Production Planner

Title:  Production Planner
Location:  Branchburg, NJ
Schedule:  M-F Full Time
Type:  Direct Hire

Responsibilities:
The Production Planner organizes, and oversees all activities involved in the demand planning, identification, acquisition, production, and distribution of the company’s goods.

• Act as main contact between company sites in regards to manufacturing and ordering for site in New Jersey.
• Collaborates with other departments and stakeholders to identify and maintain resources needed to establish and provide an effective supply chain.
• Maintain and report performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of factors affecting the supply chain.
• Develops 12-18 month rolling supply plan based of sales forecast on a monthly basis.
• Maintains required quantity of supplies and materials to optimize production.
• Responsible for monthly analysis of the 12-month forecast, alerting the Sales Department when discrepancies between forecasted and actual sales trends are observed.
• Analyses current inventories and procedures; suggests improvements to increase efficiency of supply chain.
• Develops policies to increase efficiency throughout the supply chain while ensuring quality and safety; implements subsequent changes to processes.
• Identifies best distribution of inventory across US warehouses to efficiently service.
• Assesses the need for material-handling equipment and staffing; makes recommendations to ensure efficient loading, unloading, movement, and storage of materials.
• Negotiates prices for raw material and delivery with suppliers, vendors, and/or shipping companies.
• Participates as an advisory member of the product development team, providing information and guidance on availability and cost of supplies and material, production and final product availability.
• Monitors the performance of suppliers, assessing their ability to meet quality and delivery requirements; identifies and qualifies new suppliers in collaboration with other departments.
• Maintains production schedule according to monthly sales forecast and customer orders.
• Ensures required sample stock for new customers is maintained to allow fast delivery and new business development.
• Review and report Manufacturing plant capacity and utilization based off supply and production plan. Qualifications

Requirements:

• Extensive experience in supply chain management 
• Hands-on, working very closely with operations and the warehouse team. 
• Proficiency in Excel is crucial, as well as a background in working with SAP.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business/Engineering or related field required.
• 3 years of experience at similar position required.
• EXP in manufacturing GMP setting, food/pharma a plus
• SAP/ERP/MRP Experience.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Thorough understanding of company products and logistics.

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