Strategic Supply Chain Planner: Demand-to-Production

CAPTEK Softgel International; Cerritos (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

CAPTEK Softgel International seeks a Supply Chain Planner to convert approved demand into executable, capacity-constrained production and material plans. You will drive orders from demand review through release, ensuring accurate dates, priorities, and notes for Operations and Customer Service.

Reporting to the Supply Chain Planning Manager, you will link Manufacturing, Scheduling, Procurement, Customer Service, Quality, Warehouse, R&D, Finance, Inventory Control, and Commercial.

Qualifications

• Experience planning in high-volume manufacturing across products, work centers, sites, or shared resources.
• Strong knowledge of MRP, production planning, master scheduling, finite capacity, inventory and lead times.
• Experience creating and maintaining production jobs or batches in a manufacturing ERP.
• Strong ERP and Excel skills to analyze data and drive actions.
• Evaluate job readiness across materials, BOMs, routings, specs, and documentation.
• Execute with discipline, meeting multiple deadlines and highlighting risks.
• Work cross-functionally to resolve priorities and drive follow-through.
• Communicate order status, constraints, and recovery plans clearly.
• Experience with bulk/packaging planning and quality-release dependencies preferred.
• Experience with SYSPRO or similar ERP and tools like Power BI preferred.
• Experience supporting Latest Estimate, SIOP/S&OP, new-product introductions, change control, or inventory optimization.

Responsibilities

• Translate approved demand into time-phased production and material requirements.
• Create production jobs in SYSPRO within 24 hours of complete demand.
• Release, reschedule, or close production jobs per the plan and verify BOMs and docs.
• Maintain accurate planning dates, priorities, and notes in the ERP.
• Identify bottlenecks, aging jobs, and late orders; drive corrective actions.
• Maintain master production plan portions considering capacity and campaigns.
• Perform pre-flight reviews ensuring materials and specs meet requirements.
• Escalate shortages with owners and recovery dates within one business day.
• Provide timely inputs for Latest Estimate and S&OP processes.
• Communicate executable schedules to Operations and realistic recovery plans to Customer Service.

Skills

MRP knowledge

Production planning

ERP systems

Excel

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain/Operations/Business

FDA-regulated manufacturing experience

Tools

SYSPRO

Power BI

Job description

CAPTEK Softgel International seeks a Supply Chain Planner to convert approved demand into executable, capacity-constrained production and material plans. You will drive orders from demand review through release, ensuring accurate dates, priorities, and notes for Operations and Customer Service.

Reporting to the Supply Chain Planning Manager, you will link Manufacturing, Scheduling, Procurement, Customer Service, Quality, Warehouse, R&D, Finance, Inventory Control, and Commercial.