Planner

KIK Consumer Products • Houston, TX

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About The Position

We Create Products and Brands That People Trust to Clean, Sanitize, and Protect Their Homes and Pools When you join KIK Consumer Products, you’re joining a team that cares about the work we do and also about each other. We bring exceptional brands and products to consumers that help them protect the health and wellness of their families and the cleanliness of their homes and pools. We are committed to building a culture of performance driven by accountability, collaboration, and agility that enables timely fact-based decision-making and exceptional execution with unwavering ethics. As one of North America’s largest independent manufacturers of consumer products, KIK helps a large portfolio of brands and retailers bring their products to life. Your Role at KIK We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Production Planner to join our manufacturing team. This role is responsible for developing and managing weekly production schedules based on sales forecasts and customer orders. The Production Planner will coordinate workflow across departments, monitor inventory levels, and ensure the availability of raw materials to meet production goals. Key responsibilities include analyzing supply and demand trends, identifying risks and inefficiencies in the production plan, tracking actual performance against the production schedule, and supporting overall supply chain strategy. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, experience in supply chain functions, and the ability to collaborate across teams to improve plant performance.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of production scheduling and planning experience in a manufacturing environment, (beverage, food, plastic).
• Computer literacy, specifically Windows, Microsoft Office and MRP software.
• Able to manage demands and conflicting requests.
• Ability to work independently.
• Work as a part of a team ensuring that communication is strong, and all are involved.
• Demonstrate track record of achieving success with the ability to multi-task under pressure, meet deadlines.
• Extremely proactive and forward thinking with exceptional analytical skills and ability to identify issues and proactively plan to satisfy requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop weekly production schedule according to sales forecasts or customer orders.
• Plans and schedules workflow for each department according to previously established manufacturing sequences and lead times.
• Analyze and identify risks associated with the options built into the Production Schedule.
• Closely manage WIP and FG inventory levels.
• Perform supply demand analysis each quarter, highlighting areas of concern for the next 12-18 months’ Work closely with department managers to develop ways to improve plant efficiencies.
• Monitor actual output versus the Master Production Plan.
• Identify gaps and drive solutions, including a metric for production performance to the requested production schedule.
• Support performance against schedule, inventory strategy, supply plan to meet demand, and resource implications.
• Ensure availability of raw materials to fulfill planned work orders through just in time delivery of raw materials.
• Owns the Inventory Counting, and cycle counting processes.
• Assists in the management of raw material procurement.
• Prepares various operations-related reporting.
• Knowledge of supply chain functions.
• Other duties as needed.
• Create Production Schedules for the Plant Meet Customer Order demands and identify any challenges meeting those demands Work with Procurement, Customer Service, Supply Chain, and internal department to maximize production output.
• Communicating Daily Production Plans to the Plant and Corporate Supply Chain groups.
• Attend and Conduct Production and Planning Meetings.

Benefits

• KIK offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including health, wellness, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• You can plan for your future with KIK's retirement savings options including employer match.
• KIK also recognizes the importance of continuing education and offers Education Assistance to our employees to encourage continued personal development and growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees