Materials Planner

Give & Go Prepared Foods Corp.
is a proud member of the Mondelēz family.
We are a leading, and growing, North American manufacturer of baked goods for over 30 years. If you're looking for a company that will provide you with opportunities for career growth and development, while working with an energetic and team with deeply ingrained values of respect, direct and open communication, quality, and accountability, we'd love to have you join our team.
Our Consumer Brands: two-bite brand, including two bite-brownies, Kimberley's Bakeshoppe, Mason St. Bakehouse, and The Worthy Crumb Pastry Co
It's an exciting time to part of the
Give & Go
team as we are growing rapidly and want you to become a part of our growth and extraordinarily bright future

Job Overview
Responsible for the generation of a production plan to maintain the necessary inventory needs. The role will also be responsible to ensure that materials are ordered and delivered on time and that all manual and computerized records are kept up to date

Key Responsibilities

• Review labels, packaging and film requirements, determine requirements, schedule production as per supply and communicate requirements to appropriate personnel
• Review client orders and prepare production Plan (schedule) to ensure all orders are filled to meet the clients' requirements
• Collaborate with all operational departments including QA, Sales, Customer Service personnel as required to fulfill clients' orders / requirements.
• Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions.
• Provide input to the department in the developing of inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs
• Report scheduling, managing orders for deployment and manipulate spreadsheets
• Prepare daily, weekly, monthly efficiency, yield, and productivity reports
• Run the Planning Worksheet on an ERP to run the planning process
• Data Entry into system for delivery of products
• Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results
• Ensure that there is ample supply to ship, organize materials, and make sure schedules are created and kept
• Needs to be aware of orders on hold and when they are released
• Manage order and delivery dates

The Recipe For Success

• Completion of college degree in Business or Supply Chain Management
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment as a Production Scheduler
• Experience implementing and utilizing ERP software
• Extensive knowledge of MPS/MRP, Demand Flow, JIT, Forecasting, Inventory Planning and Supply Chain Design
• Able to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing, lead business discussions and train others
• Able to build and maintain lasting relationships with other departments
• Proficiency with MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Experience implementing and utilizing ERP software
• Able to find new methods and principles and ability to incorporate them into existing practices as needed.
• Highly focused and proactive

What We Can Offer

• As we grow, we are committed to preserving the parts of our diversity & culture that is unique, people-focused and are core to our success at every size. Our values of Quality, Direct Communication and Respect mean something.
• Learning and growth; we are working to create an environment where sharing new ideas, experimenting and learning from each other is strongly encouraged.

Interested and qualified candidates are invited to apply directly. Give and Go is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees regardless of race, ancestry, place of origin, color, ethnic or national origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, record of offences (for which a pardon has been granted), disability, marital or family status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require an accommodation to participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at , citing "AODA" in the subject line, along with your request and contact information. While we appreciate all resume submissions, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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