Supply Planner

Perdue Foods has a goal of becoming the most trusted name in premium proteins by creating products for consumers and for retail and food service customers around the globe while changing the way animals are raised for food. It is part of Perdue Farms, a fourth-generation, family-owned food and agricultural business deeply rooted in tradition yet with a forward-thinking mindset. We believe that success starts with our people, and our culture is built on a foundation of teamwork, integrity, and respect, where every voice matters and everyone is encouraged to contribute to our shared goals.

We are dedicated to creating a supportive, inclusive environment where associates feel valued and inspired to make an impact, both within the company and in the communities we serve. From promoting growth and development to prioritizing work-life balance, we’re committed to helping our team members thrive. That's Perdue.

Step into a key role that keeps our operations running seamlessly from production to customer delivery. The Supply Planner develops and maintains daily and weekly production schedules for assigned plants and species, balancing supply, capacity, and demand to support business objectives. This role plays a critical part in optimizing company resources, aligning production plans with customer needs, and ensuring orders are fulfilled efficiently and on time.

If you enjoy solving complex planning challenges and making a measurable impact across the supply chain, this role offers the opportunity to drive results at the heart of our operations.

This position is based at Corporate HQ in Salisbury, MD.

The salary range for this position is $63,000 - $95,000 per year, based on experience and qualifications with annual bonus available (variable depending on performance). In addition to the base salary, Perdue offers a competitive benefits package, including medical/Rx, 401(k) with employer match after 1 year, critical illness, accident insurance, dental, vision, life insurance, optional group life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability protection, flexible spending accounts and paid time off.

• Create and maintain the optimum Production Schedule for a poultry processing facility. These plans must meet both the short- and long-term goals.
• Create and maintain the optimum inventory profile to ensure fulfillment of customer requirements, considering forecast accuracy, schedule compliance and production smoothing requirements.
• Review forecast with Demand Planning to review issues such as product mix or capacity constraints. Examples would be identification of excess products in the future or feature requirements exceeding capacity at the default plant and assignment of volume to alternate facilities. Supply Planners will assign the default plant to new customers after reviewing the full impact of the additional volume.
• Work as part of the Sales and Operations Planning team to review the forward plan and past performance. This will also involve a constant dialogue with respective plants, Demand Planning, Order Management and Distribution.
• Constantly monitor and review the supply models in Blue Yonder (JDA) and Excel, including all the automatic, overnight processes and interfaces to and from SAP. Daily exception reports will be produced for both system exceptions where parameters are missing and process exceptions, for example where supply may not meet demand or stock is low.
• Monitor exceptions daily and communicate with Order Management as to the most effective solution; advise of any modifications to the supply plan and options for utilizing inventory.

Bachelor’s degree and 4–5 years of related work experience. In absence of bachelor’s degree, total experience must equal 7–8 years.

• Above average numerate and analytical skills.
• Good working knowledge of Supply Chain and SAP as it relates to inventory and the master production schedule.
• Sound business and industry experience essential.
• Advanced computer skills including experience in the Microsoft Office Suite and an understanding of how data is passed…