Buyer​/Planner

Job Highlights

Our cutting-edge technology makes the labels and packaging for the world's biggest and most famous brands right here in Sioux Falls, SD!

A global supply chain leader and specialty packaging pioneer, CCL is the largest label company in the world and provides innovative premium packaging solutions to the Home & Personal Care, Premium Food & Beverage, Healthcare & Specialty, Automotive & Durables and Consumer markets worldwide. CCL Label is the world's largest converter of pressure sensitive and extruded film materials for decorative, functional and information labels.

We begin with Innovation. We specialize in making the labeling and packaging that helps you choose the best products every day. A variety of decoration technologies exist at CCL including digital, screen, offset, flexo, and rotogravure printing. We also utilize combination presses that can combine the different printing technologies and run them together with cold and hot foil.

CCL has state-of-the-art finishing equipment in place to supply labels that live up to, and even exceed, customers' expectations. Included are process parameters like the reel winding and slitting tolerances. Material and/or printing defects can be detected by automatic camera inspection systems and are easily eliminated by the operators.

Our product line includes:

• Pressure Sensitive Labels
• Shrink Sleeves
• Sustainability Labels
• Special Effects Labels

We make packaging solutions for:

• Premium Food and Beverage
• Home Care & Laundry
• Beauty & Personal Care

We are currently hiring for a Buyer/Planner that will fill an integral role on our Purchasing team.

CCL offers an extensive benefits package that includes vacation and paid personal off, health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) match up to 8%, company-paid life insurance and disability insurance, employee assistance program, flexible spending account, and tuition reimbursement.

This position is an integral part of the purchasing team and is primarily responsible for materials management and to purchase and plan materials for production. The role will monitor and ensure raw materials (substance, ink, tooling and corrugate) and MRO's are ready as production schedule warrants and acquire materials and services to meet company standards.

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• Gathering and sharing appropriate information and ensuring targets are met and procedures are followed at all times.
• Ability to work in a fast paced and challenging environment is essential.
• Material planning to include review of production schedule to ensure material availability to avoid production delays.
• Maintain inventory and consignment inventories to meet production needs.
• Enter purchase orders into the system ensuring timely placement and delivery of components in line with production planning requirements.
• Expedite and reschedule open purchase orders to suit production planning requirements.
• Interact with production planner, project managers and sales to understand the demand.
• Share, communicate and report on variances to both internal and external supply chain.
• Research, identify and correct material inventory discrepancies.
• Provide input in developing departmental strategies for inventory on existing items, new product introduction and phase outs.
• Improve relationships among planners, sales, production supervisors and quality which will lead to effective knowledge sharing and optimizing the forecast to better guide the company.
• Execute with excellence in the area of stock and demand replenishment providing feedback to the supply chain on risks regarding replenishment levels and demand.
• Coordinate all imports including freight, insurance and duties.
• Coordinate temperature-controlled shipments for incoming material.
• Create generic specification sheets.
• Maintain product specification database.
• Support the purchasing team to ensure continuous improvement, add value to the organization and work alongside all departments within the company to achieve results.
• Other duties as assigned.