Supply Chain Planner

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As a Supply Chain Planner this partner will assume various responsibilities which could include demand planning, item transitions and discontinuations, raw material replenishment and production planning.  This includes managing the following: demand requirements via market intelligence, product lifecycle management, raw material requirements via purchase order generation, trade-offs between inventory, production efficiencies and freight. These processes will require cross functional work through the supply chain. Developing and maintaining a good relationship with Plant, Sales, Suppliers, and Customer Service partners is essential.

What you’ll do:

Supply Chain Planning- Demand

• Integrate market intelligence from Sales, Customer Service, and Marketing into the forecasting system in a timely and accurate method
• Real time adjustment of the forecast so that at any given time the forecast reflects the current customer and market conditions
• Apply personal judgment based on business knowledge
• Accountable for forecast accuracy at the DFU level (item/ship-to location)
• Develop action plans to improve accuracy
• Manage new items/changed item forecasts for make-to-forecast items
• Represent Demand Planning on cross-functional teams
• Develop and publish key forecast accuracy metrics
• Analyze results to ensure continuous improvement
• Maintain forecast database hierarchy and forecast parameters

Supply Chain Planning – Raw Materials (Bulk/Packaging/Ingredients)    

• Execute appropriate raw material replenishment processes to generate purchase orders to ensure timely receipt of materials to obtain:
• High quality and service levels on the production lines
• Least cost delivered product
• Age of usage between the minimum and target age
• FIFO usage
• Optimal procurement cycle times (purchase order to receipt days)
• Optimize cheese and ingredient utilization based on formulation tilt (ingredient solver) modeling
• Least cost storage solutions
• Work cross functionally to improve and sustain the accuracy of quantity and timing of material requirements planning information (MRP) to minimize the working capital investment in raw material inventory. This includes gaining working knowledge of the following processes:
• Demand Planning (JDA)
• Fulfillment Planning (JDA)
• Production Formulas (Oracle)
• Procurement Processes (Oracle)
• Receiving Processes (RMCS)
• Production Management (Oracle)
• Ingredient Planning Model (Ingredient Solver Model)   
• Develop and maintain processes to minimize and resolve invoice price variances (IPV’s) and invoice quantity variances (IQV’s) in a timely manner
• Drive system improvements to reduce the transactional time in the order/inventory management processes for raw material replenishment
• Manage the internal and external relationships to assure a smooth flow of raw materials and communication

Supply Chain Planning – Finished Goods

• Manages the planning of finished goods inventory by the use of JDA, Diver model, Oracle, access databases, excel spreadsheet and/or gantt chart facilities.
• Execute appropriate finished goods planning to generate world class customer service by:
• Build and deploy daily interplant trucks using JDA to optimize load weight and cube space
• Supports the automated Order Promising System
• Leads volume transfer and production line loading processes
• Identify and implement cost savings opportunities via the use of enterprise tools
• Maintains finished good production, replenishment, and sourcing information in the Oracle and JDA systems
• Responsible for short and long term capacity planning
• Represents replenishment in cross-functional activities
• Develop and document process improvements
• Together with the leadership team, ensures compliance with Food Safety and Food Quality Plans, in addition to customer requirements. Interprets and communicates customer requirements to plant production and/or support groups. Establishes and Audits PCPs, CCPs and Standard Operating Procedures to define and monitor processes, to ensure customer requirements are met. Reviews incidents during which the procedures are not met, and determines appropriate corrective action for partners failing to follow standard procedures.

What you need to succeed:

• Bachelors in Finance, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Computer Science or related field
• 2+ years of experience in Operations, Customer Service, Finance and Supply Chain Management
• Ability to identify and resolve issues/opportunities
• Must have a proven track record of demonstrating technically based analysis skills, including excel and access
• Must have strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Self-motivated and team player
• Effective planning and organization/work management skills
• Strong system aptitude including JDA, excel, Diver, access and Oracle
• Ability to understand the data structure and information flows of our execution, planning and analysis systems
• Ability to lead cross-functional team
• Ability to travel up to 5%

Eligible partners will receive:

• Get not one, but TWO retirement benefits.  When you join our employee-owned company, you’ll be part of our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) from day one.  In addition to an 8% 401(k) match into the ESOP, Schreiber will contribute an extra amount – about 8% of your earnings – toward your retirement every year.  That’s a company contribution of around 16% in retirement savings annually.  That’s hard to beat!
• Earn bonus pay. You’ll have an opportunity to earn incentive pay twice a year when we meet our company goals.
• Ready to make a move?  Receive a $10,000 relocation bonus PLUS a generous relocation package if relocating more than 50 miles for a U.S. Salaried position.   
• Childcare costs. Get up to $5,000 annually to help you with the cost of childcare.  Monthly contributions toward childcare expenses, including independent babysitters.
• Earn $ for focusing on your health. Depending on your medical plan enrollment, earn $1,200 in your HSA or as a cash payout for prevention activities.  Plus, use your $600 lifestyle spending account for reimbursements related to health, fitness, weight management, mental health and social wellness.
• Pursue development that’s relevant to your role, career goals and the company. Plus, we offer tuition reimbursement if you want to further your education to grow in your role at Schreiber.
• Get access to medical, prescription drug, dental and vision benefits starting day one. This includes an onsite nurse and mental health counselor.
• Experience caring like you’ve never experienced it before. We have a program that’s completely organized by and for other partners who need extra help. It’s called Partners Helping Partners. We have hundreds of examples of partners organizing fundraisers to help out others going through a hard time.

Sound like a company you’d like to be a part of? Click Apply.

Need extra assistance with the application process? Contact [email protected] or call 920-437-7601.

​For positions that require any amount of travel: Valid driver's license, auto insurance (at least state minimum- more might be required), acceptable driving record per Schreiber Foods discretion, and vehicle that will ensure applicant can meet the travel necessities of the position are required.

Schreiber requires that an employee have authorization to work in the country in which the role is based. In the event, an applicant does not have current work authorization, Schreiber will determine, in its sole discretion, whether to sponsor an individual for work authorization. However, based on immigration requirements, not all roles are suitable for sponsorship.

An Equal Opportunity Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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