Strategic Supply Planner: Optimize OTIF & Inventory

Kerry

Town of Jackson (WI)

On-site

USD 63,000 - 103,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

PTO (Paid Time Off)

401(k) plan with company contribution

Employee Share Plan

Life, disability, and accident ins.

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Kerry is seeking a Supply Planner to develop and maintain achievable supply and production plans across our global network. You will partner with Material Planning, Production Scheduling, Transport Planning, Manufacturing, Procurement and Commercial teams to balance demand, capacity, and inventory while sustaining service performance.

Responsibilities include managing planning alerts, optimizing OTIF, and contributing to lifecycle management and new product introductions.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in SCM/related field.
Experience in supply planning or production planning.
Manufacturing experience preferred.
Understanding of S&OP and inventory management.
Excel proficiency required.
SAP planning experience a plus.
Power BI familiarity is a plus.

Responsibilities

Create and maintain short-, medium-, and long-term supply plans to meet customer demand and business needs.
Balance demand requirements with manufacturing capacity, labour availability, and material constraints.
Manage planning alerts and exceptions, including projected shortages, capacity constraints, excess inventory, and service risks.
Monitor inventory levels, weeks of cover, and stock-at-risk positions while contributing to inventory and working capital performance.
Partner with Material Planning to address component shortages and enable effective execution of production plans.
Coordinate supply recovery and mitigation activities in response to supply disruptions and operational constraints.
Promote production plan adherence and identify opportunities to improve schedule stability and manufacturing efficiency.
Monitor OTIF performance and implement improvement actions to enhance customer service levels.
Contribute to new product introductions, product transitions, delistings, and lifecycle management activities.
Review slow-moving, obsolete, blocked, rework, and aged inventory to reduce waste and maximize inventory utilization.
Work closely with Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality, and Logistics teams to ensure alignment across the end-to-end supply plan.
Identify opportunities to improve planning master data, parameters, and processes.