Production Planner

- Competitive compensation and benefits including RRSP match and bonus program
- Hybrid work environment (ability to work from home two days a week after 6 months of employment)

Responsibilities
• Working with different departments (Supply Chain, Sales, Operations, and Purchasing) and using sales volume in a fiscal year, determines the availability of production, packaging and shipping capacities.
• Generating a rolling 12-month production plan on item level through spreadsheet techniques on weekly basis and run MPS to reflect those numbers in ERP.
• Coordinate production workflow for one or multiple products.
• Plan and prioritize operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delays.
• Address and resolve issues when they arise aiming for minimum disruption.
• Analyze the inventories and manage supply of Western Items to East side of the country through transfers on a weekly / daily basis.
• Coordinate with operations and supply chain in determining storage capacity, for placing existing and future inventory.
• Monitor inventory levels in all the storage facilities and coordinate with Facility Superintendents to ensure that the appropriate stock is available for shipping and fulfilling customer orders.
• Implement an inventory buildup plan that will support the various seasonal spikes in our business.
• Run and model different production scenarios to support operations with decision making.
• Execute weekly alignment meetings with Sales / customer Service and raise any concerns on short term supply plan vs. sales.
• Execute a weekly alignment meetings with Operations in order to raise any concerns on short term /long term supply plan vs. sales and reflect the insights and results in the next MPS Run.
• Support S&OP process by providing valid data in the system on time and raising the flag of potential supply risks.

Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and experience
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a Supply Chain Planning role
• Excellent knowledge of production planning / inventory management and sales forecasting
• Experience in Manufacturing resource planning
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent hands-on knowledge of Microsoft Office Excel
• Experienced working with an ERP System (i.e Oracle, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, etc …)
• Team player with leadership skills Analytical, investigative and problem-solving skills


Summary
If you would like to be considered for this opportunity please forward your resume via email to Nick Paraskeva nick.paraskeva@randstad.ca

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