Planning Manager

The Planning Manager owns the finished goods and raw materials schedule and replenishment plan. This role also oversees packaging and ingredient receipts to purchase orders and tracks packaging and ingredient costs to help maintain the target level of working capital.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of this job.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

While performing duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to sit, talk and/or hear.  The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; stoop; kneel; crouch; crawl; taste and/or smell

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Requires normal range of hearing and vision (including colors) to record, prepare and communicate appropriate reports and laboratory results

• →High School Diploma or G.E.D. required
• →Bachelor’s degree preferred
• →3+ years of supply chain experience in customer service, distribution, or inventory/production planning required
• →Bulk Ordering/Balancing for daily production required
• →Strong Excel experience required
• →Purchasing, scheduling and inventory management experience required
• →Managing product life cycle experience required
• →SAP experience required
• →5+ years’ food industry experience preferred
• →3+ years’ experience with ERP systems preferred
• →Root cause analysis experience preferred
• →APICS CPIM certified preferred

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions.  The employee may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals and may be exposed to loud noises in the plant.  The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to extreme cold, risk of electrical shock and vibration

• Knowledge of SAP and Microsoft Office
• Knowledge and understanding of material flow related to production requirements planning
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources
• Knowledge of production scheduling, materials scheduling management, inventory and finished goods management
• Strong project management skills
• Excellent multi-tasking, organization, and time-management skills
• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Sound business acumen with corresponding analytical and judgment skills
• The ability to create pivot tables, use v-lookup, conduct data analysis of large sets of data using Excel
• Strong customer focus with ability to foster effective cross-functional partnerships
• The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events)
• Strong interpersonal, facilitation, communication, and influencing skills
• The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand