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Job Description
SUMMARY:
This Supply Planner supports Supply Planning for the Tyson Brands Retail and Foodservice business. It is responsible for a variety of activities including deployment planning project analysis materials follow-up and reconciliation and supply planning support. This position will prepare the individual for incremental responsibility as a planner within the broader planning department.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Responsibilities include managing the deployment of finished goods to various distribution centers while optimizing inventory across the network to meet required service levels at the lowest cost.
Essential Job Functions:
- Translate the consensus demand plan into an inventory deployment plan collaborating with Supply Planning Production Transportation and Warehouses to ensure that inventory is managed to constraints and targets that are aligned with the business strategy.
- Analyzes stock projection for finished goods and identifies solve issues.
- Analyzes stock age for finished goods inventories and take action on SLOB inventory.
- Minimizes transportation cost by optimizing trailer capacity and effective truck building.
- Work closely with the Production Schedulers on issues when product cannot be manufactured in time to fill replenishment orders.
- Coordinate with transportation the movement of orders going from the facilities to the distribution centers.
- Manage inventory in support of major events i.e. item launch promotions new distribution etc.
- Problems solve and with cross-functional partners to resolve inventory issues and proactively address constraints.
- Review and analyze weekly performance inventory levels; recommend changes to forecasts.
- Analyze past performance to identify opportunities and create corrective action for improving inventory management performance.
- Report on a weekly basis the performance of the items assigned based on KPI s given.
- Interacts with Marketing Brand Managers Directors Plant Managers Operations Directors and VP s for their items.
- This position will also require cross training with other Supply Planners as well as with Production Schedulers with the goal of being a back-up Production Scheduler as needed.
- Act as a Back-Up Production Scheduler: Develop input and revise the daily production schedule to optimize customer service raw material usage and plant utilization using tools to establish the sequence and lead times of finished goods and raw materials. Develop and implement scheduling run strategies which assist in the attainment of company material usage and efficiency goals. Execute the plans for capacity the reduction of aged inventory and material and labor optimization. Prepare reports analyses and other statistics pertaining to production efficiencies manufacturing processes material usage rework inventory shipping and product transfer. Respond quickly and effectively to internal and external customers including weekly reporting and conversations with designated customers. Maintain a working capacity plan. Ability to travel to other Production Facilities.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Computer Skills: Must possess above average computer skills using Microsoft Office Suite; expertise in Excel features and techniques including the ability to construct graphs templates and trends is required.
- Communication Skills: Good verbal and written communication skills required.
- Supervisory: This position does not have direct reports.
Relocation Assistance Eligible:
No
Work Shift:
1ST SHIFT (United States of America)
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