Associate Supply Planner

Prestige Brands•Tarrytown, NY

9d•$75,000 - $95,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Prestige Consumer Healthcare is a company that focuses on product innovation and quality in the over-the-counter healthcare and women’s health categories to better improve the lives of our customers and their world. For generations, our trusted brands have helped consumers care for themselves and their loved ones. We are the largest independent provider of over-the-counter products in North America, and we are constantly improving and creating products that match the ever-changing lifestyles and needs of people and families everywhere. 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.

Requirements

Self-motivated individual who can work well independently in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to be persistent but maintain excellent relationships with others
Strong attention to detail
Proactive critical thinking
Ability to analyze and solve problems via investigations across multiple platforms
Strong Excel proficiency
Excellent verbal and written skills
SAP knowledge preferred but not required
2+ years of similar experience preferred
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Nice To Haves

SAP knowledge preferred but not required

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 reports.
Ad hoc tasks and analysis per manager’s request.