Product Supply Operations Planner - Liquid

How You'll Have Impact at Kinder's

We are looking to hire a Product Supply Operations Planner for our Supply Chain Planning. The Product Supply Operations Planner (PSO) will play a crucial role in managing and optimizing the endto-end supply chain processes ensuring the products are delivered efficiently and meet customer expectations. This role will support the execution of supply chains, monitor production schedules and manage inventory to align with customer demand. The ideal candidate is proactive, detail oriented bring in a “Fail -forward” mindset to navigate a dynamic high growth environment. The PSO planner, works cross-functionally interpreting the Demand and Supply plans to develop production plans in alignment with the Inventory plans. This role has accountability for developing Safety stocks, reorder points and drive customer satisfaction with Service Level targets. They will work with Kinder’s Planning, Sales, Marketing and Subcontractors to ensure pack material and finished goods are available. Reporting to our Director of Production Planning, this individual will orchestrate planning schedules that meet our working capital targets, as well as the needs of our growing and fluctuating business.

Key Responsibilities of the Role Include:

• Assess short term inventory needs aligned to deliver metrics ensuring high levels of Customer Order 
  fill rates coordinating with Contract manufacturers, Quality and Fulfilment teams.
• Facilitate collaboration meetings with stakeholders and vendors to review completed and scheduled 
  production jobs and review any operational issues impacting short term production.
• Proactively identify and escalate issues that could jeopardize supply including raw material or 
  packaging constraints, quality holds, production issues. Actively support the decision-making process 
  to resolve these issues. Additionally, identify potential future capacity constraints and bottlenecks, 
  and escalate material concerns.
• Collaborate with purchasing, planning, logistics/warehousing, and commercial teams to provide input 
  on capacity planning assumptions and performance measures.
• Partner with cross functional teams to drive speed to market initiatives in the execution of new 
  product launches, product change projects and demand shaping activities.
• Coordinate Co-manufacturer start-ups and capacity enhancements for both short-term and long-term 
  needs to ensure a phased scaling-up process.
• Adopt a continuous improvement mindset to enhance planning and operational processes.
• Data Analysis: Create, Review & Action against the Master Production Schedule for all Finished Good 
  items.
• Reporting: Track and review Key Performance Indicators such as schedule adherence, attainment, 
  inventory turns, customer service and days on hand and take appropriate action to meet or exceed 
  targets
• Review firm order demand, new sales or marketing demand and current levels of inventory to monitor 
  emergent demand.
• Assist in process improvement efforts around SAP B1 functionality and fundamental 
  inventory/production planning methodologies.
• Work with internal and external resources to actively ensure that each initiative delivers on-time, and that inventory & customer service levels meet and/or exceed targets.
• Work closely with inventory personnel to ensure that inventory transactions are accurately accounted for.
• Ensure cost effective supply chain execution and/or escalation of exceptions/trade-offs
• Assist in the documenting and upkeep of the team’s SOP’s.

Skills + Experience:

• Bachelors in business or Supply Chain is preferred.
• 3+ years planning and supply chain experience.
• Be able to manage complex elements of the supplier and 3PL relationships.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• High degree of competence in all aspects of complex manufacturing environment
• Strong understanding of end-end supply chain process
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment.
• Prior experience with SAP preferred.
• Candidate must be proficient with the Microsoft Office suite of products with above average Excel 
  skills

Location & Pay Transparency

The position will be based out of our 20,000 sq. foot office in Walnut Creek, CA. We strongly believe in the power of culture and community and have a hybrid work structure with 4 days in the office on a weekly basis to encourage collaboration and personal connections that will allow us to better serve our customers and consumer and to have more fun.  Fridays are flex days with employees having the opportunity to choose to be either in the office or to work from home based on what makes most sense for them.