Wave Planner - Night Shift

Perdue Farms • Prince George, VA

77d

About The Position

Wave Planner ensures production schedule is correct, up to date and released correctly to production. In addition, they are responsible for ensuring product and customer information within the WMS system is correct.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED Equivalent preferred.
• Reading, writing, math and analytical skills required.
• 3 months to 1-year experience.
• Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word.
• Able to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions and percentages.
• Able to understand, speak and write fluent English.
• Able to solve practical problems and deal with an assortment of variables.
• Able to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral and verbal forms.
• Attendance is an essential function of this job.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a perishable food commodity environment.

Responsibilities

• Generate WPL schedule or Production Planned Workload daily.
• Strategically wave plan orders to the production lines based on product availability.
• Monitor product availability in SAP and in Allocations Report.
• Communicate with the leadership management team on trailers needed to complete the schedule in production.
• Communicate with supply planners on order number and quantity changes.
• Manage age code and sell-by updates as orders are planned for production. Make necessary changes to reflect in shelf-life.
• Communicate with WPL and Warehouse management team on timed dock outs.
• Monitor product being received in dock out completion order.
• Make mock order entries based on product shortages and production changes.
• Rotate inventory in allocations using catalyst systems by using the FIFO principles.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Truck Transportation
• Education Level: High school or GED