Execution Planner

Mars

7d • Onsite

About The Position

As an Execution Planner, you will be at the heart of our supply and operations ecosystem, collaborating closely across multiple business functions to ensure smooth and efficient execution within the Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) timeframe. Your expertise will guide critical near-term decisions—from managing product transfers and production priorities to navigating material shortages and optimizing freshness and frozen production schedules. Beyond day-to-day planning, you will champion continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging data-driven insights and collaborative problem-solving to elevate performance and drive operational excellence. If you’re ready to make a tangible impact and be a key player in our value chain, this is the role for you!

Requirements

• Minimum B.S. or BA in supply chain management, science and/or engineering
• 1-3 years of supply chain experience for a global or multi-plant consumer packaged goods company
• Experience with ERP and Advanced Planning Systems (preferably JDA, E2open or RapidResponse)
• Experience in working internationally in a fast paced, reputable global consumer product company organized in a matrix structure
• Demonstrated ability to influence areas not under direct control to achieve objectives and effectively communicate challenging goals and objectives
• Demonstrate ability to be consistently reliable, proactive and available to triage supply disruptions and effectively manage time around critical priorities
• Up to 20% travel

Nice To Haves

• Proficient in program management, production execution, material procurement and financial impact analysis

Responsibilities

• Make short-term, exception management decisions to optimize service, cost and cash
• Lead weekly S&OE feeder meetings and process
• Drive/support continuous improvement projects and problem-solving cards, as it relates to service, cost and cash issues
• Leverage cognitive automation Rebalancing tool to manage current inventories across 6 warehouse network
• Develop/execute action plans to mitigate customer service and NQC risks
• Execute short-term plan by facilitating weekly MPS meetings with manufacturing sites
• Proactively manage obsolescence and aging through analysis, tracking and freshness waivers
• Provide weekly service risks and expected recovery communications for the wider business
• Coordinate order management requests with the customer supply chain team
• Coordinate with needed cross-functional partner teams as related to Seasonal and Display fixed quantity processes
• Coordinate with needed cross-functional partner teams as related to Turn, Affiliate, and Innovation processes

Benefits

• Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees