Senior Supply Planner
Senior Supply Planner
About Beech-Nut Nutrition Company…
We are one of America’s leading companies providing nutritious, wholesome foods for babies using real ingredients, gently cooked, with non-GMO verified, Natural or organic ingredients in almost all our products.
Our work is organized around our mission to Delight Consumers by Conserving the Goodness of Nature. We care deeply about others, the planet, and are empowered to make a difference. We expect, reward and celebrate strong performance.
Our Values…
Our ambition to grow is underpinned by our four core values Create wow, Everyone Hero, Nourish others, & Take Responsibility. Our values help us navigate the ever-changing environment in which we operate and ensure we innovate to meet customer needs.
Create wow ~ Everyone Hero ~ Nourish others ~ Take responsibility
If this sounds like a place you want to invest your time, keep reading!
About the Role…
The Senior Planner for Beech-Nut Nutrition Company, reporting to the Senior Planning Manager, will be responsible for delivering a best-in-class customer experience through the strategic management of inventory and efficient flow of materials from suppliers to manufacturing in order to ensure adequate forward coverage and overall inventory levels for assigned packaging materials and/or ingredients.
Meet the Team…
The Plan & Deliver Team is comprised of diverse individuals who bring a wide breadth of knowledge and experience to ensure we have the right materials, at the right time to support our customers. This includes the movement of raw materials, forecasting our finished goods needs and movement of goods between warehouses. When customers place their orders, our team ensures the items are delivery on time, in full and per the customers specifications – making high quality, safe, and nutritious foods for babies and toddlers!
Our Commitment to Safety…
At Beech-Nut we are committed to a strong safety program that protects its staff, its property, and the public from accidents. Associates at every level, including management, are responsible and accountable for the company’s overall safety initiatives. Complete and active participation by everyone, every day, in every job is necessary for the safety among all workers on the job site. Management supports participation in the program by all Associates and provides proper equipment, training and procedures. Associates are responsible for following all procedures, working safely, and, wherever possible, improving safety measures. An injury and accident-free workplace is our goal. Through continuous safety and loss control, we can accomplish this.
About the Work Environment…
This position is located at the Amsterdam, New York LEED® certified production facility. Most job functions are performed in a well-lit, environmentally controlled office environment. Position is expected to work in a hybrid model, which currently includes three days in office. The candidate will also be required to work in an environment that requires hairnet, beard cover, safety glasses, hearing protection and lab coat. Restrictions include wearing of jewelry, nail polish and acrylic nails. Other personal protection equipment may be required for certain tasks.
What You’ll Do…
- Analyzes material requirements for packaging, raw materials, and provides forecasts to suppliers.
- Determine item level order quantities and flow to ensure timely and accurate execution of purchase orders. Establish and follow a consistent purchase order management process.
- Develop strong cross-functional partnerships with Master Scheduler, Sourcing, Quality Assurance, Logistics, and Operations, and external vendors to ensure material requirements are met as required.
- Manages movement of materials from suppliers to external warehouses, the Beech-Nut manufacturing facility or to co-manufacturing locations in anticipation of production.
- Coordinates transfers of materials from external warehouses to the Beech-Nut manufacturing facility and co-manufacturers as required to meet the manufacturing schedule and needs.
- Manages raw/packaging material inventories at internal/external storage locations within prescribed Company financial goals while meeting production schedule requirements.
- Proactively collaborates with the sourcing team on any sourcing challenges. Proactively resolves short shelf-life constraints with support from Quality team.
- Understand/ manage safety stock/ inventory targets for various regions/ plants.
- Conducts scenario planning for different Demand and Supply scenarios, understand & articulate the different options and impact.
- Maintains the SAP planning system to ensure all item level planning attributes are properly maintained and troubleshoots/analyzes root cause for system inaccuracy.
- Participates in cross-functional teams, focusing on materials availability. Participates in cost savings projects/opportunities and ad hoc analysis as required.
- Support other planning activities such as Long-Range Planning, Excess & Obsolete reduction, Supply Reviews, etc.
- Troubleshoot and help resolve MRP issues for demand propagation; Participate in key projects, testing and go-live.
Who You Are…
- Deciding and Initiating Action: Able to make timely decisions while weighing risks. Acts without being prompted and takes responsibility for projects, people and mistakes
- Planning & Organizing: Able to set clearly defined objectives, establish priorities, plan activities and projects and manage time effectively. Monitors progress against deadlines and milestones
- Working with People: Demonstrated interest in and understanding of others. Works well with a group of people and encourages harmony and cooperation within a team. Shares information, encourages others to do the same and listens carefully
- Persuading & Influencing: Makes a strong personal impression on others. Gains clear agreement and commitment from others by persuading, convincing and negotiating. Able to change the opinions of others and close discussions with firm agreement on all sides
What You’ll Need…
- Bachelor’s degree in related field (Supply Chain, Operations/Logistics, Math/Statistics, Business) OR Associates Degree in related field and 5 + year’s related experience
- Related experience would be in production planning, materials planning, materials expediting, or planning.
- Intermediate level in Microsoft Office applications required. Emphasis on Excel and PowerPoint. Knowledge of reporting tools such as EveryAngles or PowerBI is helpful.
- Previous experience in SAP or other ERP system and continuous improvement.
- CPG experience preferred.
- Leadership, communication and executive presentation skills to share insights/ gain consensus
- Conceptual and practical Lean knowledge preferred.
- Preferred Skills/Qualifications:
- Strong collaboration, listening, and interpersonal skills and the ability to operate with a sense of urgency.
- Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to partner with and influence internal partners and vendors.
- Proactive approach to issue/opportunity identification and resolution.
- Proven influencing, negotiating and conflict management skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong attention to detail and results orientation.
- Strong Excel skills.
- Ability to take initiative and deliver tangible results within deadlines
- Ability to take direction from several individuals and be self-directed
