What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finished Goods Planner position at Givaudan?
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Finished Goods Planner
Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness, humility, and a spirit of adventure, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn from our 79 production sites worldwide, known for their best-in-class processes and procedures. There’s many to learn from, with high-performing leaders and caring colleagues to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your energy, your personality, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.
As a Finished Goods Planner at our Mt. Olive manufacturing facility within our NOAM (North America) Planning Department, reporting to the Planning Manager, you will be fundamental for leading production and finished goods plans which will create processes in the Supply Chain. You are the first step which drives customer service, efficiency and profitability. Sounds interesting? This is your ideal opportunity if you are passionate about continuous improvement and interested in leadership opportunities. In this exciting position you will:
Main Responsibilities:
Strategy Design and Execution:
- Daily responsibilities may include: committing customer orders, releasing work to production, subcontracting manufacturing management, reusable container management, transfer order management, and testing for system upgrades.
- Shape implementation of strategies that satisfy requirements for production schedule, operations costs, lead time to customers and delivery targets.
- Improve optimization through system implementation and process development plans to protect and improve service level, production scheduling, and standard operative Indicators.
- Build relationships at site, region and globally within the Supply Chain organization and cross-departmentally. Build relationships to ensure successful execution of production plans.
Operational Excellence:
- Detailed examination, analysis, and understanding of plant versus plant manufacturing costs and capacities (i.e., plant optimization) and current/future customer demand.
- Communicate and work with teams to prioritize production plans based on inventory availability, work center resources and capacity to meet overall customer service levels and finished goods inventory.
- Perform and publish root cause analysis on important metrics including customer service and inventory levels.
- Team player who manages multiple responsibilities.
Continuous Improvement:
- Lead the generation of large-scale plans that are necessary to the efficiency of the production operation. Drive systems, process and reporting automation with necessary teams. Develop plans that are reviewed and approved by the senior management team.
- Give special attention to rush order priorities, schedule and changes affecting scheduled production to avoid extended delays. Report irregularities to the Production Manager and help with corrective measures.
- Lead process improvement programs to increase productivity, eliminate waste, and refine processes in production planning.
- Be comfortable in a culture of constant change
You?
Are you someone who wants to grow their own world? Who is interested in leadership opportunities and building teams? Who succeeds being in a culture where you can express yourself in a creative team environment? Who wants to collaborate and work in a team as passionate as you are? Then join us – and influence your world.
Your profile includes:
- Five (5) years of Supply Chain experience which could include, Production Scheduling, Demand Planning, Forecasting, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Customer Service or Logistics.
- Experience with growth in positions of increasing responsibility.
- Inventory management, scheduling, and pull-based manufacturing environment.
- Excellent knowledge of SAP MRP system, Excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets).
- Understanding of lean principles.
Benefits included major medical, dental, vision, and a high matching 401k
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer
At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.
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