Planner, Production

Herbalife•Winston-Salem, NC

29d•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Planner will be responsible for maintaining and managing production schedules for specific product groups in Winston-Salem. This role involves organizing purchase orders from the internal FG Planning team and developing an efficient and cost-effective production plan to meet customer service needs. Key duties include processing, issuing, and verifying purchase orders, sales orders, and work orders, as well as identifying and communicating challenges to the production schedule. The position requires close collaboration with the FG Planning Group, Production Team, Purchasing Team, QA Team, and Technical Operations.

Requirements

Proficient in Microsoft Office.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment (being adaptable, flexible, and creative).
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
Solid mathematical skills and meticulous with details.
Customer focused, both external and internal.
Minimum of 3 years of experience in Production Planning required.
OR Minimum of 3 years of Herbalife Production experience may be substituted for Production Planning experience.
Knowledge of Manufacturing, Quality Control, and Production Planning processes utilizing Oracle ERP or similar ERP system.
AS/AA degree in business or related field in Logistics, Supply Chain, Economics or Business Administration strongly preferred.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Economics or Business Administration strongly preferred.
AS/AA degree in business or related field preferred.
Operations or Supply Chain experience in a nutritional or pharmaceutical industry.
Proficiency in Oracle or similar Enterprise Resource Planning system.
5+ years of experience in a production planning and inventory control environment.
May substitute for specific production planning and inventory control experience as deemed appropriate.
Experience in a nutritional business or equivalent environment.
Experience in various vendor managed inventory programs within the Nutritional Supplement business.

Responsibilities

Maintain the Master Production Schedule in Excel and in Quintiq (production planning software).
Accept, review, and manage purchase orders from TAKE.
Create and release work orders to Production to fulfill purchase orders.
Collaborate on component and raw material challenges with Purchasing, Quality, Inventory Control, etc.
Identify threats to the production schedule and find solutions.
Review aged inventory and help identify solutions for usage.
Participate in the review, maintenance, and creation of departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).