Material Planner

4 weeks ago

Canada, CA Trophy Foods Inc. Full time

Trophy Foods is Canada's leading supplier of high-quality edible nuts, dried fruit and confectionery products. We pride ourselves on providing the highest quality products, at the best value, through our direct channel of global grower relationships.


Trophy Foods Inc. is Canadian owned and operated with over 40 years of experience in serving our customers. We produce edible nuts, dried fruits, confectionery and bulk foods under our Trophy brand. We also work with grocery retailers, mass merchandisers, drug channel, and food service customers across the country to create and produce a wide variety of private label branded products.


Overview: The Material Planner is responsible for assuring continuity of supply for Raw Materials, Packaging Materials and Direct Purchase Finished Goods.


Achieving target inventory availability will require this role to work closely with Finished Goods Planners, Processing Planners, and key suppliers to ensure the timing of material requirements is understood and that vendors are able to deliver on commitments.


The incumbent will also work closely with the Category Managers to ensure contract balances and pending renewals are well understood, enabling proactive negotiations in support of ongoing ordering.


Contract Length: 1 year contract


Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Monitor, plan, and execute material purchasing activity – synchronizing material supply with production requirements.
  • Proactively identify and co-ordinate a response to pending material shortages / overages to protect service levels while minimizing obsolescence.
  • Prepare and execute purchase orders – monitoring delivery performance from vendor dispatch through to warehouse receipt.
  • Work collaboratively with Quality Control, Category Managers, and vendors to resolve issues related to out of specification materials.
  • Manage target stocking levels on assigned items to assure target service level is achieved while operating within category budgets.
  • Support vendor performance reviews, continuous improvement and/or lead-time improvement initiatives in collaboration with Category Managers.
  • Proactively communicate identified shipping delays to internal stakeholders – mitigating where possible.
  • Maintain relevant fields in ERP so that planning environment accurately reflects current practices, sourcing arrangements and actual vendor performance.
  • Active participation in weekly cross functional planning meetings.
  • Other duties, relevant to the position, shall be assigned as required.


Experience, Qualifications, and Educational Requirements:

  • College/university diploma with a minimum of 5 years’ experience – ideally in the field of Supply Chain Management.
  • Prior experience conducting planning activities using a Tier 1 ERP - direct experience with JD Edwards an asset.
  • Experience working as part of a cross functional team.
  • APIC Qualifications – (CPIM) or (CSCP) preferred.
  • Ability to respond appropriately in pressure situations with a calm and steady demeanor.
  • Strong customer service focus.
  • Driven and motivated by continuous improvement.
  • Excellent communication skills – written & verbal.
  • High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite – Excel in particular.


Trophy is an equal opportunity employer that values workforce diversity. Diversity is core to our business: by embedding diversity into all aspects of our culture, we maximize the opportunity to achieve sustainable business success and growth. Trophy Foods Inc. provides equal opportunities in employment, promotions, wages, benefits and all other privileges, terms, and conditions of employment to all qualified persons without regard to race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by the applicable Federal and Provincial laws.


Trophy Foods has an accommodation process in place and provides accommodations for employees with disabilities. If you require a specific accommodation because of a disability or a medical need, please advise us during the recruitment process so that arrangements can be made for the appropriate accommodations to be in place before you begin your employment.

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