Supply and Inventory Planner

cargill • Shorewood, MN

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About The Position

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well. This position is in our specialized portfolio enterprise where we serve diverse businesses who support unique customers or markets, including animal nutrition and health, bioindustrial, road safety salt and Cargill joint ventures. The Supply and Inventory Planner will contribute to coordinating long term supply chain strategies across networks to address capacity issues and production location decisions in support of business goals. In this role, you will monitor key integrated business planning performance indicators, cost to serve performance data and help coordinate cross functional work teams to meet high customer service standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience.

Nice To Haves

• Three years of experience with at least one in supply and inventory planning
• Familiarity with MS Excel.

Responsibilities

• Monitor glycerin inventory across the network and proactively manage risks such as plant disruption from high inventory or quality and production impacts from low inventory.
• Develop and execute short-term supply, requirements, and inventory plans that balance production, inbound supply, and customer demand.
• Identify supply and demand imbalances early and lead gap coverage actions, including reallocation, production adjustments, and logistics prioritization.
• Maintain data relevant to network distribution planning activities including capacity, constraint, logistics, supplier, master, and location data.
• Coordinate closely with plant operations, transportation, and customer teams to resolve constraints and maintain service levels.
• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level