Production Planner - Belgravia Plant - Days

Company Description

Foster Farms has been serving families since 1939. Since the founding days, Foster Farms has always been committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available.

Our commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and our valued TEAM Members will shine through in everything we do.

Foster Farms is always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Farms TEAM. We offer the experience of a large organization, however, we operate like a family business.

More than half of our job openings are filled by internal promotion, and we encourage TEAM Members to gain a variety of experiences across different functional groups.

Job Description

Pay Range $66,800 to $79,885 per year

Purpose of Position :

With guidance from Corporate Production Planning, this position will be responsible for being the point person at the plant for all production planning efforts, including providing scheduling guidance to the plant to ensure the production schedule is adhered to in order to service our customers on time and in full.

Essential Job Functions :

• Serves as point person for Corporate Production Planning team to communicate production schedule
• Directs production schedule for the plant to ensure orders are accurately produced on-time and in-full
• Identifies scheduling opportunities that unlock labor / line efficiencies improvements, as well as provide insights for logistics optimization
• Hourly checks with management team to ensure production schedule is being adhered to
• Timely report out to Plant Management and Corporate Production Planning team all production issues
• Monitor inventory levels and ensure product does not age out and is used timely
• Complete all product management tasks related to new product roll outs
• Develop and maintain process for accurate system planning for production

Additional Functions :

Special assignments as needed and vacation coverage for the department

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in business, statistics or related field - preferred
• Three-Five years production planning / scheduling preferred
• Inventory Control experience preferred.
• Strong Computers skills proficient with Microsoft Office and SAP Systems
• Excellent communication, organization and planning skills.
• Strong Customer Service values.
• Desire to work in a fast pace environment and interact with a wide variety of employees and departments.
• Have the ability to influence through indirect authority is essential.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Foster Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities, Females, Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Foster Farms participates in E-Verify during the hire process at all locations for all new TEAM Members.