Senior Supply Planner

Overview

Join Reynolds Consumer Products
…and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities! We are passionate about achieving results and have fun winning as a team!

We provide amazing job opportunities for growth with competitive pay and benefits in an exciting, dynamic, fast-paced, and fun workplace environment. Are you looking to build a strong career? Then we have an opportunity for you! We currently have an opportunity for a Senior Supply Planner at our headquarter office at Lake Forest, Illinois
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Your Role:

The primary responsibility of the Senior Supply Chain Planner is to ensure continuity of supply of finished goods for assigned brands. This position is responsible for managing inventory levels and the deployment of finished goods according to customer demands and company objectives. The position will also advise management and brand team members of the current and future status of product supply related information for existing and new products.

We embrace and accept individual experiences and backgrounds to achieve a diverse and inclusive workplace.

You Will Have the Opportunity To:

• Responsible for all levels of the production planning process, while creating and providing clear scheduling direction and guidelines.
• Ensure volume, customer service; inventory and operating expense goals are achieved through creation, communication and implementation of weekly sales and operations master production schedules.
• Monitor and analyze capacity constraint data and adjust master schedules accordingly or make recommendations for solution.
• Review sales forecast and inventory data to create weekly master production schedule in accordance with customer service targets, logistics and manufacturing cost goals for supply chain.
• Develop, analyze and communicate action plans to resolve service problems.
• May perform transportation and equipment capacity analyses.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including internal and external manufacturing operations, customer service, finance, quality, sales, and marketing to resolve issues impacting their areas of responsibility
• Work with manufacturing locations and lead special projects to improve forecast accuracy, inventory reductions, transit time, and product.
• In locations where applicable, responsible to comply with the SQF and GMP practices and programs to ensure safe food packaging product and to report food safety problems to those with authority to take action.
• Size, scope and complexity of assigned portfolio are factors in the level of responsibility.

Education:

• BA/BS degree in Procurement, Logistics or related field.
• MBA or advanced degree a plus

Experience:

• 5+ years of related professional and progressive supply chain business experience.
• Previous experience in production planning, scheduling, demand planning, or distributions operations in a multi-facility environment preferred.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Proficient in MS Office.
• High proficiency in Excel, including ability to use array formulas, and pivot tables.
• Proficiency in SAP, JDE, or Manugistics required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate and influence at all levels within the organization.
• Self-directed with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple accountabilities and multiple internal customers.
• Strong analytical skills as well as organizational skills with high attention to detail.
• Ability to effectively communicate technical information verbally as well as in written formats.
• Ability to identify, analyze and resolve problems logically and systematically.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule during key business deadlines.
• Must be team oriented with the ability to work on high collaboration and performance teams.

Competencies
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• Results Driven
  - Ability to focus on organizational growth, financial performance and achieving results.
• Critical Decision Maker
  - Clear, critical thinker that engages in thoughtful, data-driven decisions and has the ability to summarize and draw appropriate conclusions from complex data.
• Customer Focused
  - Understands customers’ needs and places the highest priority on delighting customers.
• Teamw…