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Production Planner

Post Consumer Brands
Battle Creek, Michigan, United States
Full-time

Responsibilities

and Accountabilities :

  • Develop and implement appropriate production strategies and best practices for a complex and evolving set of SKU’s across production sites, lines, flavor types, and promotions
  • Create and maintain long-term and daily production schedules that meet target customer service levels, are operationally efficient, maintain flexibility, and reduce risk of excess inventory
  • Responsively adjust production schedules to meet changing demands within the guidelines of lead times, labor planning, packaging and ingredient availability, production lock windows, and stated planning timelines
  • Communicate at multiple levels both inside and outside the organization to discuss causes and impacts of schedule changes, compare capacity and demand, and escalate risks for awareness and mitigation
  • Use Short Interval Controls on Key Performance Indicators to identify issues and make appropriate revisions within the production schedule.

Escalate as needed for root cause analysis or cross-functional problem solving to pursue opportunities and resolve recurring issues

  • Align weekly and daily production schedules with the S&OP supply and network plans
  • Integrate with operations, warehousing and Co-Manufacturers to achieve operations efficiency through proper production sequencing and understanding of operational limitations
  • Demonstrate continuous improvement in the schedule sequencing, routing, labor planning, communication and / or the scheduling process
  • Provide recommendations to improve service and reduce costs through process improvements
  • Provide cross-functional leadership and expertise within the assigned production sites, lines and flavor types

EDUCATION :

  • Bachelor degree in Supply Chain, Business, Accounting or related field is preferred
  • Integrated planning systems training like ERP / DRP / MPS / MRP / CRP is required
  • Professional certification from APICS and / or ISM is desirable

EXPERIENCE :

Would prefer a minimum of 5 years of combined related experience operating in areas of inventory control, production scheduling, master planning, demand management, capacity management, materials management, or distribution resource planning;

with preference in food processing / packaging

  • Strong knowledge of manufacturing systems and processes
  • Able to build relationships

Post Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.

27 days ago
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