Canola Supply Chain Planner

Corteva Agriscience • Johnston, RI

10d

About The Position

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Canola Supply Chain Planner to join our team. This position will support North America’s Spring Canola inventory, production, and packaging plans. Become part of our team of top-notch supply chain professionals so you can play an important part of leading the agriculture market to seed and feed the World! We are looking for an innovative candidate who loves to take initiative and be the go-to person on a team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work cross-functionally with all areas of the business, particularly Commercial and Production. Our ideal candidate will be a confident leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and knows when to push back and when to let things go.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Agricultural Business/Economics, Agronomy, or related field
• Minimum of 3-5 years progressively responsible experience in managing a specific product line, production, or supply chain (a combination of these experience bases is preferred)
• Demonstrated interpersonal and leadership skills with the ability to interact, persuade, influence and negotiate
• Demonstrated ability to understand needs of the business and proactively identify opportunities for improved product utilization
• Demonstrated organizational skills, ability to handle stress and manage heavy workloads at peak business times of year
• Demonstrated ability to manage through change and organizational challenges to maintain satisfied customers and obtain business goals
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and manage conflict
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate in a professional and effective manner with strong negotiating capability
• Demonstrated computer aptitude with competency in Excel and PowerPoint

Nice To Haves

• APICS Certified
• Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of agriculture seed products including performance, positioning and placement
• Demonstrated understanding of the agriculture sales and production process
• Demonstrated knowledge of ag business including supply/demand planning
• Experience with SAP R3, IBP, SeedPro, Managed Supply, PowerBi

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop multi-year inventory strategy aligned with business needs (i.e. Macro Plan).
• Manage the Volume Plan, which monitors multi-year product level inventory and demand (e.g. carry in, new crop, demand, surplus, and related data) providing supply visibility, driving new crop needs, and inventory utilization.
• Establish Acreage Plans, detailing growing plans at the product level for our Corteva production locations.
• Partners with internal and external sites to develop RCCP (Rough Cut Capacity Plans) and monitors execution towards goals.
• Coordinates material level conditioning and packaging plans for our Corteva and 3rd Party production locations, ensuring packaged volumes meet distribution needs.
• Manage area level supply allocations providing visibility of saleable inventory.
• Drive standardization for the product line, continue to identify areas for improvement, and drive change when necessary.
• Work with Distribution team to ensure timely delivery and return of inventory and direct materials.
• Analyze and share information for effective decision making.
• Represent SPSC key initiatives, responsibilities, and deadlines.
• Assist in the development of performance metrics, gather feedback, and develop goals for continuous performance improvement.
• Proactively analyze and provide improvement recommendations addressing performance gaps to leadership team.
• Update and communicate performance metrics for daily department board and monthly supply review meetings.

Benefits

• Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills
• Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place
• Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment
• Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays
• Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father
• Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program
• Learn more about our total rewards package here - Corteva Benefits
• Check out life at Corteva! www.linkedin.com/company/corteva/life

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level