Supply Planning Associate: Master Schedule & Inventory

Perdue Farms, Inc.

Salisbury (MD)

On-site

USD 60,000 - 90,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits package

Job summary

Perdue Farms Inc. is seeking an Associate Supply Planner to support production flow by building and maintaining the Master Production Schedule for assigned plants, balancing short-term execution with longer-term planning to meet demand and optimize inventory levels.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to align production with business needs while driving efficient use of assets and resources. This role suits an analytical, detail-oriented professional who enjoys data and planning

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree plus 0 - 3 years related work experience. In the absence of a Bachelor’s degree, total experience must equal 7 years.
Knowledge of production planning and optimizing within constraints.
Above average numerate and analytical skills and good working knowledge of Supply Chain.
Knowledge of SAP as it relates to inventory and the master production schedule.
Sound business and industry experience essential.
Advanced working knowledge of computers, including Windows, Lotus SmartSuite and an understanding of how data is passed between systems.
Must be able to travel overnight to customers, vendors, and plant locations.

Responsibilities

Create and maintain the optimum Master Production Schedule to obtain maximum ROA from given facilities with direction from Sr. Planner or Manager.
Create and maintain the optimum inventory profile to ensure fulfillment of customer requirements, considering forecast accuracy, schedule compliance and production smoothing requirements.
Review forecast with Demand Planning to review issues such as product mix or capacity constraints.
Work as part of the Sales and Operations Planning team to review the forward plan and past performance.
Constantly monitor and review the supply models in Manugistics Supply Planning and Supply Chain Navigator, including all the automatic, overnight processes and interfaces to and from SAP.
Monitor exceptions daily and communicate with Order Management as to the most effective solution – advise of any modifications to the supply plan and options for utilizing inventory.