Supply Planner

Ceva Santé Animale • Lenexa, KS

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Supply Planner is an integral member of Ceva Animal Health’s Supply Chain team, responsible for creating and managing the Master Production Plan while incorporating manufacturing constraints. The role manages short- to mid-term supply planning, develops scenarios to inform supply decisions, and identifies constraints before they affect customers. The Supply Planner collaborates with the GMSQ business and stakeholders across manufacturing and Supply Chain to identify and mitigate gaps in business performance. The position is based in Lenexa, Kansas, and requires less than 5% business travel. The work is performed in a temperature-controlled office environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and at least 2 years of closely related planning experience, or a high school diploma and at least 6 years of closely related planning experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; advanced Excel skills are required.
• Ability to handle changing priorities.
• Ability to exercise good judgment in stressful situations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and as part of a team.
• Knowledge and basic understanding of LEAN principles.
• Ability to read, write, and communicate in English.
• Ability to bend and lift up to 10 pounds, and to sit for extended periods.

Nice To Haves

• Maestro experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Master Production Schedule (MPS) for the Lenexa and Anniston manufacturing campuses based on constrained capacity.
• Optimize the MPS based on capacity, demand signals, and inventory targets.
• Collaborate with Production Heads to validate the production plan.
• Revise production schedules in response to demand changes, labor or material shortages, production issues, backlogs, or other interruptions.
• Support the handover of production scheduling and provide clear prioritization when required.
• Configure planning parameters, including lead times, safety stocks, and order quantities, in line with strategic planning directives.
• Maintain site capacity parameters in collaboration with other departments to ensure production capabilities are accurately represented.
• Proactively resolve supply-plan issues and escalate them as required.
• Provide detailed supply-plan information for the S&OP process.
• Own, review, and present local supply data.
• Provide campus production needs for industrial budget calculations, considering demand, inventory levels, and stocking policy.
• Calculate the campus’s Long-Term Production Needs (LTPN) for long-term planning.
• Analyze long-term production capacity and refine planning models showing planned production, projected inventories, and capacity utilization.
• Assist Supply Chain partners, Production, and other stakeholders in analyzing and implementing capacity and inventory planning strategies.
• Maintain local safety-stock calculations, ensure inventory does not exceed maximum stock levels, and assist with inventory management, including analysis of inventory levels, out-of-stock situations, at-risk inventory, and short-dated inventory.
• Act as a backup to the Demand Planner and Material Planner.
• Participate in or lead special projects with local or global Supply Chain teams.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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