Central Planner: Food Supply Chain (Hybrid)

Lactalis USA; Buffalo (NY); Presencial; USD 65.000 - 75.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Lactalis USA in Buffalo, NY is recruiting a Central Planner to manage short- and mid-term capacity, inventory, and transportation for assigned product lines, ensuring finished goods meet customer service goals while efficiently using manufacturing resources. This role reports to the Supply Planning team and requires strong analytical and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities include analyzing plant capacity by product lines, maintaining safety stock, coordinating interplant shipments,

Formación

• Associate degree or higher preferred; bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 1+ year planning experience preferred.
• Experience in food industry or supply chain preferred.
• APICS CPIM certification or similar knowledge is beneficial.
• Office presence with hybrid work policy; occasional travel.

Responsabilidades

• Analyze and prepare reports on plant capacity utilization by product lines.
• Monitor KPI related to planning and cross-functional impacts for decisions.
• Conduct inventory simulations to determine safety stock and levels.
• Identify SKU issues and consider discontinuation or rationalization.
• Provide finished goods requirements to plant schedulers and monitor schedules.
• Coordinate interplant shipments and ensure lead times are respected.
• Communicate logistics requirements for interplant movement to enable transport.
• Lead meetings with cross-functional teams and document action items.

Conocimientos

Planning

Inventory management

Cross-functional collaboration

Educación

Associate degree

Bachelor's degree

Herramientas

FuturMaster

Stratum

AS/400

Descripción del empleo

Lactalis USA in Buffalo, NY is recruiting a Central Planner to manage short- and mid-term capacity, inventory, and transportation for assigned product lines, ensuring finished goods meet customer service goals while efficiently using manufacturing resources. This role reports to the Supply Planning team and requires strong analytical and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities include analyzing plant capacity by product lines, maintaining safety stock, coordinating interplant shipments,