Supply Planner - Packaged Products

Reporting Structure:
Reports to the Supply Chain Planning Manager

Pay is dependent upon experience and will be discussed during the consideration process.

Overview:

The Supply Planner is a key member of the supply chain team reporting directly to the Supply Chain Planning Manager. The Supply Planner is accountable for executing the vision and goals based upon the monthly S&OP through the daily planning of inventory to optimize costs while meeting company and customer commitments.

The statements listed are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the jobholder and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of the jobholder. Additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned as needed.

The physical demands and work environment described herein are representative of those that must be met by a teammate to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this position, the teammate will be regularly required to talk and hear, use fingers and hands to handle and/or feel, use eyesight for depth perceptions, close, distant, peripheral and color vision;

stand, walk, sit, reach, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl. Frequent exposure to walking on rocky, irregular surfaces that may be muddy and in reduced lighting conditions, moving mechanical parts, electrical equipment, high and/or confined spaces, fumes, airborne particles, outside weather conditions and explosives. Occasionally be able to lift and/or move up to fifty (50) lbs. independently and tolerate moderate noise levels.

Responsibilities:

• Safety first mindset always;
  Demonstrates commitment to communicating, improving, and adhering to safety policies in all work environments and areas. Understand and comply with all local, state, and federal regulations.
• Proactively collaborate and communicate in a cross functional environment with production, distribution terminals, sales, finance, supply chain, logistics, quality, procurement and between business divisions.
• Balance supply with demand for assigned geography and/or products to maximize product availability and minimize cost exposure.
• Partner with production teams to optimize production schedule and meet customer demand.
• Develop and manage stocking levels to optimize inventory position.
• Assess market conditions, anticipate supply, or demand changes, develop actionable contingency plans to effectively mitigate, including associated financial impacts driven optimizing for margin, escalate to senior management for approval and implement solutions.
• Coordinate, control, and report inventory levels, daily and weekly, reconcile inventory monthly.
• Plan daily shipments from plant to terminal, terminal to terminal and direct to customers.
• Provide timely feedback to the company regarding service failures or customer concerns.
• Provide cost of supply information and other related statistics.
• Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Actively participate in S&OP process. Reconcile metrics versus established targets:
  Days of Supply, Stockouts or Allocations, Shipments, Sales Plant Direct vs. Terminals, Expediting Cost for suboptimal moves with reason codes and descriptions.
• Initiate, develop and lead projects to continuously improve.
• Conduct root-cause analysis for supply chain issues/variances, define and track corrective action plans to avoid reoccurrence.
• Ongoing development of strategic and tactical supply chain plans.
• Other tasks and projects as assigned by senior management.

Ability, Skills & Knowledge:

• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of experience and education.
• Experience
  
  Required:
  
  3+ years of supply chain planning, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Self-starter, ability to work independently with a high level of energy, initiative, and commitment to continuous improvement.
• Advanced skill level:
  Exceptional attention to detail, planning, time management, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Commu…