Supply Planner

About the role

The Supply Planner leads the product end-to-end supply planning for the mid to long term horizon, balancing demand and supply volumes, inventory, and asset capacity utilization. They manage mid-range constraints to ensure supply continuity for assigned brands across the portfolio. Key responsibilities include creating the end-to-end supply plan, managing risk mitigating measures, maintaining the mid to long term inventory plan, driving integrity and accuracy of master data, preparing for S&OP meetings, developing capacity utilization outlook, engaging with suppliers, and monitoring SKU level purchases.

Responsibilities

• Leads the creation of the end to end supply plan ensuring demand supportability for the 36-month horizon.
• Confirms risk mitigating measures are in place over this same horizon to ensure consistency in supply production in alignment with demand.
• Acts as an active partner across the Supply Chain Planning team by providing key input when tracking and monitoring case fill rate across the enterprise.
• Serves as a catalyst for improvement where necessary.
• Creates and maintains the mid to long term inventory plan for both finished goods and components in alignment with agreed upon budget.
• Tracks actual landing to budget on a regular cadence with preventative and corrective actions in place to confirm targets are being met/exceeded.
• Leverages statistical analysis to develop inventory classification parameters and safety stock settings for both finished goods and components/raw materials.
• Drives alignment across Supply Chain planning with a regular cadence for review and updates.
• Assists in the preparation for the recurring Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) meeting cadence and ensures process and staff are identifying opportunities for business improvement for presentation at the monthly Executive Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) review.
• Develops a rolling 12-month capacity utilization outlook to support sales forecast, goals and as per the regular operating rhythm.
• Balances and optimizes capacity utilization taking into consideration the sales forecast, historical sales and potential sales opportunities.
• Engages directly with key supplier partners, Supply Planning and Category Management on identified inbound supply opportunities.
• Works with Demand and Supply Planning leadership by being a key technical resource and helping refine departmental strategies and tactics.
• Acts as a liaison and communication point between Factories, Sales & Marketing, Demand Planning, Transportation, Warehousing and Customer Service.
• Keeps all parties apprised of potential problems or issues impacting the business.
• Maintains SKU level purchases and sales to recommend inventory optimization and product rationalization initiatives in the future.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required; MBA or Master's degree Supply Chain, Operations, Data Analytics, Information Systems, Mathematics, Statistics or related fields preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in Supply Chain with a focus on Demand & Supply disciplines or related field.
• Demonstrated expertise working with big data and visualization tools including MS Office, Business Intelligence and Tableau.
• Strong mathematical and analytics skills.
• Experience with Supply Chain Planning software preferred.

Qualifications

• Industry credentials such as APICS or CSCMP are preferred.
• Must be flexible and willing to work the demands of the department which is generally limited to week days but may be subject to evenings or weekends due to project or department needs.

Benefits

At Shamrock Foods Company, benefits are a major part of your overall compensation, and we believe offering them at an affordable cost is not only the right thing to do, but it helps keep you and your family healthy. This includes the majority of your health insurance, allowing you to take home more of your paycheck. Additionally, associates enjoy benefits such as 401(k) Savings Plan, Profit Sharing, Paid Time Off, and our incredible growth opportunities, continued education, and wellness programs. Shamrock Foods Co is an equal opportunity employer.