Supply Chain Planner

At Argenta, we’re more than a company — we’re a global team, dedicated to healthier animals. We believe that when their lives are made better, we're all the better for it.

Founded in 2006, we support companies big and small to develop and manufacture health products for pets and livestock. Our trusted, innovative solutions and services cover every stage of the process, from molecule to market.

We’re in a unique position. We are the world’s only combined contract research and contract development and manufacturing organization (CRO/CDMO) dedicated to animal health.

Our uniqueness means:

• We are ambitious, growing and building a ‘one team’ culture, guided by our values.
  • We are team players;
  • We are doers;
  • We are customer-centric;
  • We are innovators.

We value diversity, as a global company, we get the richness of working with different people in different places whether it be location, stages of their career, their development, their role. We believe that when everyone works together and puts their best “paw” forward we will make the lives of the animals we care for, better.

With bases in New Zealand, the US, the UK, and Europe, our 900 colleagues are driven by our partnership approach and purpose: Healthy Animals. Let’s Make It Happen, Together.

TEAM PLAYERS who want to DO great work and find INNOVATIVE ways to make animals lives better through our CUSTOMER CENTRIC efforts should apply.

Argenta is currently looking to fill the role of Supply Chain Planner at the Fort Dodge, IA location.

Responsibilities:

• Key point of contact with representatives of our client base, planning finished goods delivery on time in full and ensuring client satisfaction.
• Receive, interpret, and validate regular client product forecast updates. Process client orders
• Coordinate client information flow of demand changes, client-supplied material, client-specific systems/reporting, phase in/out of material changes.
• Using client-derived forecasts, detail, develop, and maintain an 18-month Master Production Schedule (MPS), balancing customer demand with available capacity and constraints monthly.
• Communicate and gain consensus across all functions for the MPS.
• Drive resolution of capacity constraints within work centers and ensure any major capacity issues are escalated appropriately.
• Ensure Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) parameters are regularly reviewed and updated.
• Regularly ensure MRP is updated to reflect our current demand and supply plan
• Identify and schedule material delivery using MRP across all raw materials/excipients, labels, and packaging components in accordance with Argenta inventory policy.
• Coordinate the On Time in Full (OTIF) delivery of manufacturing materials with the vendor base.
• Ensure all inventories are planned and utilized to maximize Just-In-Time supply and avoid obsolescence
• Run ‘What If’ scenarios when required to ensure the Master Schedule is optimized from both a supply chain and manufacturing perspective.
• Play an active role in Supply Chain initiatives. Represent supply chain as part of the New Product Introductions (NPI) project team. This will involve implementation of Product line extensions (i.e. different pack sizes or labels to an item already supplied to the market).

Requirements:

• Minimum of 3 years relevant Planning experience or knowledge of Production within a busy Manufacturing environment
• Excellent organizational, planning, and administrative abilities
• Determination to see jobs through to completion
• Ability to work accurately and within strict deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Argenta has strongly embedded company values which is key to who we are and how we deliver. We offer an opportunity to work for a successful and rapidly expanding global business where your input will be valued. At Argenta we are a hard-working group who really enjoy the people we work with each day. That is why we support our people through a strong culture, great benefits, and growth opportunities.

Argenta is an equal-opportunity employer

To find out more about Argenta, click here: www.argentaglobal.com