Supply Chain Planner

Title: Supply Chain Planner

Location: Waukesha WI

(with 3-5 yrs. exp. Production Planning & Inventory Management including Daily order handling)

Duration: 1 Year (Possibility of Extension)

Education Required:

Bachelor or Master degree in Supply Chain Management or Similar

3-5 years work experience, preferably in the food industry, production planning and data management of stock.

Supply & Inventory Planner

Savory Supply Chain Management is looking for a proactive and analytical planner with continuous improvement mindset.

Position Description

As a Supply & Inventory Planner for Savory, you play a central role within the Supply Chain of Savory network and will be responsible for an optimal product/intermediate availability & inventory level based on agreed inventory plans, demand plan, agreed service levels and the supply strategy. In this position you will report to the SCM Strategy & Planning Manager Savory.

Key-responsibilities

• You are responsible to manage the total supply situations of the US warehouse including local tolling planning (including intermediates and raw materials) and alignments with supply planners on replenishments from the Netherlands/China.
• You are responsible for daily order management and are the first-tier solution provider in case of availability challenges.
• You actively manage inventory level and inventory quality (including defective stocks) for NA region to balance supply reliability and financial impact.
• You collaborate with key-stakeholders (Product Manager, Business Line Manager, Purchasing, Tolling Manager & Sales) to get essential inputs and reach cross functional consensus.
• You work closely with plant schedulers, planners, customer service, demand planner and logistics to ensure a smooth operation.
• You ensure that all processes with regard to Supply Planning and Inventory management are executed in line with the S&OP, according to *** standards and supportive of the overall Savory business goals and objectives.
• You support and provide information for the Supply Review Meeting as a part of the monthly Integrated Business Process;
• You are the co-owner of different types of master data (Material Master, Routing, MRP settings, Safety Stock settings, etc) in several supporting systems (SAP, OMP);
• You participate actively on the implementation of new projects initiated by the company and give appropriate feedback about projects status versus plan in terms of qualitative and timely execution.
• You support, manage and initiate initiatives to continually improve processes, KPI’s, inventory levels, SCDR (on-time & in-full) and to optimize operational costs through all stages of the supply chain process.
• You ensure compliance with Client policies, procedures, and work instructions as well as SHE and external requirements.