Senior Manager, Production Planning and Inventory

Mondelēz International • East Hanover, NJ

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The role of Manager of Production Planning and Inventory is responsible for delivering production plans for co-manufacturers and co-packers, maintaining adequate inventory levels, mitigating obsolescence, and conducting root cause analyses as needed. This position is part of Mondelēz International's mission to lead the future of snacking, empowering people to snack right through offering delicious, high-quality snacks made with sustainable ingredients and packaging. Mondelēz International is a global leader in biscuits, chocolate, and candy, with a rich portfolio of strong brands like Oreo, belVita, Cadbury Dairy Milk, and Sour Patch Kids. The U.S. market is the largest for Mondelēz International, with significant employee and manufacturing footprint across the country.

Requirements

• High school diploma
• 5+ years professional experience

Nice To Haves

• College degree
• Production planning and inventory experience
• People management
• Knowledge of Netsuite ERP

Responsibilities

• Oversee day to day operations of production planning
• Create and maintain planning tools
• Create 12 month rolling forecasts for all co-manufacturers and co-packers
• Issue purchase orders to execute production
• Work with procurement team to ensure materials are available to execute production plans
• Work with fulfillment team to ensure product is available to support orders
• Work with demand planning team to refine volumes needed for production plans
• Root Cause systemic issues with production performance through metrics; follow through on communicating to management
• Strategically work to optimize production plans to support cost savings initiatives
• Creating SOPs to ensure alignment on process and cross functional training
• Maintain targeted inventory levels by maintaining supply need outlook for next 12 months
• Process work orders and transfer orders in ERP system to track inventory levels
• Work with logistics team to prioritize shipment inbounds
• Conducts inventory reconciliations across all warehousing, co-manufacturing, and co-packing locations
• Be on-site at warehouses, co-manufacturers, and co-packing locations to conduct physical inventory counts as needed
• Resolve inventory discrepancies and communicate to finance root cause and action needed to correct discrepancies
• Report inventory at risk of reaching 50% shelf life
• Report forward looking inventory report to predict future obsolescence; call out future obsolescence risk and build mitigation plans cross functionally

Benefits

• Highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results
• Health insurance
• Wellness and family support programs
• Life and disability insurance
• Retirement savings plans
• Paid leave programs
• Education related programs
• Paid holidays
• Vacation time

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees