Master Planner

Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you.

As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.

To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led, resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility, we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact

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SUMMARY:

The Master Planner will have responsibility of capacity planning for all internal manufacturing and external manufacturing for Godiva. The Master Planner will work with several individuals and functions, including Global Demand & Supply Planning, Production Scheduling, Marketing, Manufacturing, Customer service, Clients, and other Functions as necessary.  

This position will have full responsibility for all mid- and long-term planning requirements for Godiva North America.  The mid- and long-term planning responsibilities include working with the local finite scheduling teams to determine the needs for all intermediate processing (candy manufacturing & WIP packaging work centers) and finished product packaging operations using a fully integrated, closed loop, ERP system. Performing 6 months to 3-year capacity plans for the manufacturing locations & Key Ingredient/Packaging Suppliers. Operational Execution includes delivering fill rate of 98.5%, keeping inventories to acceptable levels to meet service, reduce obsolescence, and working with the plants & suppliers to optimize the schedule to reduce the conversion costs. 
 

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND DELIVERABLES:

• Collaborate with local finite scheduling teams on near-term capacity to create the 4 weeks out production schedule & deliver Case Fill Rate of at least 98.5% while not exceeding inventory targets and utilizing available labor pool.

• Create and align on a 12-month rolling and 3-year capacity analysis by facility to determine constraints in production capacity, labor requirements, materials need, etc.  Work with Godiva’s global manufacturing facilities to create actions to resolve and escalate concerns to the S&OP process.

• Responsible for managing the capacity for brands with $600 million in Gross Sales, across a broad range of product categories including Ballotins, Gift Boxes, Truffles, Domes, Master Pieces, Napolitans and more. 

• Responsible/Accountable for KPIs such as Fill Rates, Capacity Utilization & Attainment, Inventory Plan vs Targets and Production Schedule Adherence.

• Collaborate with Godiva Global Supply Teams to collate Supply Needs by Region, and then translate to loads on the appropriate Factories and Work Centers to drive monthly Capacity Reviews with Factories and Key Suppliers.

• Review and advise on feasibility looking across the network to support incremental volumes for Promotions, new distribution, and other Big Events.  

• Must launch all new Seasonal Collection and new products by ship dates - highlighting to S&OP Leads, Planning Leads, and appropriate x-functional peers when there are risks to timing and/or product availability. Responsible for accurate Product Master Data setups in the system as new SKUs are launched.

• Validate materials to meet Supply needs for ingredients & packaging over the next 12-18 months and mitigate Demand/Supply imbalances with key Packaging and Ingredient Suppliers.

• Maintain system integrity to keep the information accurate and dynamic, thus reducing changeovers on the floor, correct material availability, accurate process flow, and accurate capacity planning. 

• Support both core and seasonal products to ensure that we can balance capacity appropriately to ensure 98.5% fill rates.

• Collaborate closely with Planners & Schedulers to manage Finished Goods, Ingredient and Packaging inventories to meet service & working capital objectives.

• Update Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP) report to accurately reflect intended build of finished goods, incorporating S&OP aspects such as pre-building inventory to level load production and achieving Target weeks of Supply.

REQUIRED SKILLS

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Project management skills: ability to actively participate in and lead cross functional project team.

• Written and oral communication skills; ability to articulate issues & concerns, in a timely manner, to the appropriate internal customers and cross-functional peers.

• Analytical skills and attention to detail 

• Proven people skills required, must have ability to work with others while effectively handling internal pressures

• Ability to create capacity plans and identify constraints

• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of MRP/Material Planning Systems

DESIRABLE SKILLS

• Understanding of MRP and Finite Scheduling processes.

• Knowledge of Manufacturing Processes

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

BASIC

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution required

• Minimum of 5 Years of Planning/Scheduling/Forecasting Experience in a Manufacturing environment.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the US on a permanent basis without company sponsorship.

PREFERRED

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration or Economics from an accredited institution required

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in materials planning or procurement in a manufacturing environment

• Experience with an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

BASIC

• Ability to work in a matrixed organization with a focus on collaboration & meeting the needs of our customers

• Ability to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, strong verbal, and written communication skills 

• Ability to work in a growth oriented and fast paced work environment

• Results oriented with excellent problem-solving skills

• Ability to interface with all organizational levels

• Confidence and success in problem resolution, resourcefulness, and the ability to quickly adapt to changes

PREFERRED

• Excellent communication skills, able to respond and interact with both internal and external stakeholders at every level

• Excellent interpersonal skills

• Credible team player with good influence skills, particularly with regards to qualitative, abstract concepts

pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List. If you are a recruitment agency and wish to submit candidate to be considered for this vacancy, you must have agreed to, and signed, our terms of business.
We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.