Supply Planning Manager

Job Description

• The position is responsible for Maintaining capacity plans, production schedules and/or finite schedules to ensure the efficient delivery of inventory, service and cost objectives.
• Provides supply planning expertise to the commercialization of new products or resolution of key inventory shortage issues
• Schedule finished goods production for each assigned product group. Supply recommendations are based upon scheduling parameters and system settings that are developed and maintained to support sales goals, inventory financial targets, as well as minimizing the age of product when shipped to a customer.
• Coordinate activity that impacts Brand’s ability to maintain constant and sufficient product supply, ensuring communication with Customer Service, Sales, Marketing, and other internal customers
• Manage and control finished goods inventories, raw and packaging materials for assigned items in order to achieve the company's financial targets along with utilizing old age reports to determine action required to initiate salvage sale or disposal of product
• Participate in department and company initiatives requiring the expertise of a supply planner. Activities could include but are not limited to consensus seasonal teams, new product introduction teams, supply chain cost optimization opportunities, or business process initiatives.
• Initiate product listing/delisting/withdrawal in conjunction with Marketing.
• Acting swiftly on high priority issues (escalations from high priority customers) and supporting their resolution with ownership
• Manage transition processes for innovation / renovation and minimize supply chain losses
• Lead monthly supply meeting with OPS Leadership Team

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Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes .