Senior Logistics Planner

Land O'Lakes•Arden Hills, MN

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Supply Planner, you are responsible for production, inventory, and capacity planning for milk replacer, small pack, and Mazuri/exotic finished goods to supply the entire network of Purina Animal Nutrition. This role is located at our corporate headquarters in Arden Hills, MN (In office Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week). As a Senior Supply Planner for Tubs/Blocks/Minerals, you will be responsible for: Developing and improving inventory strategies to balance supply with forecasted demand to meet defined customer service goals while balancing and minimizing age risk Balance direct customer vs downstream demand Collaborating with plants to improve production scheduling efficiencies Leading our monthly Sales and Operation Planning (S&OP) meetings to provide insights (PSI charts, capacity constraints, etc) to accomplish working capital reduction and drive team towards alignment on strategies. Raise open and constrained capacity to the cross functional team Compiling meaningful data and insights to influence key business partners to align on executing proactive decisions that aid in balancing age and service expectations Leading discussions on upcoming supply risks tied to aligned-on decisions by cross functional partners Track KPI’s and compile data to share with cross functional team to pivot supply plan according to KPI results You will also work with transportation to improve transportation efficiencies, and with warehousing to improve space utilization. Finally, you will be responsible for helping drive a data driven decision-making culture and improving current systems and tools.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree
3-5+ years experience in inventory management, production planning or related field
Systems background in MRP/DRP planning tools or customer order management systems
Ability to lead meetings and drive consensus and action plans
Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize and plan daily planning activities
Proven communication skills
Quantitative skills; ability to analyze data
PowerBI user experience
Ability to solve problems and make decisions in a timely manner
Ability to work well under pressure and provide follow-up with strong attention to detail

Responsibilities

Develop and improve inventory strategies to balance supply with forecasted demand to meet defined customer service goals while balancing and minimizing age risk
Balance direct customer vs downstream demand
Collaborate with plants to improve production scheduling efficiencies
Lead monthly Sales and Operation Planning (S&OP) meetings to provide insights (PSI charts, capacity constraints, etc) to accomplish working capital reduction and drive team towards alignment on strategies
Raise open and constrained capacity to the cross functional team
Compile meaningful data and insights to influence key business partners to align on executing proactive decisions that aid in balancing age and service expectations
Lead discussions on upcoming supply risks tied to aligned-on decisions by cross functional partners
Track KPI’s and compile data to share with cross functional team to pivot supply plan according to KPI results
Work with transportation to improve transportation efficiencies
Work with warehousing to improve space utilization
Help drive a data driven decision-making culture
Improve current systems and tools