Raw Materials Planner – On‑Time Production & Inventory

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.; Burlington (MA); On-site; USD 63,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with company match

Tuition Reimbursement

Mileage Reimbursement

Job summary

Keurig Dr Pepper is seeking a Material Planner to manage daily raw material planning and procurement activities across the Coffee BU supply chain. You will collaborate with Manufacturing, Procurement, Finished Good Planning, and Logistics to ensure raw material availability for daily production and on-time customer service.

Responsibilities include forecasting, stocking strategies, expediting materials when needed, and driving supplier reliability with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain or similar field preferred.
• APICS certification and/or affiliation a plus.
• 1-3 years of experience in supply planning / scheduling / fulfillment (preferably for a manufacturer of consumer products).
• Prior experience working with MRP / ERP systems (preferably SAP).
• 2 years’ experience in Excel (pivot tables, vlookup, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Continuously review the finished good forecast, analyzes production plans and inventory reports, availability / requirements for assigned materials.
• Generate a stocking strategy to our distribution partners to support warehouse capacity and resource planning.
• Assist in the expediting raw materials, when necessary, to support customer order fulfillment.
• Recommend and implement production and transportation actions when products are in out-of-stock or allocation situations.
• Use of the raw material escalation matrix and partnerships with procurement to ensure redressal of issues between cross functional teams and external suppliers.
• Execution of strategies to meet and improve supplier reliability and maximize available supply with increased inventory turns.
• Maintain close relationship with finished good multisite planning team (interlinkage of raw to finished good to Service).
• Goals centered on service, working capital, strategies to drive supplier reliability (on time, and in full), and Min/Max adherence for plants and suppliers to include root cause and countermeasure management.

Skills

Supply chain

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain or similar field

Tools

SAP

Excel

MRP/ERP systems

Job description

Keurig Dr Pepper is seeking a Material Planner to manage daily raw material planning and procurement activities across the Coffee BU supply chain. You will collaborate with Manufacturing, Procurement, Finished Good Planning, and Logistics to ensure raw material availability for daily production and on-time customer service.

Responsibilities include forecasting, stocking strategies, expediting materials when needed, and driving supplier reliability with cross-functional teams.