Supply Planner Jobs

TITLE: Supply Planner

REPORTS TO: Sr. Manager - Supply Planning

LOCATION: Chicago, IL

Lactalis Heritage Dairy is currently seeking candidates to join our new team in Chicago.

Lactalis Group, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do.

In September 2020 Lactalis announced an agreement to acquire the natural cheese division of Kraft Heinz in a transaction that is anticipated to close during the first half of 2021. This new business, called Lactalis Heritage Dairy, will be headquartered in Chicago.

If you’re looking for a unique experience with a company that offers strong brands, professional expertise and a dynamic work environment that champions entrepreneurial spirt, hands-on responsibility and real opportunity for career development, we want to hear from you!

Lactalis Heritage Dairy: inviting you to share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE

From your PASSION to ours

The role of the Supply Planner is to develop and execute an inventory plan for a portfolio of items based on demand, actual orders, network lead times and available inventory. Responsible for developing both short- and long-term end to end supply chain plans for items produced internally and externally. Under limited supervision, the role will define the appropriate inventory levels and associated required capacity to optimize service, working capital and costs. This position is a key driver in ensuring finished goods availability by assuring adequate inventory is available to fulfill customer demand while minimizing inventory, waste and supply chain costs.

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

• Monitor and track inventory levels, service levels, surplus/obsolete inventory, vendor performance, and any other relevant KPIs to identify variance from goals. Use all available resources to analyze root causes and recommend possible actions to improve KPI results
• Coordinate with demand planning, deployment, transportation, warehousing, and customer service teams to address any changes to supply plan and solve any shortage scenarios that occur
• Initiate and lead process improvement projects to drive better efficiencies and yield improvement in KPIs
• Analyze and initiate changes to supply chain master data elements impacting the supply plan, such as safety stock settings, lead times, network sourcing, etc
• Execute new item product launches and/or discontinuations to meet customer expectations
• Identifies ways to improve supply planning processes and tools for assigned areas
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to provide regular updates on inventory projections. Lead weekly supply review meetings to discuss supply shortages and recommend mitigation strategies. Escalate to leadership any issues that arise
• Develop inventory plans by utilizing current demand inputs and collaborating with manufacturing, demand planning, commercial partners, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure inventory is managed according to constraints and meets internal targets aligned with the business strategy
• Develop capacity assessment to support supply chain reviews/decisions
• Maintain capacity plans, production schedules and/or finite schedules to ensure the efficient delivery of inventory, service, and cost objectives.

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in Operations / Supply Chain Management / Engineering / Business or related field
• Supply Planner 1-3 years of experience in areas such as production scheduling, inventory management or supply/operations planning is preferred
• APICs affiliation and/or certification plus

Lactalis Heritage Dairy is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities.