Senior Production Planner

Foster Farms•Fresno, CA

About The Position

This position creates weekly production plans and daily production schedules to achieve a 99.5% or better order fill rate. The planner analyzes actual customer orders against estimates and ad pulls to manage capacities across more than 13 operations, and directs and influences plant supervision without direct control to execute plans effectively. The role manages production plans and schedules, adjusts them as actual orders and operating conditions change, and coordinates with marketing, commodity sales, plant supervision, customer service representatives, Sales, and Live Scheduling. It also maintains a 12-week processing volume planner and communicates supply and production issues to help ensure customer orders are fulfilled efficiently.

Requirements

Excellent communication, organization, and planning skills.
Ability to influence without authority.
Ability to solve multifaceted problems in a detailed and decisive manner.
Strong computer skills, including MS Office, SAP, and BW.
Strong customer service values.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science degree in business, statistics, or a related field preferred.
Three to five years of production planning, order fulfillment, or related experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage the weekly production plan to maximize use of each plant and operation while effectively filling customer orders.
Adjust plans daily when actual orders differ from estimates and affect product availability.
Work with marketing and/or commodity sales to make same-week sales adjustments to manage incoming meat.
Plan cooked plant requirements and ensure enough product is available for efficient operations.
Direct plant supervision on responses to changes in customer orders and unplanned equipment downtime.
Instruct plant weigh and price rooms on customer order priorities and manage finished goods inventory to reduce rework or loss due to shelf life.
Communicate with plant and NCDC supervision about inventory, returns, and remaining order requirements so adjustments can be made.
Create daily production schedules for the assigned processing plant based on the weekly production plan.
Ensure schedules stay within capacity while minimizing changeovers and the need for overtime.
Maintain a 12-week processing volume planner for the assigned plant.
Adjust weekly and daily processing volumes to match demand, achieve target bird weights, and minimize scheduled overtime.
Coordinate closely with Live Scheduling so changes are accounted for and field adjustments are made.
Communicate supply and production issues to CSRs and Sales so customers are aware of shortages or potential issues.
Instruct CSRs on order allocation to maintain control of supply shortages.
Evaluate actual customer orders against estimates to identify trends that may require longer-term planning adjustments.