Materials Planner

Job Description Summary: Summary The Material Planner manages the raw materials, packaging, and miscellaneous items inventory levels, ensuring they comply with agreed stock policies while completing specific actions to level up or down to optimal levels when necessary. This role is responsible to plan and execute the ERP system signals into specific purchase orders to be received on time to meet the production long term and short-term plans. This role also manages inventory at risk and our supplier management relationships. What You’ll Do for Us Inventory Management: · Enforce Flavor Manufacturing raw materials inventory policies while completing specific actions to adjust or bring inventories to optimal levels when necessary and considering warehouse capacity and shelf-life. · Enforces raw materials and packaging inventory policies while completing specific actions to adjust or bring back inventories to optimal levels when necessary. · Enforce production miscellaneous items (e.g., filters, filter aid, etc.) inventory policies while completing specific actions to adjust or bring inventories to optimal levels when necessary. · Procure ingredients, packaging, and other items based on various demand signals. · Maintain Ingredient SAP item planning data to ensure system integrity and utilize those SAP signals for purchasing. Update RE forecasts into the ERP System and run MRP. · Communicate timing requirements of allocated ingredient lots for proper staging or on-site storage. · Generate freight purchase orders for incoming material to help better understand when material will be arriving and if material needs to be expedited. · Continuously update information regarding cleaning usage to help determine current trends and future requirements. · Schedule incoming ingredient bulk tankers receipts. · Maintain updated UN-certified package testing certificates, regulatory documents and closing instructions from packaging suppliers. Materials Review Board and Non-Conforming Materials · Responsible for the Material Review Board (MRB). This includes identifying and presenting inventory at risk (considering days of supply, capacity, shelf life, etc.). and to different key stake holders (e.g. Finance, Technical, Production) to jointly trigger actions to minimize inventory losses. · Support the Non-Conforming Material Review (NCMR) process by participating on rework or disposition solutions with other functions. Supplier Management: · Work in partnership with Strategic Ingredient Supply to ensure continuous supply of suitable quality raw ingredients. · Supply forecasts to Strategic Ingredient Supply to help create contracts and ensure material availability throughout the year. · Develop and manage relationships with vendors or suppliers to ensure proper capabilities, conformance with Company standards, and receipts of appropriate products and services. · Negotiate the purchases of approved packaging materials. Source and process new suppliers for approval as required. · Collaborate with suppliers and implemented solutions to seek continuous improvements in relation to ingredient quality and supplier performance. Manage vendor returns and resolution of quality issues directly with the vendors in a corrective action format. · Provide forecasts to suppliers on high value or high turnover ingredients to ensure continuous supply. · Follow-up on action plans coming from the annual Supplier Risk Assessment to reduce top risks. · Track and report Supplier Performance, while analyzing vendors’ on-time-in-full adverse trends and timely report them. · Review, interpret, and verify MRP requirements in a timely manner and plan accordingly to ensuring availability of all purchased components and availability of finished product for customer orders. · Request and gather all regulatory paperwork for potential new suppliers and /or new ingredients. Special analysis: · Review ingredient specifications for suitability and fit for use. · 167/229 Analysis: confirm lots received are acceptable. · Ensure close analysis of orange oils levels. Other responsibilities · Connect with Flavor Manufacturing-Wexford periodically to align on overall inventory levels. · Collaborate with various departments to implement continuous improvements projects. · Ensure department training requirements are met. · Support FMAp’s DD&C for new ingredients and commercialization planning. · Support the Integrated Management System through actively becoming an internal auditor (KORE or ISO requirements, 5S program). · Ensure all processes under this role’s responsibilities are properly documented to ensure a standard approach that could be improved with time. · Actively participate in the daily communication center and provide input or share information when necessary. · Manage, investigate and resolve assigned continuous improvements and nonconforming materials reports. Qualifications & Requirements · University degree in Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Supply Chain, Business Administration, or any technical related field. · Master’s in business administration degree is considered a plus. · APICS certification is considered a plus. Experience and Critical Knowledge · Minimum of 5+ years of experience in manufacturing facility in a similar supply chain role. · Experience with SAP or similar ERP systems. · Proficient in excel. Experience and Critical Knowledge · Minimum of 5+ years of experience in manufacturing facility in a similar supply chain role. · Experience with SAP or similar ERP systems. · Proficient in excel. · This position requires a high level of attention to detail and the ability to understand complex manufacturing processes and how it relates to the procurement process. · Knowledge of supplier fulfilment capabilities to meet customer and internal requirements. Ability to build system capability and capacity to ensure service is provided effectively, timely and efficiently. · Excellent analytical, problem solving, decision making and strategic thinking skills, with ability to navigate and prioritize multiple conflicting demands. · Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including influencing, listening, teamwork and building value-based relationships. · Ability to make decisions based on Analytical results. · Key skills include long and short-term planning. Organizing, leading change, influencing and communicating widely. · Food processing or pharmaceutical planning experience. · Considered a plus: Quality systems (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001) experience and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) · Demonstrated interaction with senior managers (Finance, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Legal, etc.). Judgement /Decision Making · This position requires making and helping managers make key business decisions that could have a major impact on the organizational performance, both in the short and the long term. Cultural Diversity · Required to work and leverage in a multicultural setting (including multi-generational, multi-ethnic, different educational backgrounds, etc.) Working Conditions · Normal manufacturing plant/office working conditions apply. This position is subject to the hazards and risks of a food manufacturing plant and its working environment. Organizational Impact/Influence · Has accountability for ongoing activities, may lead processes or project steps within a broader project · As an individual contributor acts as an established and productive professional working independently with limited supervision. · Problems faced vary in difficulty and complexity and may require a new perspective on existing solutions. · Explains policies, practices, and procedures of the job area to others within the organization. · Communicates with contacts typically within the plant on matters that involve explaining or interpreting information to reach agreement. · May work to justify and gain cooperation of other parties on practices, policies and procedures. Communication This position interactions include but are not limited to: Internal interactions: · Plant’s general manager and its leadership team (Production, Logistics, Technical, Engineering & Maintenance, Finance, IT on a daily basis. · Operation’s supervisors and plant associates. · Process Chemists External interactions: · Corporate’s Business Partner · FM Wexford Business Partner · FM Atlanta Business Partner IQD Laboratories · Strategic Ingredient Supply · Flavor System & Ingredient Analysis/Problem Solving Typical situations to resolve include but are not limited to: · Inventory management including analysis and quick implementation of specific actions that could generate an impact in the mid-long term. · Translate overall business strategies into operational objectives. · Identify inventory level gaps and develop actionable improvement plans, coordinating with the different departments. · Dealing with conflicting interests (time, limited resources, productivity requirements, shelf-life, lead times, etc.) · Propose courses of action for inventory levels issues and gaps. · Checking and correcting problems not immediately evident in existing systems and processes / making adjustments. · Recommended enhancements in systems and processes to solve problems or improve effectiveness of job area. · Problems required to be solved thorough interpretation of procedures or policies. · Work closely with the logistics department, SIS and suppliers directly to reduce materials lead times. The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States. Skills: Cultural Diversity, Decision Making, Detail-Oriented Pay Range: United States of America: 94,000 USD - 110,000 USD Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered. 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