Supply Chain Planner

Job Title:

Supply Chain Planner

Job Location:

Tempe, AZ 85284
Contract Duration: 10+ months

Job Description:

Supply Chain Planner will be responsible for maintaining proper inventory to fulfill demand requirements, for the production or distribution of finished goods. This includes purchasing/redeployment of full goods support, and or bulk raw materials and ingredients. May occasionally perform production planning activities.

• Responsible for maintaining proper full goods/bulk material and ingredient inventory levels for assigned area/locations utilizing SAP Planning Modules.
• Maintain PP and MRP profiles to ensure the integrity of the SAP Production and Capacity modules are fully utilized.
• Clearly and proactively communicate potential supply chain interruptions.
• Cuts, TOTs, to the respective plant and supply chain parties. Interact with supplier as needed to include conference calls.
• Must maintain SAP/DRP coverage profiles for direct materials/produced full goods for facilities within assigned area.
• Work with Planner III and or project/brand manager on SAP material set-ups and sourcing changes for purchased products and new product launches.
• Provides a daily deployment plan to entire network (which includes communicating with sister plants, 3rd party warehouses, trucking companies, potentially tanker companies and suppliers), related to shipping and receiving.
• Communicate material changes and shortages to Operations (Operations Managers, Quality, Procurement)
• In the event of prolonged shortages initiates the escalation process to meet business needs
• Prioritizes the shuttle/inventory moving through the network, which includes analyzing the timing of production in order to bring materials into facilities for production.
• The Planner II will need to analyze the weeks of supply to ensure adequate safety stocks are maintained.
• Ensures that MRP (Material Requirements Planning) system is creating demand signals to drive supplier production plans. Helps the Planner III maintain master data settings.
• Analyze new items and sunset of items for run-out of materials and ingredients
• Run and review the product availability reports and ATP (available to promise) block resolution for finished goods
• Conduct analysis to enable decision-making regarding costs to expedite, including review of loss sales
• Manage SAP master data maintenance
• Communicate and initiate commercialization to Operations team as it relates to materials
• May have participation in Program Management team calls to ensure proper order of raw materials
• May be involved in innovation planning meeting for product introductions

• Type of previous work experience required Must have strong analytical skills and have the ability to work with Mathematical concepts.
• Must have experience with Microsoft Office (intermediate skills preferred)
• Must have some knowledge of SAP
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Must have strong written and verbal communication skills
• Minimum of 2-5 years purchasing or planning responsibilities
• Minimum education level required to perform this job is High School

• Experience with Forecasting and Trend patterns
• Advanced knowledge of SAP
• Bachelor's degree preferred
• APICS certifications preferred