Planning Manager, Milk

Responsibilities: Developing long range/rough cut capacity plans on our Milk production lines
Working with the plant to develop an operating strategy and production sequence that sets us up in the sweet spot on cost, service, flexibility and responsiveness
Assessing capacity needs and plans in support of innovation and cost optimization
Overseeing the planner(s) at the El Paso site that sequence/schedule production, order materials in support of production and deploy product to the forward DC’s in the network so that:

• Fill rate is over 99% to top 10 customers and over 98% to all other
• Back order levels are at or near ZERO
• Inventory levels are in line with the company cash conversion plan
• Product transitions and conversions are done to maximize service and minimize obsolescence
• Overall obsolescence in minimized in line with budget

Driving continuous improvement in planning and scheduling processes re: the tools used to plan, set safety stock, deploy inventory, release materials and improve overall efficiency and effectiveness of the process
Developing team members skills and maintaining engagement
Qualifications: Experience:

• 7-10 years of experience in Supply Chain, Logistics. Small company experience is valued.
• Enterprise Resource Planning experience required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, specifically strong in Excel.
• Demonstrable leadership skills, independent thinking, strong organizational and planning abilities and excellent analytical and problem-solving skills are essential.
• Consumer products experience preferred.

Education:

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Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain/Logistics preferred. Commensurate skills accepted in lieu of degree.

Personal Attributes:

• Travel: must be able to travel at least 1 week per month if needed
• Data and analytics – experience personally building dashboards to regularly assess operational performance and identify loss recovery opportunities
• Innovative – an out of the box thinker who strives for excellence.
• Technically competent – understands planning transportation and warehousing and can build process and technical capability.
• Drive Company Value – create the plans to advance operational performance, focus on the metrics and improve standardization/process.
• Act with Intensity – must be urgent and positively engage others, be visible and confident.
• Foster Teamwork – pull people together; help them form teams and relationships.
• Display influence – able to lead others that do not directly report to you to positive outcomes

Job Type: Full-time