Master Planner, Global Supply Chain

Canopy Growth; Toronto; Remote; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cannabis company is seeking a Master Planner for its Global Supply Chain, focusing on the management and improvement of planning processes. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing detailed production plans, coordinating tasks across departments, and guiding capacity planning. Ideal for those with strong analytical and leadership skills in supply chain management looking to contribute in a values-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Education in supply chain management or related field required.
• Experience in integrated business planning (IBP) and sales & operations planning.
• Strong technical skills and expertise in supply chain management.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate management and improvement of planning processes.
• Develop production plans and coordinate with cross-functional teams.
• Provide expertise in Master Planning areas of cannabis products.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Communication

Leadership

Collaboration

Education

Post-secondary education in supply chain management or a related field

Tools

ERP software systems

Advanced planning systems (Kinaxis RapidResponse preferred)

Job description

The Company

At Canopy Growth, our mission is clear: improve lives, end cannabis prohibition, and strengthen communities.We believe that cannabis can be a force for good. We’re building a consumer-centric organization that is focused on sharing the transformational potential of cannabis with the world. We will achieve this through an innovative and disruptive portfolio of cannabis and hemp-derived products.

Canopy Growth is the world's leading cannabis and hemp company. We recognize that employees are at the core of our success, and we take pride in a corporate culture that emphasizes inclusiveness, collaboration, and diversity.

Our employees come from a wide range of backgrounds, each bringing their own unique skills and talents to the table, working together to continue our incredible momentum of growth. If you are interested in building global challenger brands, scaling a business, and working in a values-driven environment, we want to hear from you!

The Opportunity

Canopy Growth is looking for a Master Planner, Global Supply Chain to join its team on a permanent full-time position basis.

Reporting to the Manager Supply Planning, Integrated Business Planning, The mandate of the Master Planner is to facilitate in the management, implementation, and continual improvement of the planning processes and enabling tools, and to ensure that functional leaders, managers, and team members are aligned on supply plan execution.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialized subject matter expertise and leadership (by initiative) in one of the following Master Planning areas: Whole Cannabis Flower, Pre-Rolled Cannabis, Ingested Cannabis Extracts, Inhaled Cannabis Extracts, and/or Topical Cannabis Extracts.

• Develop and maintain detailed production plans and material requirements plans for production processes of core stock keeping units and new product innovation.

• Coordinate cross-functionally with Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, Warehousing, and Quality, and Product team members to achieve optimum utilization.

• Provide direction and leadership with capacity planning and constraint-based planning.

• Develop and document best practices, translating that data into parameters within the advanced planning software.

• Categorize, summarize and report all associated opportunities and risks within respective portfolios to drive key decisions within sales and operations planning cycles.

• Maintain analytic parameters and planning parameters within the advanced planning software.

• Provide clear and specialized scenario planning outputs to direct the business towards key financial targets relating to price. utilization, standard cost, cost of goods sold, variable margin, and net revenue, and inventory valuation targets.

• Maintain total portfolio optimization by coordinating the disposition of all finished goods and intermediates along the value chain,. wWith clear impacts on the financial KPIs of the firm.

• Assist in developing strategies for total-lifecycle management of stock keeping units.

• Assist in creating, defining, and maintaining functional requirements withing the advanced planning software.

• Other duties as assigned.

Experience and Background

• Post-secondary education in supply chain management or a related field

• Knowledge and experience in IBP and/or Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)

• Knowledge in business, strong technical skills, expertise in supply chain management, and experience in supply chain planning

• Experience working and collaborating with demand and supply-side professionals as well as individuals from supporting functional areas

• Financial aptitude and ability to interact with all levels of the organization and handle multiple projects simultaneously

• Skills required to effectively manage complex and rapidly evolving situations

• Communication skills that enable change, problem resolution, mediation, and the ability to successfully work in a team environment

• Knowledge and experience working with enterprise resource planning (ERP) software systems

• Knowledge and experience working with advanced planning systems (Kinaxis RapidResponse preferred)

• Commit to acquiring or already hold one or both of the APICS Certifications below:

  • Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)

  • Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)

Other Details

This is a full-time position based remotely within Canada (preferably Ontario)

We appreciate your interest, and promise to review all applications, but we will only be contacting those who best fit the requirements.

We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. If you require accommodation, please notify your Talent Acquisition Partner. Please note, the chosen applicant will be required to successfully complete background and reference checks.