Planner, Supply Chain

CONA Services•Village of Elmsford, NY

1d•$75,000 - $85,000

About The Position

The Supply Chain Planner is responsible for maintaining proper inventory to fulfill demand requirements, at a Liberty, DC and SKU level. This may include the following: purchasing full goods, providing sales support to other bottlers, performing branch replenishment activities as well as all functions related to production sequencing in the manufacturing centers while ensuring the safety of our people, workplace and environment and meeting all company, legal and other requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (Business Administration/Management, or equivalent)
3 to 5 years previous production planning, industrial engineering, or analytical experience
Must have strong analytical skills and understand advanced Mathematical concepts.
Must have knowledge of Microsoft office.
Must have knowledge of ERP systems (SAP, BY)
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Must have strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

Maintain proper full goods inventory levels for assigned area/locations utilizing BY Planning Modules; and achieving In-Stock objectives.
Create replenishment loads (purchased or DRP) that are optimized to minimize logistical costs.
Work with the Demand team, DC’s and operations teams to support the rollout of new products, promotional packaging, and holiday inventory planning on purchased products.
Participate in the review of inventory levels and warehouse capacity, initiate and coordinate necessary product movements to prevent out of stocks and out of date issues as well as overstock/warehouse capacity challenges; maintain DOS as determined by individual objectives
Report on close dated inventory and work to reduce Breakage, Damage and Loss (BDL) due to product age.
Prepare and sequence Production schedules for the following weeks. Stay in constant communications with assigned plants to ensure execution of the schedule.
Participate in weekly conference calls to communicate key product information across the business unit
Manage vendors' brands and lead times to maintain proper inventory levels
Maintain and update daily the SAP release/schedule production orders for each assigned plant.
Maintain PP (production sequencing) and MRP (material requirement planning) profiles to ensure the integrity of the BY Production and Capacity Modules are fully-utilized.-Knowledge of SAP/ECC/BY-Sequencing production environment to analyze systems suggested production requirements for reasonableness.
Sequence flavors and packages to maximize efficiencies while minimizing operating costs.
Review and analyze line capacity to determine if alternative sourcing is required - If capacity issue exists, coordinate within the department to ensure consistent supply.
Conduct weekly production schedule meetings with respective Production Centers.