Production Planner

About the role

We Create Products and Brands That People Trust to Clean, Sanitize, and Protect Their Homes and Pools When you join KIK Consumer Products, you’re joining a team that cares about the work we do and also about each other. We bring exceptional brands and products to consumers that help them protect the health and wellness of their families and the cleanliness of their homes and pools. We are committed to building a culture of performance driven by accountability, collaboration, and agility that enables timely fact-based decision-making and exceptional execution with unwavering ethics.

Responsibilities

• Develop weekly production schedule according to sales forecasts or customer orders
• Plans and schedules workflow for tableting and production department according to previously established manufacturing sequences and lead times
• Analyze and identify risks associated with the options built into the Production Schedule
• Closely manage WIP and FG inventory levels
• Perform supply demand analysis each quarter, highlighting areas of concern for the next 12-18 months’
• Work closely with department managers to develop ways to improve plant efficiencies
• Identify gaps and drive solutions, including a metric for production performance to the requested production schedule
• Support performance against schedule, inventory strategy, supply plan to meet demand, and resource implications
• Ensure availability of raw materials to fulfill planned work orders through just in time delivery of raw materials
• Owns the Inventory Counting, and cycle counting processes
• Assists in the management of raw material procurement
• Prepares various operations-related reporting
• Create Production Schedules for the plant
• Meet Customer Order demands and identify any challenges meeting those demands
• Work with Procurement, Customer Service, Supply Chain, and internal department to maximize production output
• Communicate daily production plans to the plant and Supply Chain team
• Attend and conduct production and planning meetings

Requirements

• High School or GED required; Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• 3 or more years of production scheduling and planning experience in a manufacturing environment (beverage, food, plastic)
• Computer literacy, specifically Windows, Microsoft Office, and MRP software
• Experience managing rail lines preferred
• Able to manage demands and conflicting requests
• Able to work independently
• Work as a part of a team, ensuring that communication is strong and all are involved
• Demonstrate a track record of achieving success with the ability to multitask under pressure, meet deadlines
• Extremely proactive and forward-thinking with exceptional analytical skills and ability to identify issues and proactively plan to satisfy requirements

Qualifications

• Knowledge of supply chain functions

Skills

• Strong analytical skills
• Collaboration
• Agility
• Timely fact-based decision-making
• Exceptional execution
• Unwavering ethics

Benefits

KIK offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including health, wellness, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance. You can plan for your future with KIK's retirement savings options including employer match. KIK also recognizes the importance of continuing education and offers Education Assistance to our employees to encourage continued personal development and growth.

Pay

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Schedule

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