, 6% 401k match after 1 year, generous paid family leave regardless of gender, all positions bonus-eligible, company-wide volunteer days, company-matched charitable donations, no employee handbook, no dress code, coaching conversations instead of performance reviews, and walking meetings.
PNC seeks individuals who will flourish in this type of work environment and will add to our culture and help build this high-growth company for the next phase in our amazing journey. Does this sound like you? Then read on…
We believe in the power of mindset, and specifically what we call the Challenger Mindset. Do you take smart, bold risks, display relentless hunger, and see yourself as a builder? We’re looking for individuals who choose action over analysis paralysis—those who start before they feel completely ready, make calculated moves based on the best information available, and build momentum through decisive action rather than perfect planning. You should have an insatiable drive that keeps you agile and forward-thinking, always challenging assumptions, seeking new opportunities, and focusing on long-term impact over short-term wins. Above all, you’re a builder—someone who transforms the status quo, finds smarter, simpler, faster ways to get things done, and inspires others to do the same.  #LI-HYBRID
The role you’re interested in…

 

The Sr. Director, Demand Planning & Operations Excellence is responsible for leading the end-to-end Demand Planning function while advancing operational excellence across supply chain people, processes, data, and technology. This role serves as the Process Owner for the Demand Review segment within the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) cycle and is accountable for delivering an unbiased, insight-driven view of demand that enables strategic decision-making across the enterprise.

 

The Senior Director will lead and develop the Demand Planning team, drive forecast quality across multiple planning horizons, and strengthen cross-functional alignment among Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, Data & Analytics, and Information Technology. The role will also establish the future-state vision and roadmap for planning capabilities, including process standardization, advanced analytics, capability building, master data governance, automation, and digital planning tools such as o9.

 

This leader will serve as an enterprise thought partner, translating complex business, consumer, customer, and market signals into clear demand insights, scenarios, risks, opportunities, and recommendations. The position is expected to build a best-in-class planning organization that is scalable, digitally enabled, and equipped to support the company’s growth.  This role reports into our VP-  IBP, PMO, Demand Planning, & Operations Excellence.

The work environment…
So, what’s it like to work here? If you’re based in the greater Bay Area, you’ll walk into our Emeryville office each Tuesday morning and start the in-person portion of our hybrid work week at our weekly all-company meeting and find close to 200 of your colleagues, some sitting with their dogs, talking excitedly through the week ahead and watching a newer teammate tell their personal life and career journey followed by a quick update on any hot topics that might be relevant to the week ahead.
We are a dynamic, HYBRID workplace, with an expectation that all employees come into the office Tuesday through Thursday. We are very intentional about connecting in person for things like innovation, impromptu collaboration, having respectful challenges to get to better decisions, leadership role-modeling, and culture building. Great work cultures are built on stories about what great looks like in practice, and great stories during virtual meetings just don’t happen. The expected pay scale for this role is $225k to $250k, which may vary based on relevant experience, qualifications, geographic area (if applicable), and internal equity for the role.
At the beginning of 2026, we moved into our massive modern 133,000 square foot headquarters in Emeryville, California, complete with spacious personal workspaces, gym with rock-climbing wall, a café, free onsite parking, tons of greenery, and many transportation options.

 

• Lead and develop a high-performing Demand Planning organization by providing strategic leadership, coaching, and mentorship that builds trusted enterprise partnerships, reinforces accountability, and enables actionable, insight-driven work.
• Establish clear goals, performance expectations, and operating routines that reinforce ownership, transparency, and continuous improvement.
• Build a culture of curiosity, learning, constructive challenge, and fact-based decision-making across the Demand Planning function and the broader Operations organization.
• Develop and execute a multi-year talent and capability roadmap that strengthens future-ready competencies in advanced analytics, statistical forecasting, AI-enabled planning, planning systems, business acumen, communication, influencing, and leadership.
• Build a strong succession pipeline through structured development plans, targeted coaching, stretch opportunities, and ongoing skill-building.
• Partner with Operations leaders to identify organizational capability gaps and establish clear roadmaps for closing those gaps.
• Lead the development and deployment of supply chain capability-building programs, including training, playbooks, job aids, process documentation, skills assessments, and communities of practice.
• Promote a builder mindset by encouraging the team to challenge existing approaches, experiment with new capabilities, and continuously improve how work is performed.
• Create an inclusive team environment that values diverse perspectives, supports healthy debate, and brings people along through periods of change.

• Lead the end-to-end monthly Demand Planning process, serve as Process Owner for Demand Review within the IBP cycle, and ensure Demand Planners lead forums that generate aligned decisions, clear outputs, and visible risks and opportunities.
• Deliver a credible, unbiased, insight-driven rolling 18-month demand plan, with a path toward 24- to 36-month planning, that integrates business assumptions, market signals, risks, opportunities, scenarios, and recommended actions.
• Oversee demand planning forums and establish clear expectations for inputs, assumptions, decision rights, escalation protocols, and outputs.
• Engage in key rhythm-of-business forums, including S&OE, Command Center, Strategic Business Unit sessions, Supply Review, Integrated Reconciliations, annual planning, and long-range planning processes.
• Guide collaboration with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, Data & Analytics, IT, and other partners to create transparency around demand drivers, including distribution changes, promotions, pricing, media investments, customer plans, competitive activity, consumption trends, and innovation launches.
• Monitor external demand signals such as syndicated data, point-of-sale trends, customer behavior, macroeconomic indicators, category trends, and competitive actions to enrich the organization’s view of future demand.
• Identify and communicate material demand risks and opportunities, ensuring scenario implications and recommended actions are visible to senior leadership.
• Translate complex data, trends, assumptions, and scenarios into concise executive-level insights and recommendations that support timely decision-making.
• Represent the Demand Planning function in enterprise planning and leadership forums, preparing and delivering decision-oriented materials for executive audiences.
• Partner with Supply Planning leadership to establish inventory and weeks-of-supply parameters informed by current demand trends, forecast variability, lead times, and service objectives.
• Connect demand insights across near-term execution, IBP, annual planning, and long-range planning to inform financial commitments, budgets, capacity decisions, inventory strategies, innovation plans, portfolio choices, and strategic investments.
• Serve as a trusted enterprise thought partner to Finance, Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, and senior leadership by translating business, consumer, customer, and market signals into concise executive-level insights.

• Define and execute the Operations Excellence and Planning Center of Excellence roadmap across people, processes, data, analytics, and tools.
• Establish a multi-year roadmap to advance supply chain planning maturity, scalability, and business impact across Operations.
• Design and implement future-state planning capabilities that improve agility, visibility, clarity, insight generation, scalability, decision quality, and end-to-end connectivity across the supply chain.
• Drive process optimization initiatives that simplify workflows, reduce manual effort, shorten cycle times, improve handoffs, and strengthen end-to-end accountability.
• Champion a mindset of operational excellence through structured problem-solving, root-cause analysis, standard work, clear governance, and continuous improvement.
• Provide leadership in advanced forecasting methodologies by integrating statistical modeling, historical data, consumption and shipment signals, customer insights, market intelligence, and business judgment into planning routines.
• Own governance for key Demand Planning measures, including forecast accuracy, MAPE, bias, rolling 90-day forecast performance, forecast value add, and other relevant planning health indicators.
• Establish clear Demand and Supply KPI definitions, targets, ownership, reporting routines, and corrective-action processes to drive consistent cross-functional accountability.
• Lead quarterly planning and supply chain analytics, including segmentation, best-fit statistical modeling reviews, lowest-landed-cost prioritization, and other recurring analyses that support business decisions.
• Maintain current knowledge of industry practices, emerging technologies, planning methodologies, analytics capabilities, and supply chain trends.
• Translate external best practices into recommendations for the company’s long-term planning and Operations Excellence roadmap.

• Shape the long-term technology roadmap for Demand and Supply Planning, including planning tools, analytics platforms, master data, reporting, automation, and advanced planning capabilities.
• Own the business relationship and performance of the o9 planning platform, partnering with IT, Data & Analytics, business stakeholders, and external technology partners to strengthen functionality, adoption, accuracy, and business value.
• Ensure the o9 platform and supporting reports deliver accurate, consistent, timely, and decision-relevant information.
• Partner with IT, Data & Analytics, business stakeholders, and o9 to investigate and resolve data integrity, reporting, system functionality, integration, and user-adoption issues.
• Evaluate new o9 functionality and determine its potential business value, readiness, prioritization, and alignment with the broader planning roadmap.
• Lead the business design and adoption of new planning capabilities that affect Demand and Supply processes, including S&OE, optimization, solver functionality, scenario planning, workflow automation, enhanced analytics, and digital planning tools.
• Partner with IT to identify opportunities to centralize and optimize master data setup, maintenance, monitoring, and exception management.
• Advance the digitization of supply chain operations by improving visibility, automating repetitive activities, strengthening exception-based management, and enabling teams to focus on higher-value analysis and decision support.
• Develop the reporting and analytics required to facilitate Demand Review, S&OE, IBP, and other enterprise planning forums, leveraging o9 and supporting platforms such as Tableau and Power BI.
• Promote system adoption by ensuring that processes, governance, training, and user capabilities evolve alongside technology investments.

• Participate in industry conferences, professional networks, and learning opportunities to identify emerging best practices in planning capabilities, processes, analytics, and technology.
• Participate in company-wide activities, leadership forums, and employee events.
• Build relationships through formal and informal conversations with colleagues and cross-functional partners.
• Complete administrative activities such as calendaring, expense reporting, team communications, and other responsibilities required to support effective leadership.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Finance, Analytics, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant work experience.

• 12+ years of progressive experience across supply chain, operations, planning or related disciplines with demonstrated understanding of end-to-end supply chain interdependencies
• 8+ years of experience managing multiple direct reports
• Significant direct experience leading Demand Planning in a complex, fast-paced organization, preferably within consumer packaged goods or a related industry.
• Demonstrated expertise in statistical forecasting, demand analytics, scenario planning, and the integration of consumption, customer, market, and business intelligence into the demand plan.
•  Experience serving as a leader or process owner within an Integrated Business Planning or Sales and Operations Planning environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading, coaching, and developing high-performing teams.
• Experience designing and implementing supply chain processes, capabilities, governance models, and continuous-improvement programs.
• Experience with advanced planning systems, preferably o9, and supporting analytics or visualization platforms such as Tableau or Power BI.
• Experience leading or supporting system implementations, integrations, enhancements, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Experience with data governance, master data, analytics, automation, and technology-enabled process improvement.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives and influencing decisions across Commercial, Finance, Supply Chain, Technology, and senior leadership stakeholders.
• Project, program, or transformation management experience.

• Enterprise leadership: Connects Demand Planning and Operations Excellence priorities to broader commercial, financial, operational, and strategic objectives.
• Strategic thinking: Establishes a compelling future-state vision and translates that vision into executable roadmaps, priorities, and measurable outcomes.
• Demand Planning expertise: Demonstrates strong knowledge of forecasting methodologies, statistical modeling, forecast performance measurement, scenario planning, and demand drivers.
• IBP leadership: Understands how demand, supply, financial, and strategic plans connect and can lead effective cross-functional decision-making within an IBP framework.
• Data storytelling: Translates complex data and analytical findings into clear insights, scenarios, implications, and recommendations for senior leaders.
• Influence and collaboration: Builds trusted relationships, navigates competing perspectives, and brings stakeholders along toward aligned decisions.
• People leadership: Coaches, empowers, and develops talent while establishing clear accountability and high performance expectations.
• Change leadership: Leads teams through ambiguity, transformation, competing priorities, uncertainty, and evolving business requirements.
• Continuous-improvement mindset: Challenges existing processes, identifies root causes, simplifies work, and builds sustainable solutions.
• Digital and analytical fluency: Demonstrates comfort with advanced analytics, planning platforms, automation, system implementations, and technology-enabled transformation.
• Business and technical integration: Translates business needs into clear process, data, analytics, and technology requirements.
• Communication: Demonstrates excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and executive presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex topics.
• Decision quality: Applies structured thinking, sound judgment, diverse perspectives, and fact-based analysis to make effective decisions.
• Execution: Prioritizes effectively, drives ownership, follows through on commitments, and delivers results across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Innovation: Brings creativity, curiosity, exploration, and a willingness to test new ways of working.
• Attention to detail: Maintains a high standard of accuracy and discipline while retaining an enterprise-wide perspective.

• Enterprise-wide savvy and perspective
• Drive and ownership of results
• Influence and inspire
• Coach and empower
• Bring people along
• Be a builder
• Thrive in ambiguity and competing priorities
• Practice radical candor by caring personally and challenging directly
• Creativity, exploration, and innovation
• Learning and growth mindset

• You want to be an integral part of shaping and nurturing an amazing work culture.
• You can be flexible in your approach to people challenges and abandon past practices if they don’t make sense or would lead to a poor outcome.
• You are comfortable being natural, casual, open, and even a bit playful at work.
• You don’t have a big ego and hate siloed thinking.
• You like to get sh*t, I mean—stuff done.
• You can be friendly, vulnerable, and self-deprecating in one moment, and deal with a challenging, delicate people-related matter as a professional in the next.
• You can do periods of focused, deep work on projects that drive the needle.

• …a lot of structure, rules, and uniformity
• …a lot of command and control management
• …a “big company” impersonal, cog-in-the-machine vibe—that ain’t us
• …to build a beautiful, orderly bureaucracy
• … things to not change much (we suggest the elevator business for that)
• …workplaces where there isn’t much ambiguity
• …to resolve challenging interpersonal situations over instant messaging
• …to work in your own “silo-of-excellence”
• …hiding at home with your camera off, better yet, on mute, and demonstrating excellence through email
• …to chase whatever shiny object presents itself during the day instead of real results through focus