Manufacturing Planning & Supply Chain Specialist

Nassau Candy Distributors, Inc.; Hicksville (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Comprehensive benefits: Medical, Dent,

401(k) retirement plan

Vacation & PTO

Growth opportunities

Employee discounts

Job summary

Nassau Candy Distributors, Inc. is seeking a Planning & Supply Chain Coordinator to support planning, scheduling, procurement, inventory, forecasting, fulfillment, and overall supply chain activities for efficient manufacturing operations.

This role acts as the link between Manufacturing, Production Planning, Procurement, Warehouse, Inventory Control, Sales, Customer Service, and Operations, ensuring material availability, accurate production plans, and on-time customer fulfillment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, management, or equivalent.
• 2–4 years of manufacturing production planning/coordination experience.
• Strong analytical and mathematical abilities.

Responsibilities

• Maintain proper inventory levels on items monitored.
• Create replenishment loads that are optimized to minimize logistical costs.
• Maintain adequate inventory levels on all SKU’s pertaining to this role.
• Work closely with the Master Planner and Production Coordinator ensuring minimal delays and smooth execution.
• Support the Operations teams and Planning team with rollout of new products, promotional packaging, and holiday inventory planning on purchased products.
• Participate in the review of inventory levels and warehouse capacity, initiate and coordinate necessary product movements to prevent out of stock and out of date issues as well as overstock/warehouse capacity challenges.
• Report on close-date inventory and work to reduce Breakage, Damage and Loss (BDL) due to product age and request Disposition.
• Vendor Relations: Source new vendors, negotiate price brackets, assist in onboarding; manage vendors' brands and lead times to maintain proper inventory levels.
• Prepare and sequence production schedules for the following weeks. Stay in constant communication with assigned departments to ensure execution of the schedule.
• Review and analyze line capacity to determine if alternative sourcing is required - If capacity issue exists, coordinate within the department to ensure consistent supply.

Skills

Analytical skills

Forecasting

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Job description

Nassau Candy Distributors, Inc. is seeking a Planning & Supply Chain Coordinator to support planning, scheduling, procurement, inventory, forecasting, fulfillment, and overall supply chain activities for efficient manufacturing operations.

This role acts as the link between Manufacturing, Production Planning, Procurement, Warehouse, Inventory Control, Sales, Customer Service, and Operations, ensuring material availability, accurate production plans, and on-time customer fulfillment.