Materials Planner

Wonderbrands•Kitchener, ON

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Our team is looking for a new Materials Planner! Reporting to the Bakery Leader, this position is responsible for planning, ordering, and managing bakery materials using MRP and SAP systems to ensure accurate inventory levels and continuous production support. It involves monitoring inventory accuracy, coordinating deliveries, maintaining master data, and collaborating with sourcing, planning, and production teams while escalating any material or process issues. The position also supports production scheduling and ensures proper tracking and receipt of ingredients and packaging materials.

Requirements

Previous experience in production planning in a manufacturing environment
Excellent analytical skills and understanding inventory planning fundamentals
A Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Materials Management, Business, Operations Management or equivalent
Bright, driven and clear about your future career goals
Ability to learn fast, ambitious and come up with new innovative ideas
Positive attitude and a results-oriented mindset
A demonstrated leader who easily interacts with others and is adept at leading and motivating a team to meet demands established by the schedule
Possess excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication skills, along with simple mathematical abilities
Work well in and support a team-based environment
Roll up your sleeves mentality with a whatever it takes mindset to get the job done
Flexible to work days, afternoons, nights & weekends if needed

Nice To Haves

SAP experience an asset

Responsibilities

Plan, order and replenish materials at bakery based on the sales requirements using MRP system and other tools as required
Keep a close eye on expiring materials and delisting materials as well new launches and work closely with Sourcing and Central Planning team
Improve inventory accuracy at the bakery to 98%+ (RM &PM)
Ensuring Cycle counts of all raw materials and packaging items minimum once a period
Escalation of issues, when necessary, e.g., materials discrepancies higher than the tolerance, process discrepancies within the bakery, shortage of material etc. to Central planning team
Plan and schedule deliveries for all bulk Materials (Flour, Yeast, Oil etc.)
Based on the production Schedules and forecast, Plan, and schedule all palletized ingredients, packaging materials
Ensure accurate master data parameters maintain in SAP
Maintain appropriate inventory levels ensuring availability of material without overstocking
Own end to end Purchase order/Stock Transport Order creation and closing process in SAP
Ensure the Ing/Packaging is received by the Receivers in the plant by having proper quantities and batch code information in the system
Ensuring that the bakery production team maintains up-to-date and accurate information on the reporting system and escalating the issue when necessary
Act as backup for the Production Scheduler as required
Other duties as required