Operations Planning Coordinator

A part of Colgate-Palmolive since 1976, Hill's Pet Nutrition offers the highest-quality pet nutrition available through product lines Prescription Diet® and Science Diet®. Veterinarians worldwide recommend and feed their own pets Hill’s products more than any other brand of pet food. Available in approximately 80 countries around the world, our extensive line of products includes more than 60 Prescription Diet brand pet foods and more than 50 Science Diet brand pet foods.

We believe all animals should be loved and cared for during their lifetimes. That is why we are proud our pet foods can make a difference in your pet’s life. A career at Hill’s Pet Nutrition or Colgate-Palmolive is an excellent opportunity if you seek a global experience, constant challenge, and development opportunities in an environment that respects work/life effectiveness.

• Job Title:
  
  Operations Planning Coordinator
• Travel Required?:
  No Travel
• Posting
  
  Start Date:
  
  10/20/25
• Location:
  
  Emporia, Kansas, United States
• Job Number: #169817
• On-site
• No Relocation Assistance Offered

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name! Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet.

Guided by our core values – Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous – we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let’s build a brighter, healthier future for all.

• Meet or exceed safety and quality standards.
• Clear blocked invoices and other financial transactions.
• Use SAP data/system to set production plans, schedule requirements, inventory management, and schedule adherence.
• Verify accuracy of daily transactions in SAP, production reporting systems, and yield reporting; perform monthly and quarterly inventories – physical and system.
• Make arrangements to maintain inventory levels while facing logistical issues; recommend contingency plans to OP&M TL to address business interruption; facilitate troubleshooting of production scheduling problems, inventory variances, and yield variances in a timely manner.
• Support productivity initiatives by monitoring processes to deliver against key performance goals including Production, Inventory, Scrap, Cost, Plant Service Level, Cycle Time Interval and Schedule Attainment.
• Work closely with Operations Planning and Materials Leader to deliver customer service, productivity, and cost results and balance priorities.
• Update SOP, SAP material master, and work with controller on costing of product ingredient changes.
• Ensure raw and packaging material inventory processes and controls to effectively manage receiving, inventory, SLOB, and working capital.
• Coordinate with Inventory, Planning & Deployment (IPD) team to support Hill’s domestic and international demand.
• Adhere to operating budgets for variable and fixed overheads for the production planning and materials team.
• Ensure that all materials shipped and received are in compliance with corporate and government standards for quality, trace‑ability, and bio‑terrorism.

• High School diploma, GED or equivalent.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in production, planning, purchasing, customer service, or logistics.
• Working knowledge of SAP, specifically to Production planning, Materials Management module.
• Experience in working with Demand and Supply positions.
• Analytical skills.

• BA / BS Degree in Operations Management, Business, Technical field, Science fields or equivalent.
• SAP/ARIBA knowledge.
• Qualification in Materials Management will be an advantage.
• Prior manufacturing planning and or coordination experience preferred.
• 3 years of related experience.

Salary Range $51,200.00 – $70,000.00 USD. Pay is determined based on experience, qualifications, and location. Salaried employees may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, profit‑sharing, and…