Plant Planner

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　　Date:Jan 23, 2024

　　Location: Rockland, ME, US

　　Company: IFF Family of Companies

　　Requisition ID : 495103

　　Job Description

　　At IFF, the heart of our company is fueled by a sense of discovery, constantly asking “what if?” That passion for exploration drives us to co-create unique scents and tastes in fine fragrances and beauty, detergents and household goods, as well as beloved foods and beverages. We are looking for the next Plant Planner for our Rockland, ME site.

　　The Plant Planner is responsible to ensure timely supply of materials to the plant for uninterrupted production processing and servicing customers at a best in class level. In addition the plant planner will be responsible for creating and maintaining weekly and daily detailed production / supply schedules to meet customer demand requirements. Key interface between plant operations teams, Master planners, and customer service to ensure all requirements are satisfied to deliver to our customers.

　　Job Requirements

　　Plant Planner

　　Plan both short- and long-term to align supply and demand to support inventory needs

　　Facilitate collaboration meetings with stakeholders and vendors to review purchase forecasts, proposed orders, and other operational issues

　　Monitor movement of materials through purchasing, storage, production, and retail distribution

　　Set preferred stock levels and prevent excess inventory

　　Solve problems of raw material shortages;

　　Optimization and continuous improvement of material availability; global inventory days; inventory write-off; and obsolete/slow moving inventory.

　　Design and create new tools to help improve the planning functions of supply chain

　　Manage relationships with key suppliers to maintain quality of goods, timely delivery, and compliance to terms of contracts

　　Issue detailed production schedule utilizing SAP PPDS for planning horizon.

　　Manage production details in line with business strategy (cost, rate, inventory and uptime).

　　Assure schedule is continually maintained and communicated throughout the supply chain.

　　Highlight and actively participate in the identification and resolution of inventory, customer order and quality issues as they develop.

　　Monitoring process orders & assuring closed as needed, accurate process orders are used to maintain system & data integrity

　　Works with manufacturing to optimize the plant schedule along with manufacturing capabilities.

　　Maintain SAP Master Data to support scheduling & ATP process

　　Maintain & monitor key KPIs for assets (i.e. slow-moving & obsolete inventory, capacity loading, production to plan, inventory, delivery to promise, etc.

　　Requirement

　　Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Logistics, Supply Chain, Business Administration or related fields.

　　Knowledge of MS Office tools

　　Effective communication skills

　　Analytical and quantitative skills

　　Ability to handle high-pressure situations

　　Accountability

　　Continuous improvement attitude

　　+3 years experience in operations or supply chain roles

　　Knowledge of supply planning theory and stock management

　　We are a global leader in taste, scent and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

　　VisitIFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion (https://https://www.iff.com/responsibilities/diversity-equity-inclusion) to learn more.