Strategic Supply Planner & Production Scheduler

Lamb Weston, Inc.; Kennewick (WA); In loco; USD 65.000 - 97.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Health Insurance Benefits

Flexible Spending Accounts for Health/

Well-being programs

Paid Time Off

401(k) plan with company contributions

Descrizione del lavoro

Lamb Weston is seeking a Supply Planner to develop and maintain feasible, stable supply and production plans that translate approved demand into executable schedules across plants, lines, or categories. You balance capacity, material availability, labor, and inventory targets to improve plan reliability and service.

The role uses Kinaxis Maestro and other planning tools, validating assumptions and partnering with COE, Manufacturing, and technology teams to optimize workflows and master data.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
• APICS CPIM or CSCP certification preferred; Lean, Six Sigma, or project management certification is a plus.
• 5–8 years of experience in supply planning, production planning, MPS, materials planning, or inventory planning.
• Experience using ERP and advanced planning systems such as SAP ECC, SAP IBP, Kinaxis Maestro, Oracle, Blue Yonder, o9, or equivalent.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Excel, SQL, or other analytical tools preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to model scenarios, identify root causes, validate constraints, and recommend practical actions.
• Ability to influence cross‑functional stakeholders and communicate supply risks, tradeoffs, business implications, and recommendations clearly.
• Strong business acumen with understanding of customer service, inventory, cost, capacity utilization, manufacturing efficiency, waste, and working‑capital tradeoffs.

Mansioni

• Develop and maintain supply and production plans across assigned plants, lines, or categories, translating approved supply requirements into executable schedules.
• Align plans with demand priorities, capacity, material availability, labor, production rates, changeovers, sanitation and maintenance windows, and inventory objectives.
• Manage plan and schedule stability while responding to demand shifts, supply constraints, and operational disruptions in a timely, fact‑based manner.
• Evaluate supply and schedule risks related to capacity, material shortages, labor constraints, downtime, yield, quality holds, changeovers, sanitation windows, and production sequencing.
• Build scenarios for production timing, recovery plans, inventory builds, constraint mitigation, and customer impact.
• Quantify tradeoffs across service, inventory, capacity utilization, manufacturing efficiency, cost, waste, and working capital; escalate material risks with clear options and recommended actions.
• Use Kinaxis Maestro and other planning tools, dashboards, alerts, scenarios, optimization outputs, and digital workflows to support exception‑based supply planning and scheduling.
• Document override rationale, identify automation opportunities, and partner with the Planning COE, Manufacturing, and technology teams to improve workflows, master data, and adoption.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Supply Capacity Planning, Materials Planning, Deployment, Procurement, Logistics, Quality, Maintenance, Customer Service, Finance, and Commercial teams.
• Facilitate alignment on production priorities, schedule feasibility, constraint resolution, recovery actions, and inventory build strategies.
• Communicate what changed, why it matters, the service and financial implications, and the decision needed while promoting enterprise‑first outcomes.

Conoscenze

ERP systems

Kinaxis Maestro

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

APICS CPIM or CSCP certification

Strumenti

SAP ECC

SAP IBP

Kinaxis Maestro

Oracle

Blue Yonder

o9

Descrizione del lavoro

Lamb Weston is seeking a Supply Planner to develop and maintain feasible, stable supply and production plans that translate approved demand into executable schedules across plants, lines, or categories. You balance capacity, material availability, labor, and inventory targets to improve plan reliability and service.

The role uses Kinaxis Maestro and other planning tools, validating assumptions and partnering with COE, Manufacturing, and technology teams to optimize workflows and master data.