Job Information
Perdue Farms, Inc. Supply Chain Planner -Specialty Crops & Oils in Salisbury, Maryland
Perdue AgriBusiness is part of Perdue Farms, a family-owned company heading into its second century of growth and innovation. An international agricultural products and services company, we handle agricultural commodities and have a diverse portfolio of products and businesses.
Summary
Develop and maintain the Master Production Schedule (daily and/or weekly) for selected plants and species. The Supply Chain Planner is responsible for utilizing Company resources efficiently and filling customer orders.
Principal and Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Creates and maintains the optimum Master Production Schedule. These plans must meet both the short and long term goals.
Creates and maintains the optimum inventory profile to ensure fulfillment of customer requirements, taking into account forecast accuracy, schedule compliance and production smoothing requirements.
Reviews forecast with Demand Planning to review issues such as product mix or capacity constraints.
Works as part of the Sales and Operations Planning team to review the forward plan and past performance. This will also involve a constant dialogue with respective plants, Demand Planning, Order Management and Distribution.
Monitors and reviews the supply models in Excel, including all the automatic, overnight processes and interfaces to and from SAP.
Daily exception reports will be produced both systems exceptions where parameters are missing and process exceptions, for example where supply may not meet demand or stock is low.
Monitors exceptions on a daily basis and communicate with Order Management as to the most effective solution; advise of any modifications to the supply plan and options for utilizing inventory.
Minimum Education
- Bachelors degree
Experience Requirements
3 -5 years related work experience or in the absence of a Bachelors degree, total experience equals 12 years.
Working knowledge of Supply Chain and SAP as it relates to inventory and the master production schedule.
Must be able to travel overnight to customer/vendor locations and/or plant locations.
Experience Preferred
Environmental Factors and Physical Requirements
Position is mostly sedentary but may require occasional moving to other offices or buildings.
Work activity is in an office, open-partitioned, cubicle environment.
May be exposed to temperatures of 28 degrees to 100 degrees Fahrenheit with both ambient and 100% humidity.
May handle product 25 degrees to 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
May be exposed to noise ranges of 50 db to 110 db.
Must wear and use protective and safety equipment required for the job as directed by the Company.
Perdue Farms, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.