Production & Materials Planner - Sudbury, ON

Wonderbrands•Sudbury, ON

23h•Onsite

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, monitoring and maintaining inventory accuracy across materials and finished goods, resolving system discrepancies, ensuring accurate production reporting, and collaborating with operations teams. This role is located in Sudbury, ON.

Requirements

Previous experience in production planning in a manufacturing environment
Excellent analytical skills and understanding inventory planning fundamentals
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
SAP experience an asset
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

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