Planner II

Planner II

Bill Range: #####-##### Location: Remote Candidates need to have their own laptops

Qualifications & Requirements

• Associates or Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance or related field.
• 2+ years of experience of procurement, supply chain, logistics, manufacturing, data analytics, and/or data management experience.
• Exceptional business communication skills, including negotiations.
• Ability to plan materials and service requirements in order to support ongoing business.
• Knowledge of demand forecasting techniques and inputs (e.g. business trends, seasonality, consumption patterns).
• Appreciation for the importance that master data plays in driving the Material Requirements Planning (MRP) process. Must have ability to identify gaps in master data that are driving sub-optimal MRP results.
• Optimize inventory levels using statistical models to design min/max/re-order levels. Knowledge of asset management procedures, policies and information used to optimize inventory levels and/or fill rates (e.g., balance inventory levels against inventory carrying costs).
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to work with mathematical concepts.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

What You'll Do for Us

• Collaborates with supply chain management in the plants managing the communication of Planner/Buyers and the plants attending operational meetings and provide support.
• Investigate Materials At Risks and alerts relevant buyers and plant leadership as needed.
• Participates and occasionally leads packaging optimization or ingredient defect problem solving initiatives.
• Meet with QA and Production representative and updates internal reporting.
• Follow up on approvals and completion of hard allocation requests and "material to material" conversion requests.
• Attends supply risks, supplier changes or supply point changes with a status of critical and missing ingredients.
• Collaborates with Buyers and planning team members in the execution of various cost savings initiatives.
• Executes periodic supplier relationship and internal meeting activities to improve service to the production team.
• Manage standard plant reporting that includes purchase orders, ingredient availability, invoicing, component availability and stock reports.
• Managing activities with suppliers to ensure compliance with company policies (e.g. audits) and legal compliance (MSA Modification Letters, Price schedules, UISS letters, NDAs, Material Transfer, insurance certificates, etc.). As well as Classified - Confidential updating key performance metrics, tools, and data systems and updating pricing and supplier data in databases.