Production and Materials Planner

at  Wonderbrands

SUMMARY

The Production and Materials Planner will be reporting to the Supply Planning Manager. The bakery crew, e.g. receivers, cycle counters, and line shippers who will be supporting the activities below will be providing support to this position for their portion of responsibilities laid out below.
Location: 560 Victoria Street North, Kitchener, Ontario.

REQUIREMENTS

• A bachelor’s degree or diploma in Materials Management, Business or equivalent.
• Experience of 2+ years in the same field in lieu of a degree or diploma.
• Strong communicator and team builder.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced & multi task environment.
• Possess strong planning and time management skills.
• Strong computer skills.
• SAP experience is considered an asset.

• Schedule production at the bakery based on guideline from the central planning team
• Order and replenish the material at bakery based on the sales requirements
• Ensuring Cycle counts of all raw materials and packaging items minimum once a period
• Improve inventory accuracy at the bakery to 98%+ (FG, SFG, RM & PM)
• Keep a close eye on expiring materials and delisting materials and work closely with Central Planning team for the “Run Out” plan
• Responsible for addressing Finished goods discrepancies between ELM and SAP
• Escalation of Chronic issues e.g., materials discrepancies higher than the tolerance, process discrepancies within the bakery etc. to Central planning team
• Help Supply planning CI team to have visibility on PPW generated out of the bakery
• Ensuring with the bakery production team that number of mixes reported, FG production numbers (entered by line shippers only) are entered accurately and escalate to bakery manager if there is abnormal discrepancy.
• Any other tasks assigned as per the requirement