• Align plant operational capacities with corporate planning systems. Evaluate available capacities and constraints in equipment, labor, and materials, both long-term and short-term, suggest revisions and implement the final plan.
• Manage the flow and streamline the processes involved in producing a product in order to maximize inventory efficiencies and meet customer expectations.
• Represent Planning as part of the Plant Leadership team encourage cooperation and exchange information between Corporate Master Planning and the plant team.
• Maintain and review the production plan in order to adjust for forecast changes and unexpected sales.
• Responsible for determining and implementing formulation production plans.
• Develops contingency plans to issues and coordinates with functional areas to resolve plant planning or scheduling conflicts and capacity constraints.
• Responsible for plant planning department budget numbers.

• Consult and communicate with Procurement and determine what raw materials are needed for the plant and request from Procurement.
• Manage Finished Goods inventory levels between manufacturing locations within established control limits to support demand.
• Monitor WIP levels and adjust production plans as necessary.
• Monitor components to assure availability when needed to maintain continuous workflow to production lines while maintaining proper inventory levels.
• Determine materials requirements needed to meet production schedules, inventory levels, and shipment demands to achieve on-time production and inventory management requirements.
• Control the flow of product to the packaging room – to ensure no obsolescence/expiry.
• Manage finished goods inventory at outside storage locations.
• Monitor, on a daily basis, the inventory and codes of all products in the cooler to ensure proper rotation and traceability of all items.

Team Management

• Manage day to day activities of production scheduler to implement and maintain performance metrics
• Lead and manage goal setting, developing, training, succession planning, and mentoring for production scheudler
• Technical resource for Allergen program
• Plan, direct and coordinate the day to day activities of the shipping department
• Manage shipment status to meet on-time and accurate delivery requirements
• Proactively evaluate process flow, making changes to improve time-to-fill

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Operations Management, Logistics, or Supply Chain Management preferred
• 5-7 years of experience in Supply Chain / Supply Planning processes (e.g. scheduling, logistics, inventory planning, and/or warehouse management)
• Proven experience with ERP system, preferably IFS
• Microsoft Suite proficient