Supply Planner

Lamb Weston•Kennewick, WA

7d•$64,900 - $97,360

About The Position

The Supply Planner develops and maintains feasible, stable supply and production plans that convert approved demand and supply priorities into executable schedules for assigned plants, lines, or product categories. The role balances capacity, materials, labor, changeovers, sanitation and maintenance windows, inventory targets, manufacturing efficiency, and customer service requirements. It serves as the execution bridge between supply planning and manufacturing by identifying constraints, evaluating scenarios, recommending tradeoffs, and maintaining planning parameters and master data to improve plan reliability and execution readiness. The position owns supply and production plans, planning parameters, constraint visibility, and execution readiness for assigned plants, lines, categories, or products. It supports cross-functional decisions affecting customer service, inventory, capacity, manufacturing efficiency, cost, waste, and working capital across short- and mid-term planning horizons, operating independently within E2E Planning governance, standardized processes, decision rights, and escalation paths. Most work is performed in a temperature-controlled office environment. Some travel may be required. The role may involve extended periods sitting at a desk or computer terminal, use of office equipment, and occasional stooping, bending, twisting, and reaching.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, Manufacturing, Logistics, or a related field; prior experience may also be considered.
5–8 years of experience in supply planning, production planning, master production scheduling, materials planning, manufacturing operations, or inventory planning.
Strong understanding of supply planning, production scheduling, capacity planning, inventory management, constraint management, production sequencing, changeovers, and manufacturing operations.
Experience using ERP and advanced planning systems such as SAP ECC, SAP IBP, Kinaxis Maestro, Oracle, Blue Yonder, o9, or equivalent.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to model scenarios, identify root causes, validate constraints, and recommend practical actions.
Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and clearly communicate supply risks, tradeoffs, business implications, and recommendations.
Business acumen and understanding of customer service, inventory, cost, capacity utilization, manufacturing efficiency, waste, and working-capital tradeoffs.
Digital fluency, change agility, data stewardship, planning parameter discipline, and a trust-but-verify mindset toward system-generated plans and recommendations.
Ability to sit for long periods and regularly use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Stooping, bending, twisting, and reaching may also be required.

Nice To Haves

APICS CPIM or CSCP certification preferred.
Lean, Six Sigma, or project management certification is a plus.
Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Excel, SQL, or other analytical tools preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain supply and production plans across assigned plants, lines, or categories, translating approved supply requirements into executable schedules.
Align plans with demand priorities, capacity, material availability, labor, production rates, changeovers, sanitation and maintenance windows, and inventory objectives.
Maintain plan and schedule stability while responding promptly and factually to demand shifts, supply constraints, and operational disruptions.
Evaluate supply and schedule risks related to capacity, material shortages, labor constraints, downtime, yield, quality holds, changeovers, sanitation windows, and production sequencing.
Build scenarios for production timing, recovery plans, inventory builds, constraint mitigation, and customer impact.
Quantify tradeoffs across service, inventory, capacity utilization, manufacturing efficiency, cost, waste, and working capital; escalate material risks with options and recommended actions.
Use Kinaxis Maestro and other planning tools, dashboards, alerts, scenarios, optimization outputs, and digital workflows for exception-based supply planning and scheduling.
Validate system-generated plans and recommendations, including assumptions, parameters, constraints, data quality, and operational feasibility.
Document override rationale, identify automation opportunities, and partner with the Planning COE, Manufacturing, and technology teams to improve workflows, master data, and adoption.
Partner with Manufacturing, Supply Capacity Planning, Materials Planning, Deployment, Procurement, Logistics, Quality, Maintenance, Customer Service, Finance, and Commercial teams.
Facilitate alignment on production priorities, schedule feasibility, constraint resolution, recovery actions, and inventory build strategies.
Communicate changes, their significance, service and financial implications, and decisions needed while promoting enterprise-first outcomes.
Maintain planning and scheduling parameters, including production rates, calendars, frozen windows, changeover rules, sanitation windows, sequencing logic, material constraints, and plant master data.
Monitor supply plan and MPS adherence, schedule attainment and stability, production plan adherence, capacity utilization, changeover performance, service risk, and inventory impact.
Conduct root cause analysis on recurring misses and exceptions; recommend improvements to planning routines, governance, data quality, handoffs, and constraint ownership.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Flexible Spending Accounts for health and dependent care, Health Reimbursement Accounts, and Health Savings Accounts.
Well-being programs, including companywide events and a wellness incentive program.
Paid Time Off.
401(k) plan with company contributions.
Financial planning services.
Employee stock purchase program.
Life and accident insurance.
Family-friendly employee events.
Employee Assistance Program services, including mental health and concierge-type services.
Compensation and bonus incentive programs.