Associate Planner, Production

Hain Celestial • Mountville, PA

224d • $27

About The Position

The Associate Planner, Production ensures that the Mountville manufacturing plant adheres to corporate objectives to maintain appropriate target inventory levels for all SKUs/UPC codes. The incumbent will interact with the Operations teams to coordinate manufacturing production schedules and communicate adjustments based on various business and environmental inputs/constraints. The purpose of this role is to deliver fill rate goals, while minimizing obsolete and excess inventory.

Requirements

• Minimum of two years' experience in master scheduling or production planning capacity.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent preferred.
• Previous experience in a purchasing or scheduling role in a manufacturing environment.
• Understanding of manufacturing and production processes.
• Knowledge of inventory planning and risk.
• Excellent organizational skills, ability to prioritize multiple priorities and strong attention to detail.
• Computer skills including MS Office programs such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate (verbal/writing) effectively.
• Self-motivated and strong analytical/problem solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate at all levels of the organization and across other functional areas.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred knowledge of the Consumer Product Goods Industry.

Responsibilities

• Set weekly production schedule, factoring in orders, forecast and production capacity.
• Analyze, plan, and release production orders to manufacturing while verifying materials and equipment required for production are available.
• Creates Purchase Orders in Prism for finished goods production and associated production schedules for contract manufacturers.
• Confers with management regarding manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, and other considerations to facilitate production.
• Update data and inventory transaction accuracy as required by ERP.
• Manage rush requests by manually adjusting ship dates and coordinating with production to ensure customer commitments are met.
• Support day to day operations to ensure timely production, release, and shipment of product.
• Coordinate any major activity relating to the plant floor that may affect the scheduling of jobs or available net capacity of critical constraints and adjust the plan as needed.
• Reconcile schedule attainment for daily, weekly, and monthly plans.
• Work closely with Manufacturing team to meet capacity and production requirements.
• Ensure accurate deployment of finished goods to meet customer demands across the distribution network.
• Utilize KPIs and attainment tracking to monitor plant efficiency and to ensure compliance with co-packer contractual obligations.
• Assist with other projects, as needed.

Benefits

• Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision Coverage
• Flexible spending accounts
• Disability coverage
• Life insurance
• Critical illness and accident insurance
• Legal and identity protection insurance
• Pet insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Commuter benefits
• Tuition assistance
• Adoption assistance
• 401(k)
• PTO
• Parental Leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Food Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree