Strategic Material Planner: Master Production Flow

Conagra Brands; Archbold (OH); On-site; USD 59,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) matching

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible work schedules

Job summary

Conagra Brands is seeking a Material Planner to ensure material availability and translate approved plans into executable material flow actions. You will partner with production scheduling, logistics, suppliers, and planning teams to prevent disruptions and provide visibility into execution risks affecting production performance.

The role requires 1–3 years in material planning or supply chain, a Bachelor's degree in a related field, and proficiency with SAP and MS Office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, or related field.
• 1–3 years of experience in material planning, supply chain, or a manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency with SAP and Microsoft Office applications, including Excel.
• Strong analytical skills with experience interpreting data and solving problems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience collaborating across functions and partnering with external suppliers.
• Strong organizational skills in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Monitor plant execution risks within the handoff window and ensure constraints are visible to centralized planning teams.
• Translate approved Material Resource Planning and supply plans into daily and weekly call-off and delivery schedules for raw and packaging materials.
• Confirm deliveries with suppliers and internal warehouses within the execution horizon while maintaining alignment with production schedules.
• Review planned, firmed, and open orders to ensure delivery dates, quantities, and priorities are execution ready.
• Triage and elevate short-term Material Resource Planning execution issues, including reschedule requests and delivery adjustments, while providing visibility to planning teams.
• Partner with Material Resource Planning Operations, Non-Finished Goods and Semi-Finished Goods Value Planning teams, and Production Scheduling to resolve material constraints and sequencing conflicts.
• Manage raw material and packaging material shuttling activities and inventory movements between external storage locations and plant operations.
• Proactively address supplier escalations involving delivery delays, shortages, and execution risks.
• Coordinate with plant logistics teams to align dock capacity, warehousing constraints, and material arrival sequencing.
• Identify and communicate master data and execution data issues, including lead times, calendars, and lot sizes, to the appropriate planning teams.
• Support rapid response activities during line stoppages, demand increases, transportation delays, and supplier disruptions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

SAP

MS Office

Analytical skills

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or Supply Chain

Tools

SAP

MS Office

Job description

Conagra Brands is seeking a Material Planner to ensure material availability and translate approved plans into executable material flow actions. You will partner with production scheduling, logistics, suppliers, and planning teams to prevent disruptions and provide visibility into execution risks affecting production performance.

The role requires 1–3 years in material planning or supply chain, a Bachelor's degree in a related field, and proficiency with SAP and MS Office.