Senior Supply Planner

Tyson Foods • Cincinnati, OH

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About The Position

As a Senior Supply Planner, your mission is to provide a constrained production plan and deployment recommendations using appropriate planning tools to support the S&OP process. Your plan will balance competing metrics such as: service levels, distressed inventory rates, finished goods inventory levels, and manufacturing and distribution costs.

Requirements

• Education : Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Experience : Minimum of 3 years field experience in planning and operating supply chain assets within a high-volume CPG environment.
• Proficient or well-developed with advanced planning technology and decision support tools.
• Proven problem-solving experience involving a variety of functional departments and management levels.
• Computer Skills : Excellent PC skills including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, JDA, and SAP technology.
• Communication Skills : Strong communication skills are essential.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with advanced planning technology and decision-support tools and CPIM or APICS designation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a 5-week master production schedule for the production plant.
• Work across multiple categories to mentor, coach, and train other planners.
• Plan and control production .
• Set distribution inventory goals for finished goods.
• Represent Supply Chain in the S&OP process .
• Lead weekly Plant Scheduling Meetings with the Production team.
• Communicate supply chain issues and recommendations for resolution within these meetings.
• Interface with Long Term Planners to convert rough-cut production plans to finite schedules on a weekly basis.
• Review potential shortages with Long Term Planners and work with Plant Production to mitigate shorts where possible.
• Notify Procurement and Plant Planning of significant changes that affect high-risk items.
• Participate in meetings with cross-functional team members to support business initiatives and adjust plans accordingly.
• Drive resolution of any shelf-life issues on packaging and raw materials with Procurement and the Distressed Sales Team through the S&OP process.
• Maintain Plant Calendars and potential weekend overtime for the production team.

Benefits

• We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees