Sales & Production Planning Coordinator

Mountaire Farms • Millsboro, DE

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About The Position

Responsible for producing the daily and weekly production schedule and extended 12-week forecast for one of Mountaire's processing plants as assigned. This role is responsible for balancing and clearly communicating the available capacity, raw material availability and warehousing and transportation capacities for immediate and future demand to satisfy all customer orders for their Plant. Must produce clear and detailed schedules in a timely manner to provide the Processing Operations, Transportation, Sales and Procurement teams with the information needed to meet customer order fulfillment and service expectations at world-class levels of performance.

Requirements

• Associate degree or equivalent work experience in Production, Logistics, Warehousing, Sales and/or Supply Chain.
• 1 - 3 years' relevant work experience in production planning, scheduling or other work requiring effective critical thinking and communication skills.
• Scheduling, planning and inventory management experience.
• Transportation, warehousing, logistics and Microsoft Office Suite experience.

Responsibilities

• Produces the master schedule to drive all supply, production and demand activities.
• Schedules must be updated and published for each shift of production.
• Schedule adjustments must be immediately communicated to all affected departments.
• Schedule prioritization must take place in a manner that promotes operational efficiency while ensuring that customer delivery times are adhered to and that order fill rates are maintained.
• Conduct root cause analysis, define and implement corrective actions and preventive measures.
• Foster clear and open communication across multiple business units.
• Interact with members of management from floor supervisor to company executives.
• Provide direction to the Sales team regarding product availability and communicate order adjustment needs.
• Address challenges regarding truck timing with Sales and Transportation teams.
• Communicate packaging changes, needs or fluctuations in mix which could result in out of stocks.
• Provide feedback to the Live Operations team regarding bird weights.
• Identify trends and communicate with Sales, Processing Operations, Shipping and/or Transportation to address concerns.
• Work with Sales & Production Planning teammates to move orders, projections or utilize transfer space to maximize customer fill rates.
• Develop long-term improvements in the design and execution of the Sales and Operations Plan (S&OP).
• Identify changes in customer order patterns that will result in modifications to direct shipments and/or intra-company transfers.
• Maintain the highest level of safety and follow all safety rules and wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) as required.

Benefits

• Eight paid holidays
• Medical Plans with free onsite Health and Wellness Centers
• Dental and Vision Programs
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family
• Retirement Planning with 401(k)
• Profit Sharing
• Employee Discounted Chicken Sales
• Employee Discounts with partners (Car Purchase, Phone Plans, & Shopping)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Career development programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Animal Production and Aquaculture
• Education Level: Associate degree