Supply Chain Analyst

Job Title: Supply Chain Analyst II/ Packaging Planner

Job Location: Swiftwater, PA- 4days onsite

Duration: 16 Months (High possible for extension)

Note:

• Hybrid 80% onsite 4 days a week onsite, some flexibility
• 3-5 years’ experience.
• Daily expectations/Day in the life: Main site will be through SAP.
• MUST HAVE SAP EXPERIENCE, forecast about 3-36 months out, load balancing based on work schedules and capacities, loading the longer-term forecast, share with scheduling dept, process orders, need to lead a few meetings regarding components/artwork team/operational area to discuss capacities, some weekly some monthly. As packaging planner, they will also work closely with the filling planner, lots of cross functional
• Working with product line team to discuss changes, one week a month they will spend a week planning and would be required to be onsite the full 5 days during that week but there is a schedule already built for this and can be provided for the full year out so the candidate can make plans to be onsite ahead of time.
• Degree: Bachelor’s degree required (supply chain/logistic preferred not req) What do you want/need to see on a resume and are there certain skills that are imperative
• SAP experience is a must (preferred exposure to MD04 and MM03 screens)
• Working in a team environment
• Working with firm deadline
• Exposure to a budget process
• Required and Preferred skills
• Required - SAP, Microsoft suite, and being a good communicator
• Preferred - Power BI
• Think cell – software for creating graphs for presentations o Pivot tables for Excel
• Kinaxis – planning tool
• Microsoft Teams
• Exposure to leading meetings

Job Description:

Job Summary- Packaging Planner

• This position is responsible for assisting the Supply Chain with demand and production planning reports and tools. This position serves as the key liaison between the Product line, Scheduling, and the Packaging area. The incumbent’s coordination activities include Capacity Planning, leading monthly Planning runs with the new demand signal, working with Product line management to ensure supply is produced in time to meet the safety stock requirements. Plan and implement packaging and/or product changes consistent with Marketing objectives, while minimizing inventory obsolescence. Key contacts will include but not limited to Packaging, Finance, Material Planners and Scheduling. The person will be a key user for SAP/ERP/other planning tools (SCPtool) , Project Management, Purchasing, SWR Warehouse, Taylor Distribution and others as needed.

• The incumbent leads the process of determining and tracking the capacity and workload for the Packaging resources in SWR. Provide forward visibility to the Packaging Management for resource planning and headcount purposes. Assist with data collection, analysis and recommendations for efficiency and cost savings throughout the Supply Chain. Inventory management will also be a key responsibility to recognize and react to inventory levels below or above our targets and make recommendations on how to meet the target. This position also includes preparing the annual budget and periodic updates of pkg hours, tracking on a monthly basis, and presenting the information in various forums, including the Site Supply Review, Budget and Strat Plan for Finance and others. A key accountability will be to perform the monthly planning run which is a full week process and to be success you must coordinate and work closely with the Filling Planner.
• The job includes coordination with other Client sites, particularly Toronto, Marcy and Val de Reuil on a routine basis.
• As a member of the Operations Planning team, the incumbent is a stakeholder and a contributor to the planning process, by participating in and supporting the Operations Planning activities related to the planning run and supporting other areas not directly related to packaging such as supporting the Toronto site for confirmatory testing of products shipped to or from Canada.
• Role Specific Responsibilities
• Perform the planning run on a monthly basis and as part of the planning run assess capacity and inventory levels. Prepare Budget, Strat plan, Financial Updates (T’s) for Packaging and report out as needed on the Finance Template as per published schedule. Includes meetings with project teams to ensure alignment with capacity and line time commitments. Run supply scenarios and report out as needed the impact and risks. Undertake special projects as requested
• Skills needed
• SAP, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams, Zoom
• This description is representative but not inclusive of all position responsibilities. Associate may be asked from time to time to complete tasks not listed within the contents of this document, but that are relative to the goals of the business.