Production Planning Manager

Barilla•Northbrook, IL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Barilla, we believe that every great journey begins with passion and a bold vision. From our humble beginnings in 1877 in a small shop in Parma, Italy, we’ve blossomed into a global leader in the food industry, guided by our commitment to progress and excellence. Today, Barilla is an international group present in more than 100 countries and we are proud to be recognized as the world’s top food company by reputation. With 22 beloved brands in our portfolio, we are world leader for pasta, the number one choice for ready-made sauces in Europe, leader for bakery products in Italy, and for crispbread across Scandinavia with Wasa. Our success story is written by a passionate team of almost 9,000 dedicated employees across 30 plants and offices worldwide, all united by a shared mission to nourish the future with purpose and passion. Are you ready to add your unique flavor to our journey? Job Purpose Responsibility of production planning for all products in the Barilla North America portfolio of dry pasta, sauce, and bakery including Barilla, Wasa, Catelli, and Lancia Brands in order to ensure service to customers, inventory in the network, production efficiency and overall total supply cost. This is a hybrid role based out of Northbrook, IL.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a business discipline
5+ years’ experience in Supply Chain Management in Consumer Package Goods (CPG) industry
Excellent analytical & problem-solving skills
High proficiency in Microsoft Excel and good knowledge of Access
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong project management skills
Ability to work strategically and tactically with a hands-on approach
Ability to travel 15-20% annually, to plants and internationally.

Nice To Haves

Prior ERP experience with Supply Chain Management modules (e.g. SAP, APO, JDA…) a plus

Responsibilities

Lead Production Planning Team consisting of two professional planners with specific portfolios for import, co-manufacturing, and repacking.
Optimize and strategically direct all production capacity: generate and manage strategic production plan and implement with the other planners incorporating additional needs into the run strategy as needed.
Publish and report to Americas Senior Leadership team all criticalities with limited supply and risk of service to customer including overview of inventory coverage and current service level trends.
Responsible for the Annual Production Budget, maintaining all master data, ensuring accurate system output and collaborating with Global Production Planners to ensure strategic use of assets and capacities globally.
Generate and manage the execution of the medium- and long-term production plans consisting of 24 production locations to ensure achievement of order fill rate and target inventory levels by SKU at lowest landed cost across the network. Oversee short term production plans developed by planning team members.
Demand analysis: Work constantly with demand planning to analyze demand deviation, set priorities and solve unexpected situations in terms of customer demand.
Run analysis on total demand in the supply network considering capacity constraints and bottlenecks.
Responsible for project management for new items, packaging changes and other business initiatives, ensuring on time execution with no negative customer impact. Maintain close alignment with plants to achieve overall business objectives.
Responsible for maintaining planning master data to ensure the system is up-to-date and running efficiently.
Provide clear, timely communication and tactical relationship management with external parties supporting manufacturing operations (e.g., packaging suppliers, raw material suppliers, USDA).
Ensure accurate production reporting and timely and accurate product releases
Collaborate with necessary contacts to set production priorities and adjust production plans to achieve stated service and cost objectives.
Take care of unexpected supply issues and work with the supply chain team to implement viable solutions reducing the risks and costs involved.
Implement and enhance production planning processes and solutions for medium, short-term.
Other duties as assigned.