Planner, Supply Chain

CONA Services•Philadelphia, PA

About The Position

The Supply Chain Planner maintains appropriate inventory to fulfill demand requirements at the Liberty, distribution center, and SKU levels. The role may include purchasing full goods, supporting sales to other bottlers, replenishing branches, and coordinating production sequencing at manufacturing centers. The planner helps ensure workplace and environmental safety and compliance with company and legal requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, or equivalent.
Three to five years of previous production planning, industrial engineering, or analytical experience.
Strong analytical skills and understanding of advanced mathematical concepts.
Knowledge of Microsoft Office.
Knowledge of ERP systems, including SAP and BY.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

Maintain appropriate full-goods inventory levels for assigned areas and locations using BY Planning Modules and achieve in-stock objectives.
Create optimized replenishment loads, whether purchased or DRP, to minimize logistical costs.
Work with the Demand team, distribution centers, and operations teams on new-product rollouts, promotional packaging, and holiday inventory planning for purchased products.
Review inventory levels and warehouse capacity, and coordinate product movements to prevent out-of-stocks, out-of-date inventory, and overstock or warehouse-capacity challenges; maintain days of supply as determined by individual objectives.
Report on close-dated inventory and reduce breakage, damage, and loss due to product age.
Prepare and sequence production schedules for upcoming weeks and communicate with assigned plants to ensure schedule execution.
Participate in weekly conference calls to communicate key product information across the business unit.
Manage vendor brands and lead times to maintain appropriate inventory levels.
Update daily SAP release and production schedule orders for each assigned plant.
Maintain production sequencing and material requirements planning profiles to ensure effective use and integrity of BY Production and Capacity Modules.
Use knowledge of SAP, ECC, and BY sequencing production environments to assess whether system-suggested production requirements are reasonable.
Sequence flavors and packages to maximize efficiency and minimize operating costs.
Review and analyze line capacity to determine whether alternative sourcing is required, and coordinate within the department to ensure consistent supply when capacity issues arise.
Conduct weekly production schedule meetings with respective Production Centers.