Product Supply Operations Planner, Liquid

Kinder's•Walnut Creek, CA

10d•$120,000 - $130,000•Hybrid

About The Position

BUILT ON FLAVOR. FUELED BY PEOPLE. What’s it like to work at Kinder’s? Well, there’s a lot of snacking and geeking out over what we all cooked over the weekend. Beyond that, there’s also plenty of hard work. Because we don’t just like flavor, we’re obsessed with it. With over 100 products sold nationwide, we’re now a top-five brand in multiple flavor categories at Costco, Walmart, Whole Foods, and more. We’re not your typical CPG company. Privately held and founder-led, we like to think of ourselves as a pirate ship in a sea of cruise ships . Our crew is adventurous and fearless. We chart our own course and chase big ideas to make food unforgettable. As we expand globally and approach $1 billion in revenue, we need more smart-and-scrappy, flavor-obsessed people to come aboard. If you’re looking for a place where you can see the real impact of your work... this is it! Every day, you’ll be part of a journey to add flavor to millions of meals and lives. How You'll Have Impact at Kinder's We are looking to hire a Product Supply Operations Planner for our Supply Chain Planning. The Product Supply Operations Planner (PSO) will play a crucial role in managing and optimizing the endto-end supply chain processes ensuring the products are delivered efficiently and meet customer expectations. This role will support the execution of supply chains, monitor production schedules and manage inventory to align with customer demand. The ideal candidate is proactive, detail oriented bring in a “Fail -forward” mindset to navigate a dynamic high growth environment. The PSO planner, works cross-functionally interpreting the Demand and Supply plans to develop production plans in alignment with the Inventory plans. This role has accountability for developing Safety stocks, reorder points and drive customer satisfaction with Service Level targets. They will work with Kinder’s Planning, Sales, Marketing and Subcontractors to ensure pack material and finished goods are available. Reporting to our Director of Production Planning, this individual will orchestrate planning schedules that meet our working capital targets, as well as the needs of our growing and fluctuating business.

Requirements

Bachelors in business or Supply Chain is preferred.
3+ years planning and supply chain experience.
Be able to manage complex elements of the supplier and 3PL relationships.
Ability to balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
High degree of competence in all aspects of complex manufacturing environment
Strong understanding of end-end supply chain process
Ability to work independently and meet deadlines in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment.
Prior experience with SAP preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess short term inventory needs aligned to deliver metrics ensuring high levels of Customer Order fill rates coordinating with Contract manufacturers, Quality and Fulfilment teams.
Facilitate collaboration meetings with stakeholders and vendors to review completed and scheduled production jobs and review any operational issues impacting short term production.
Proactively identify and escalate issues that could jeopardize supply including raw material or packaging constraints, quality holds, production issues.
Actively support the decision-making process to resolve these issues. Additionally, identify potential future capacity constraints and bottlenecks, and escalate material concerns.
Collaborate with purchasing, planning, logistics/warehousing, and commercial teams to provide input on capacity planning assumptions and performance measures.
Partner with cross functional teams to drive speed to market initiatives in the execution of new product launches, product change projects and demand shaping activities.
Coordinate Co-manufacturer start-ups and capacity enhancements for both short-term and long-term needs to ensure a phased scaling-up process.
Adopt a continuous improvement mindset to enhance planning and operational processes.
Data Analysis: Create, Review & Action against the Master Production Schedule for all Finished Good items.
Reporting: Track and review Key Performance Indicators such as schedule adherence, attainment, inventory turns, customer service and days on hand and take appropriate action to meet or exceed targets
Review firm order demand, new sales or marketing demand and current levels of inventory to monitor emergent demand.
Assist in process improvement efforts around SAP B1 functionality and fundamental inventory/production planning methodologies.
Work with internal and external resources to actively ensure that each initiative delivers on-time, and that inventory & customer service levels meet and/or exceed targets.
Work closely with inventory personnel to ensure that inventory transactions are accurately accounted for.
Ensure cost effective supply chain execution and/or escalation of exceptions/trade-offs
Assist in the documenting and upkeep of the team’s SOP’s.