As the Supply Chain Planner, you are responsible for providing and maintaining sufficient inventory to support area of responsibility and may also develop and maintain production schedules. A primary function will be to work with customers as well as with Purchasing to identify, develop, monitor, and control resources to meet goals and objectives.

Responsibilities

Manage Material Requirements Plan (MRP) inventory forecasts to support Master Production Schedule (MPS).
Determine raw material or commodity/code needs and proper inventory levels. Create system requisitions and monitor delivery of materials, while communicating priorities to Receiving and Incoming Quality Assurance (IQA).
Communicate with all functional areas to ensure that material needs are met (Receiving, Quality, Labs, Purchasing, Transportation, Manufacturing, Finishing, and MS&T).
Communicate significant changes in forecast volumes that may require changes in purchasing strategy.
Communicate with test labs and quality assurance, where applicable, to establish and track delivery dates for raw materials or manufactured products on test.
Establish performance reports to monitor, measure and address control, where necessary, of supplier performance to assure timely and quality performance of supplier.
Prepare monthly inventory reports to summarize current obsolete and surplus items, DOH, working inventory and total inventory. Manage timely disposition of obsolete and rejected materials through Material Destruct Orders (MDO’s). Where applicable, facilitate financial coverage discussions with Brand Teams accordingly.
Identify large Purchase Price Variances (PPV). Take a leadership role in compiling the monthly PPV reports. Research and implement improvement opportunities with Purchasing and Finance.
Become proficient with the use of planning systems like SAP and tools like Excel. Take a leadership role in the implementation of new systems and planning new projects
May also update procedures and batch records in the Attache database, as needed.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in related field or 1-2 years of experience in Materials Management or Operations; 1-2 years of experience in Purchasing/Maintenance or 2 minimum total combined years of experience.
SAP experience strongly preferred.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this postingbased on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately paymore or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission,incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and untilpaid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

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