Associate Supply Planner

About the role

The Associate Supply Planner will be responsible for supply planning for our smaller brands. The individual will have responsibility for managing and performing detailed finished goods production planning, inventory management, and purchasing functions within the supply planning team. The role is accountable for all assigned supply management activities for multiple over the counter (OTC) drug and personal care products. While the role is geared toward an individual with little supply planning experience, the individual will bear the same responsibilities as both Supply Planners and Senior Supply Planners. This role actively contributes and takes a leadership role within a cross functional team in the discovery, development and delivery to customers of current and newly launched products. This role offers visibility and opportunity to contribute directly to the company's success by achieving target service level goals, inventory levels, launching new products on time, and minimizing finished good and component obsolescence.

Responsibilities

• Performs master production scheduling for assigned brands.
• Utilizes SAP MRP for managing supply planning duties.
• Issues PO’s and forecasts to contract manufacturers.
• Develops and maintains safety stock levels for all finished goods.
• Responsible for inventory management of all finished goods and select components.
• Identifies opportunities for inventory reduction and reduces waste/scrap.
• Responsible for over 30 planning fields in SAP master data.
• Works with cross functional teams including Marketing, Sales, Strategic Sourcing, Project Management, Product Innovation, Packaging Development, Quality, Regulatory, Tech Transfers, Logistics, and Customer Service.
• Participate in project team meetings to update the teams on supply chain management topics.
• Coordinates efforts with Sourcing and/or Quality for resolution of supplier issues.
• Works with accounting to resolve payment issues, assists in identifying and resolving inventory discrepancies.
• Communicates to management and the project team, material and/or supplier problems that may impact the supply chain along with possible solutions.
• Resolves discrepancies with quantity, delivery, cost, and quality proactively and reactively.
• Responsible for various weekly / monthly