Plant Production Planning Senior Manager

Colgate-Palmolive • Hodges, SC

304d • $144,000 - $163,000

About The Position

Colgate-Palmolive invites applications for the position of Planning Manager located at our Greenwood, SC plant. This is an exciting opportunity to experience a new plant start-up for a world-class manufacturing company. The Planning Manager oversees the Global Manufacturing Production plan-of-record, budget / LE volume planning process, inventory level recommendations, and product sourcing matrix. This role leads the master production planning with the objective of maximizing customer service and achieving working capital objectives at the lowest Total Delivered Cost. Effective communication with internal customers (such as Sales and Marketing) to maintain appropriate service levels is critical to the overall supply chain effectiveness.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Logistics, Engineering, Business, Finance or related field.
• 7 + years of work experience including a minimum of 5 years of combined experience in Manufacturing, Customer Services & Logistics or Procurement management.
• 3+ years supervisory or project management experience.
• Proficiencies in analytics and apply Supply Chain optimization tools / methodologies

Nice To Haves

• APICS Certification
• MBA
• Intermediate to advanced proficiences in Supply Chain optimization tools such as APO and Microsoft Access.
• 10 years of combined experience in Manufacturing, Customer Services & Logistics or Procurement management.

Responsibilities

• Manage and counsel on manufacturing scheduling, product sourcing activities, warehouse/delivery and order taking operations
• Develop monthly global production volume plan-of-record to align inventory and customer service objectives. Facilitate global budgets, volume planning, inventory flow and levels with operations and finance.
• Collaborate with Global Supply Chain, Customer Service & Logistics, and external business partners to drive operational efficiencies, execute supply network strategies and achieve key performance indicators on a daily basis
• Develop & align global replenishment and sourcing strategies to balance supply and demand at the lowest total delivered cost
• Monitor forward looking global SKU stock coverage optimization, inventory glide-path projections, and global month-end finished goods inventory reporting (units and pounds)
• Review monthly / weekly volume supply and demand forecasts after confirming with demand planning. Adjust finished goods & brown bag production plans to align with sales, finance, manufacturing budget objectives
• Support supply network optimization studies to determine optimal capacity placement / expansion and product sourcing strategies
• Facilitate monthly Supply Chain review conference calls to align plant schedules with customer service key performance indicators

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Disability coverage
• Participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions
• Minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days
• 13 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave adjusted based on role and location

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree