Supply Planner

Job Overview

This role is responsible for mid-range capacity and inventory planning across an assigned group of Amcor North America plants, collaborating with other supply planner specialists to develop recommendations and action plans to solve supply constraints.

• Collaborate with plants, customer service, demand planning, and operations planning to develop rolling 0-12 week (90 day) production plans to meet customer demand while accounting for major downtime events, new assets, holiday plant closures, and changes in crewing levels or production rates.
• Administer replenishment programs to set the production plan for the assigned time horizon.
• Accountable for delivering the inventory plan for assigned operations facilities.
• Manage inventories for finished goods, semi-finished goods, and raw material.
• Identify and prioritize consumption of aged inventory.
• Provide data analysis, information and recommended solutions to key stakeholders regarding capacity constraints, emerging constraints, and under-utilization.
• Use capacity information to minimize inventories and meet customer service requirements, working closely with historical production and forecast data to balance capacities.
• Partner with assigned plants to communicate expected capacity loading so that proper staffing can be maintained.
• Sequence operations across shared plant areas in coordination with other supply planner specialists.
• Resolve plant-to-plant issues to maintain targeted capacity loadings.
• Set and periodically review target inventory levels.
• Lead business process and best-practice improvement suggestions to drive continuous improvement within supply chain.
• Provide backup for team members.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Operations Management or Supply Chain, or related field plus 4–6 years of relevant experience—OR an equivalent combination of education and experience totaling over 10 years.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Demonstrated business-process-improvement knowledge or Lean Six Sigma certification preferred.
• Proven analytical skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• APICS or comparable certification preferred.
• At least 3 years experience with an ERP system, preferably SAP.
• Experience with integrated business-planning software preferred.

• Medical, dental and vision plans.
• Flexible time off (minimum 80 hours paid per year for full-time salaried employees).
• Company-paid holidays (minimum 8 days per year).
• Well-being program and Employee Assistance Program.
• Health Savings Account / Flexible Spending Account.
• Life insurance, AD&D, short-term & long-term disability, and voluntary benefits.
• Paid parental leave.
• Retirement savings plan with company match.
• Tuition reimbursement (subject to approval).
• Discretionary annual bonus program (initial eligibility depends on hire date).

Amcor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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