Supply Chain Planner

Responsibilities Planning

• Plan and Coordinate Supply Chain Planning activities according to Demand while respecting Cost & Operational Constraints
• Monitor Supply Key Performance Metrics on a daily/weekly basis & take corrective actions based on trends
• Analyze, determine and present Supply Production Programs to Internal Stakeholders

• Maintain critical inventory parameters including classification and stock allocations per market demand
• Determine and execute processes/technical paths for stock based on commercial needs
• Manage stock, set priorities to optimize quality tests and factory operations (minimize loss, etc.)
• Determine and launch complementary quality tests
• Marketing and Sales meetings: identify market trends to anticipate and prepare appropriate stock levels
• Suggest prorates based on supply trend (stock quality, etc.) and exception forecast
• Collaborate with Sales Data Planning (SDP), understand sales trends and dynamics, impact to supply planning
• Consult Seed Supply Managers (SSM) and Product Managers (PM) for proper production placement
• Collaborate with Manufacturing Managers to optimize factory capacity and meet customer demand
• Communicate with urgency, concise analysis of supply constraints to all stakeholders including Inventory Manager, PM, SDP and Quality Control

• Identify gaps in process that are driving repeat offenses in supply level metrics
• Study quality parameters, trends, genealogies, stock levels and identify root causes using quantitative support

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Agriculture, Engineering or other related fields required
• Minimum of 2 years of direct Supply Chain, Manufacturing, or seed industry experience preferred
• Experience with MPR/ERP (JD Edwards/JDE), SAP or Oracle
• Proficient in a Windows-based PC environment (PowerPoint, Word, Excel required)
• APICS or other certification advantageous