- Salary
- $86k – $121k
- Location
- Lake Forest, IL, US
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Operations
- Seniority
- Senior
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- iCIMS
Description
Overview
Join Reynolds Consumer Products…and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities!
We currently have an opportunity for a Senior Supply Chain Planner at our Corporate Headquarters in Lake Forest, IL.
Responsibilities
The Senior Supply Chain Planner provides leadership across the production planning process to optimize customer service, inventory, operating expense, manufacturing capacity, and supply chain cost. This position creates and communicates master production schedules, analyzes capacity constraints, develops solutions to service issues, and drives supply chain efficiencies across multiple facilities and functions. The role collaborates with manufacturing operations, customer service, finance, quality, sales, marketing, and other business partners to resolve issues and support new item commercialization. The position also represents the Supply Planning Manager when needed and provides mentoring and training to supply planners.
You Will Have the Opportunity to Make Great Things Happen!
Production Planning & Scheduling
- Create and provide clear scheduling direction and production guidelines to all plants and resources.
- Ensure volume, customer service, inventory and operating expense goals are achieved through creation, communication and implementation of weekly sales and operations master production schedules.
- Monitor and analyze capacity constraint data and adjust master schedules accordingly or make recommendations for solution.
- Review sales forecast and inventory data to create weekly master production schedule in accordance with customer service targets, logistics and manufacturing cost goals for supply chain.
- Develop, analyze and communicate action plans to resolve service problems.
- Size, scope and complexity of assigned portfolio are factors in the level of responsibility.
Supply Chain Optimization
- Be able to analyze and calculate optimal container loads for imports, and work with packaging engineering to attain maximum import efficiencies.
- Utilize technological tools and internal data to generate reports that detail efficiencies as well as areas needing improvement.
- Work with all cross functional BU partners to reduce overall end-to-end cost, and to review product life cycle.
Cross-Functional Partnership
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including internal and external manufacturing operations, customer service, finance, quality, sales, and marketing to resolve issues, new item commercialization to drive supply chain efficiencies. Be accountable for service levels and lead the collaboration within all functions to meet goals.
Compliance
- In locations where applicable, responsible to comply with the SQF and GMP practices and programs to ensure safe food packaging product and to report food safety problems to those with authority to act.
Leadership & Development
- Represent the Supply Planning Manager and backfill their role in their absence.
- Serve as a mentor / training lead to supply planners within the team.
You Will Love It Here If…
- You listen, learn, and evolve
- You thrive in a fast-paced environment
- You put safety first, always
- You are passionate about collaboration, teamwork, and achieving shared goals
- You believe in treating all people with respect, operating ethically, and growing a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace
- You are committed to improving our impact on local communities and creating positive experiences
Qualifications
Education/Experience
Required
- BA/BS degree in Procurement, Logistics or related field.
- 4+ years of related professional supply chain business experience.
Preferred
- Previous experience in production planning, scheduling, demand planning, or distributions operations in a multi-facility environment preferred.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
- Proficient in MS Office.
- High proficiency in Excel, including ability to use array formulas, and pivot tables.
- Proficiency in SAP and Logility a plus.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate and influence at all levels within the organization.
- Self-directed with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple accountabilities and multiple internal customers.
- Strong analytical skills as well as organizational skills with high attention to detail.
- Ability to effectively communicate technical information verbally as well as in written formats.
- Ability to identify, analyze and resolve problems logically and systematically.
- Ability to work a flexible schedule during key business deadlines.
- Must be team oriented with the ability to work on high collaboration and performance teams.
- Ability to lead BU & Supply Chain projects with minimal direction from BU or supply chain management.
- Plans and Aligns – Establishes priorities and coordinates resources to achieve supply chain objectives and business commitments.
- Balances Stakeholders – Considers competing customer, operational, financial, and supply chain needs to achieve effective outcomes.
- Decision Quality – Uses relevant information, analysis, and sound judgment to make effective planning and supply chain decisions.
- Collaborates – Builds effective partnerships across functions to resolve issues and achieve shared goals.
- Communicates Effectively – Clearly conveys complex information and recommendations to influence decisions across organizational levels.
- Develops Talent – Shares knowledge, provides guidance, and supports the development of supply planning team members.
Want to know more? Check out our website or connect with us on LinkedIn! Apply today to join a fast-growing innovative company!
Not a good fit but know someone who is? Please refer them! No unsolicited recruiter or agency inquiries, please. RCP affords equal employment opportunities to applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, disability status, sex, marital status, protected veteran status, pregnancy, national origin, genetics, genetic information, parental status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. RCP conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.
