Material Planner - Kitchener, Canada - Treehouse Foods

Treehouse Foods

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Kitchener, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Employee Type:
Full time

Location:

ON Kitchener

Job Type:

Supply Chain Planning

Job Posting Title:
Material Planner

About Us:
TreeHouse Foods (

NYSE:
THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of production facilities across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people.

We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities and families.

We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

What You Gain:

Competitive compensation and benefits program
Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs
Paid holidays, vacation, and other competitive paid time off opportunities
An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of people
Leaders who are invested in supporting your career growth
Opportunities to be recognized for outstanding contributions to your team through our employee recognition programs

Job Description:

About the Role:

The primary role of the material planner is to manage procurement and execution of material requirements planning against contracts by maintaining material availability for production while balancing working capital and warehousing constraints.

Develop and maintain material planning assumptions in conjunction with purchasing, planning, operations, logistics/warehousing and commercial teams, including safety stocks, lead times, order quantities, and lots sizing.
Execute MRP for materials and issue purchase orders to ensure material availability for Operations
Review and assist in resolving invoicing discrepancies in SAP via either MRBR or VIM
Monitor supply plans to identify changes and to determine their effect on material requirements schedules.
Report on back orders, short stock, excess items and slowmoving inventory to the parties concerned, while developing solutions with suppliers and internal resources.
Analyze supplier performance, inventories to determine how to increase inventory turns, reduce waste or optimize customer service.
Attend the Daily Production Communication meeting to understand daily changes and help with issue resolution
Manages transition of components related to reformulations, redesigns, new product introductions, and item discontinuation.
Work crossfunctionally with Sales, Business Units, Supply Chain, Customer Service, Procurement and Operations to ensure crossfunctional alignment and meet company objectives.

Important Details:
This is a full-time permanent position located in our Princeton, KY plant.

About You:

You'll fit right in if you have:

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Statistics, Operations Research, or related field preferred
Minimum 2 years supply chain, production scheduling, material planning, inventory, or operations experience
Experience with an ERP system; knowledge of SAP preferred
Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills required (V-Look Up, Pivot Tables)
Intermediate PowerBI skillset preferred
Strong analytical skills and the ability to clearly communicate verbally and in written form

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