Materials Planner

3 months ago

Mississauga, Canada Trophy Foods Full time

**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.

**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.

**Accountabilities for Success**:

- Collaborate and partner with others through actively building positive and productive relationships, working to understand different viewpoints, and treating people of varying backgrounds and perspectives fairly.
- Communicate ideas and information in an effective manner by listening, demonstrating understanding, readily sharing information, and keeping appropriate parties up to date.
- Take initiative to understand and produce results aligned to department priorities and accept responsibility for performance and results.
- Identify causes of problems and develop solutions to make effective, timely decisions.
- Demonstrate a commitment to Trophy’s vision and mission. Understand how individual decisions and actions impact the needs of the department as well as overall corporate goals.

**Work Environment**:

- The office work environment is open, provides adequate lighting, is temperature controlled and relatively quiet.
- Sitting at a desk and computer terminal for extended periods of time each day (4 to 7 hours). Occasionally required to move around the office.
- Frequent periods of intense concentration and must respond to all types of deadlines, special requests, and emergencies.
- Ability to attend and conduct presentations.
- Overtime as required.

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.

**Job Type**: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: From $75,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

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