Production and Materials Planner
About The Position
Our team is looking for a new Production & Materials Planner! Reporting to the Bakery Leader, this position will be responsible for: coordinating bakery production schedules, monitor and maintain inventory accuracy across materials and finished goods, resolve system discrepancies, ensure accurate production reporting and collaborate with operations teams. Wonderbrands, is a leading Canadian bakery with 140 years of experience in baking packaged breads. We are the makers of Wonder Bread, Country Harvest, D’Italiano, Gadoua, and Casa Mendosa. We have a network of 13 Bakery Manufacturing facilities across Canada. Wonderbrands, now part of the FGF Brands Group of companies, is unlocking an incredible opportunity for growth through a focus on production innovation capabilities, through a leading-edge supply chain practice and investing deeply in communities where we bake. We are heavily focused on embracing an entrepreneurial drive and a highly collaborative start up culture with an emphasis on cross-functional collaboration.
Requirements
- A Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Materials Management, Business, Operations Management or equivalent
- Bright, driven and clear about your future career goals
- Ability to learn fast, ambitious and come up with new innovative ideas
- Positive attitude and a results-oriented mindset
- A demonstrated leader who easily interacts with others and is adept at leading and motivating a team to meet demands established by the schedule
- Possess excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication skills, along with simple mathematical abilities
- Work well in and support a team-based environment
- Roll up your sleeves mentality with a whatever it takes mindset to get the job done
- Flexible to work days, afternoons, nights & weekends if needed
Nice To Haves
- SAP experience an asset
Responsibilities
- Schedule production at the bakery based on guideline from the central planning team
- Ensuring Cycle counts of all raw materials and packaging items minimum once a period
- Improve inventory accuracy at the bakery to 98%+ (FG,SFG,RM &PM)
- Keep a close eye on expiring materials and delisting materials and work closely with Central Planning team for the “Run Out” plan
- Responsible for addressing Finished goods discrepancies between EWM and SAP
- Escalation of Chronic issues e.g. materials discrepancies higher than the tolerance, process discrepancies within the bakery etc. to Central planning team
- Help Supply planning CI team to have visibility on PPW generated out of the bakery
- Ensuring with the bakery production team that number of mixes reported, FG production numbers (entered by line shippers only) are entered accurately and escalate to bakery manager if there is abnormal discrepancy
- Back up role for Production Planner during vacation coverage
- Other duties as assigned
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
