Materials Planning Specialist Materials Planning Specialist

Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA•Saint Joseph, MO

2d•Onsite

About The Position

For thirty years, we’ve been proud to call St. Joseph, Missouri home. Located an hour north of Kansas City, the community of 77,000 people is packed with character, rich history, and nationally acclaimed quality of life—just like Nestlé Purina is. The city was recognized with the All-America City Award, given to communities with citizens who work together to pinpoint and address community-wide challenges and achieve exceptional results. Carrying forward that spirit, since 1985, our wet dog and cat food factory in St. Joseph has provided employment and a special home for many of our associates who work passionately each day to annually produce millions of cases of our flagship brands: Fancy Feast® and Beneful® Prepared Meals. Our associates’ work goes far beyond the bag and the can. They are very passionate about their support for the United Way and United Cerebral Palsy foundations, raising $750,000 over the past five years. Joining the Nestlé Purina factory in St. Joseph means you're joining more than a pet food company, but also a very driven and close-knit team focused on safety, personal growth, development, and community. Our St. Joseph factory has celebrated increased production and reinvestment, including a $30 million project to remodel our pet food kitchen, as well as installation of new raw ingredient processing equipment. Our attention to safety and quality, matched by a culture of continuous improvement, helps us reach our fullest potential. So, if your full potential could be unleashed, what would you add to the mix? As a Materials Planning Specialist, you’ll guide and monitor the efficient operation of delivered raw materials (ingredients and packaging) to support the established production schedule and future requirements. Use your collaboration skills to coordinate incoming raw materials to ensure schedule compliance as you maintain adequate inventory levels at our Saint Joseph facility. Own the purchasing of long-lead time products and develop purchasing strategies for made-to-order materials, while acting as a liaison between corporate purchasing, vendors, and the Saint Joseph factory.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED
2+ years of experience in operations, purchasing, or scheduling in a manufacturing, logistics, supply chain, military or related environment

Responsibilities

Work with finished goods planning to determine required quantities of assigned raw materials needed based on the production schedule and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) system to ensure that the inventory balances will support production while avoiding excess inventories
Order assigned raw materials as needed from outside vendors, using SAP
Coordinate purchases in a timely manner to minimize freight costs
Serve as the primary point of contact for all vendor communications and as the collection point for the vendor notification process
Coordinate shipments of returned / rejected materials
Publish a weekly receiving schedule for assigned raw materials