Retail Planning Leader - Toronto, Canada - Atlantic Packaging Products Ltd

Atlantic Packaging Products Ltd

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Oversight of the planning operations at the Retail Packaging and Display Division including the scheduling and material planning roles.

Ensures that the production facility has adequate capacity to cover demand and constantly adjusts to ensure the ratio is maintained; finds solutions for requests to insert orders into the production schedule.

What you will be doing:

Oversight of the production planner role and vacation replacement
Oversight of the material coordinator role and vacation replacement
Control of all expedites while monitoring machine loading and order entry (bookings) working with the production team to confirm future crewing and overtime requirements
Liaison between the Sales, Customer Service and Production Teams
Resolve any material supply issues
Monitor inventory levels of raw materials, WIP, and finished goods
Responsible to constantly monitor the situation on the production floor to smooth out demand
Negotiates for balanced solutions with Customer Service, Production and Sales
Promptly finds solutions for requests to insert orders following the insert protocol
React to plant breakdowns by moving orders/accounts or requesting sheet orders
Responsible to complete various reports, as required, including board lead time, inventory analysis on key accounts
Works closely with the Planner/Schedulers to coordinate expedites, balances reruns
Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results and performing other duties as assigned
Negotiate with vendors on pricing and rebates when required
Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with health and safety and housekeeping practices, and use of personal protective equipment

What you will bring to the table:

3+ years of experience in such roles as inventory, scheduling, shipping, or customer service, fast-paced manufacturing environment
Corrugated experience is an asset
Indepth knowledge of the MS Office suite, particularly MS Excel and MS Word
Must be organized, detailoriented and resultsdriven
Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
Team player able to balance multiple priorities and make tough decisions in a timely manner
Ability to present themselves in a professional manner